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Science Fiction Writer: Robert J. Sawyer: "On Writing": Word Processing Tricks
Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer shares his word processing tricks and tools for proofreading and editing a manuscript. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Success Skills: Computer Based Writing
This activity focuses on using word processing programs to complete writing assignments. It uses Microsoft Word 2013 as a model for videos that show basic, intermediate, and advanced word processing skills. It also lists free...
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Word Processing Activity: Rsi Checklist
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners the opportunity to practice computer skills in creating a bulleted list. The activity also involves student's in completing research on repetitive stress injury to...
Get It Write
Get It Write: One Space of Two After Periods? (And Other Typography Issues)
Read some rules about typography that have changed because of the use of word processing rather than typewriters. This tutorial explains spacing after all punctuation, the use of em dashes and en dashes, and the use of italics.
Learn My Way
Learn My Way: Creating Documents
In this online course, students will learn how to make, change, save, and lay out a document. The course also shows what word processing is, and how to print documents on a computer.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Sun Associates: Basic Tools for Educators
Many teachers have found that the technology tools that are most accessible and versatile are those broadly classified as "Applications." This page discusses the many ways that spreadsheets, word processors, databases, and presentation...