Word Processing Applications: A Visual Approach

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Word Processing Applications: A Visual Approach

© 2000 Connie Morrison and Julie Jaehne
Grade Level: 10 and up
Textbook: top spiral with an easel back, soft cover (approx. 300 pages)
Teacher’s Manual (includes data disk)
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Word Processing Applications: A Visual Approach provides a unique visual approach to learning! This series of activities provides students with a way to apply their software skills to realistic business applications. With these activities, students take their software skills beyond rote memorization of functions and combine them with critical thinking and decision-making skills—just as they would in the workforce.

Word Processing Applications: A Visual Approach offers up to 60 hours of instruction to help your students master word processing skills. This text contains 54 independent word processing activities and a 10-hour capstone project. Activities cover a wide range of documents including single and multiple-page letters and memos, e-mails, faxes, envelopes and mailing labels, reports, resumes, budgets, marketing and sales reports, expense reports, invoices and purchase orders, basic financial statements, brochures, newsletters, Web site, and Internet/intranet text documents. Fundamental concepts of speech recognition technology are introduced and practiced throughout the 50 activities in the text.

Text Features:

54 business word processing activities containing up to 60 hours of instruction for self-paced or whole group instruction.
Directions are not software specific so text remains current through version updates.
Each activity includes illustrations with descriptive callouts and directions to ensure understanding.
Fundamental concepts of speech recognition technology are introduced and practiced throughout the text.
Four levels of activities that range from basic to advanced proficiencies.
Level grids correlate proficiencies with activities.
Independent activities for flexible use.
Up to 60 hours of instruction.
Includes a 10-hour business simulation.
Appendices included on Using the Desktop or the Program Manager, Using the Mouse, Using Dialog Boxes, Organizing Your Files, and Using Help.
The Instructor's Guide and Solutions Disk provide answers to activities.
The Student Disk contains data files to help save time keying and formatting documents.

Features within each activity:

Key words provide guides for searching online help.
Need Help?, Design Strategy, and Troubleshooter provide user tips.
Critical thinking questions challenge students to analyze and make judgments.
Making the Connection relates the activity to real-life experiences.