Keyboarding and Word Processing

Keyboarding (Micro Type Pro)

Students will demonstrate their ability and knowledge to key a line at a comfortable pace reaching up without moving their hand.  Sentences will be timed at 30 seconds.   Paragraphs will be timed at 2 minutes . In the 4 lessons assigned this week, students will use the tab key in order to indent 5 spaces.  Students will learn that word wrap does not need to key "enter" in order to move to the next line in the paragraph. Applying the following keyboarding techniques, students will begin Keyboarding Skill Builder lessons A, B, C, and D.  Skill Builder exercises, places special emphasis on speed.

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There are two handouts both consisting of Name Listing (150).     Students will list and sort names using Microsoft Excel.    Names, will be cut and pasted first from cells A and cells B. to 3 double columns.   Page is to be Titled in "Custom Header & Footer" as well as Name, Date, and Period. .

Save as Names#1 and Names#2.   Always use only one word when saving a document. It is easier, and can be found more quickly when lost, if found at all.