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*Who has used a word processor before? Who has used OpenOffice before?
 
*Who has used a word processor before? Who has used OpenOffice before?
 
*What do you plan to do with OpenOffice Word Processor?
 
*What do you plan to do with OpenOffice Word Processor?
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==Objectives==
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* Students will be able to:
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#Manage Files
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#*Create a Document
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#*Save a Document
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#*Find your document
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#*Create a Folder on Your Desktop
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#*Save to the Folder
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#*Password-Protect Files
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#*Save as Microsoft Word Document
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#Edit Files
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#*Undo, Redo, Repeat
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#*Cut, Copy, Paste
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#*Find and Replace
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#*Show Changes
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#Change the Way you View Your Document
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#*Customize the Toolbar (Drawing, etc.)
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#*Zoom
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#Insert Into Documents
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#*Breaks
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#*Date, Time, Etc.
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#*Special Characters
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#*Headers, Footers, Footnotes
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#*Frames, Notes, Tables 
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#*Pictures
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#*Tables
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#Format Files and Text
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#*Change Font Style, Color, Size, Etc.
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#*Indent, Double Space
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#*Center, Right, Left Align Text
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#*Create Borders
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#Use Tools
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#*Spellcheck
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#*Thesaurus
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#*Word Count
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#*AutoCorrect
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#*Footnotes, Endnotes
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#*Outline and Line Numbering
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#Open New Windows
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#*View Open Windows
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#*Close Windows
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#Get Help
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#*OpenOffice.org.Help
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#Use Shortcuts
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#*Underscore: Ctrl + u
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#*Bold: Ctrl + b
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#*Italics: Ctrl + I
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#*New Document: Ctrl + n
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#*Select All: Ctrl + a
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#*Copy: Ctrl + c
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#*Cut: Ctrl + x
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#*Paste: Ctrl + v
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#*Save: Ctrl + s
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#*Print: Ctrl + p
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#*Exit: Ctrl + q
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#*Find and Replace: Ctrl + f
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#*Center: Ctrl +  e
  
 
== File management ==
 
== File management ==

Revision as of 13:28, 20 March 2008

Introduction

  • Who has used a word processor before? Who has used OpenOffice before?
  • What do you plan to do with OpenOffice Word Processor?

Objectives

  • Students will be able to:
  1. Manage Files
    • Create a Document
    • Save a Document
    • Find your document
    • Create a Folder on Your Desktop
    • Save to the Folder
    • Password-Protect Files
    • Save as Microsoft Word Document
  2. Edit Files
    • Undo, Redo, Repeat
    • Cut, Copy, Paste
    • Find and Replace
    • Show Changes
  3. Change the Way you View Your Document
    • Customize the Toolbar (Drawing, etc.)
    • Zoom
  4. Insert Into Documents
    • Breaks
    • Date, Time, Etc.
    • Special Characters
    • Headers, Footers, Footnotes
    • Frames, Notes, Tables
    • Pictures
    • Tables
  5. Format Files and Text
    • Change Font Style, Color, Size, Etc.
    • Indent, Double Space
    • Center, Right, Left Align Text
    • Create Borders
  6. Use Tools
    • Spellcheck
    • Thesaurus
    • Word Count
    • AutoCorrect
    • Footnotes, Endnotes
    • Outline and Line Numbering
  7. Open New Windows
    • View Open Windows
    • Close Windows
  8. Get Help
    • OpenOffice.org.Help
  9. Use Shortcuts
    • Underscore: Ctrl + u
    • Bold: Ctrl + b
    • Italics: Ctrl + I
    • New Document: Ctrl + n
    • Select All: Ctrl + a
    • Copy: Ctrl + c
    • Cut: Ctrl + x
    • Paste: Ctrl + v
    • Save: Ctrl + s
    • Print: Ctrl + p
    • Exit: Ctrl + q
    • Find and Replace: Ctrl + f
    • Center: Ctrl + e

File management

  • opening and closing
  • file types, what they are and when and how to use them
  • saving in special places, on floppies, etc
  • password protection?
  • finding your file again

Basic formatting

  • bold, italics and all the usual stuff
  • margins and tabs
  • styles??

Spellcheck

  • Starting and stopping automatic spellcheck
  • limitations of spellcheck
  • Changing dictionaries?

Tables

  • Creating
  • Adding/deleting rows and columns

Columns

Graphics, text boxes and more

page layout options

  • headers, footers
  • page numbers

Web page creation

  • if we have time, a quick intro to saving your document as a web page.

Some fancy stuff

  • Table of contents