Science Teaching Series

Internet Resources

I. Developing Scientific Literacy

II. Developing Scientific Reasoning

III. Developing Scientific Understanding

IV. Developing Scientific Problem Solving

V. Developing Scientific Research Skills

VI. Resources for Teaching Science

Text Processing Features: You should master the following skills/commands/processes:

1 Workplace
menu bar
tool bar
ruler
ribbon
 
2 Document Management
opening documents
saving documents
deleting documents
 
3 Typing and Revising
selecting text
copying & moving text
editing text
 
4 Printing documents
file types
selecting printers (chooser)
page setup
envelopes
 
5 Character formatting
fonts and points
special characters
editing character formats
 
6 Paragraph formatting
tabs
line spacing
alignment and indentation
 
7 Styles
style sheets
applying styles
styles vs. manual formatting
 
8 Layout
margins
paper size, orientation
 
9 Sections
changing formatting
section breaks
default section settings
 
10 Long Documents
controlling format
Improving efficiency
 
11 Finding and replacing
finding and replacing text
finding and replacing formatting
finding & replacing special characters
 
12 Glossaries
glossary entries
adding glossary entries
managing glossary files
 
13 Proofing Documents
spell checker
grammar checker
thesaurus
hyphenation
word count
readability
 
14 Sorting
sort order and sequence
sorting tables
sorting paragraphs
undoing sorts
 
15 Voice annotations
creating annotations
listening to annotations
editing voice annotations
opening and merging sound files
 
16 Math calculations
adding figures in columns or rows
performing other math calculations
 
17 Tables
designing tables
changing table format
 
18 Columns
creating columns
column types
working with graphics in columns
 
19 Borders and Shading
applying borders
shading paragraphs and tables
 
20 Graphics
creating graphics
importing graphics
cropping, scaling graphics
adding borders to graphics
 
21 Positioning Text & Graphics
frames
aligning frames
 
22 Numbering Pages
inserting page numbers
adjusting page numbers
tying together chapters
 
23 Pagination
breaking pages
controlling pagination
 
24 Viewing documents
normal view
page layout view
print preview view
 
25 Forms
using tables in a form
creating check boxes
lines & shading
 
26 File Management
file summary information
find file
recovering lost work
 
26 Stationery
document templates
revising stationery
 
28 Outline
creating outlines
organizing outlines
working in existing documents
outline numbering
 
29 Numbering
numbering lines
numbering paragraphs
 
30 Indexes & Tables of Contents
index
table of contents
 
31 Headers and footers
headers and footers
importing graphics
 
32 Footnotes
footnote position
customizing footnotes
 
33 Merging files
data documents (secondary)
main document (primary)
importing data from other documents
 
34 Labels
formatting labels
merging and printing labels
 
35 Merged Documents
form letters
fill-in forms
 
36 Converting File Formats
PostScript
text (ASCII)
program-specific formatting
 
37 Exchanging information
publish and subscribe
linking
editing
 
38 Electronic Mail
opening and sending mail
deleting mail
 
39 Preferences
setting preferences
customizing preferences
 
40 Menu Commands
customizing menus
customizing short-cut keys
macros
 
41 Formulas
text formulas
graphic equation editor