Computing Scheme of Work
Unit 5.8 – Word Processing (Google Docs)
Lesson 1:
Making a Document from a Blank Page
Slide 2
Aims
To know what a word processing tool is for.
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Slide 3
Success Criteria
Children know what a word processing tool is for.
Children will be able to create a word processing document, altering the look of the text
and navigating around the document.
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Vocabulary Overview
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New in this lesson
Word Processing Tool: A programme which allows you to write, edit and print different
documents.
Document: A type of file which shows written information and/or images and sometimes charts
and tables.
Front Screen: The screen which first opens on launch. It gives access to the different actions a
user can take.
Caps Lock: A button on the computer keyboard which changes the letters to upper case (capital
letters).
Cursor: The flashing vertical line that shows your place in a document.
Selecting/highlighting: Clicking on the text you wish to edit.
Font: A set of type which shows words and numbers in a particular style and size.
Text Formatting:
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size and whether it is bold, underlined or in italics.
Google Docs Front Screen Slide 5
Let’s explore the Google Docs Front Screen.
A selection of
available
templates.
View
options.
Recent
documents
created or
opened appear
here.
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Google Docs Slide 6
Opening a new document will look like this. There are some key areas we need to
be aware of:
Document name: This will show here – currently it
has the default ‘Untitled document’ as it hasn’t
been saved yet.
Menu Bar: This
contains drop
down actions a
user can perform.
Icons: These
icons perform Scroll Bar: Users can click
actions such as on this and drag the
printing, document up and down
undo/redo. (scroll) or use the arrow
keys.
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Activity 1: Opening a Document Slide 7
Open your own Google Doc and save your file with an appropriate name .
What would be an appropriate
name?
Type the file name
here.
Clicking on this will allow
you to type a new file name.
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Using Caps Lock and Shift Slide 8
Understanding how to use Caps Lock and Shift is very important. Try it out by writing a
short sentence with your name in.
Pressing ‘Caps Lock’ will
make all the letters ‘upper
case’ capital until it is pressed
again.
Pressing the shift key will
make all letters ‘upper case’
capital until it is depressed.
Why do you think there are two shift keys on a
keyboard?
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Introducing the Cursor Slide 9
The cursor is the flashing vertical line that shows your place in a document.
It can be moved by clicking on the place where you wish to
type.
It can also be moved by using the arrow keys on a
keyboard.
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Activity 2: Introducing Yourself Slide
10
Can you introduce yourself by writing a paragraph in your Google Docs file?
Don’t worry about the formatting as we will explore this a little later.
How do you delete words or
characters?
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Selecting Text for Editing Slide
11
You can select a character or text to edit for example if you wanted to make all the
selected text a particular font or you wanted to delete it.
Double-clicking on a word will select the whole
word.
Pressing the mouse button down and dragging
will select the text dragged over.
Clicking somewhere and using the arrow keys to get
to the start position of the selection…. then holding
down the shift key and using the arrow keys to get to
the end of the selection will select the text.
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Using the Undo and Redo Button Slide
12
Undo and Redo are really useful features. You can undo recent changes to your file text and
also redo the undo if you need to.
Undo Button – Redo Button –
You can You can
alternatively press alternatively press
‘CTRL and Z’ on ‘CTRL and Y’ on the
the keyboard. keyboard.
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Formatting the Text Slide
13
The formatting bar on Google Docs can be used to change selected text such as:
Bold
Font Underlined
Font
Font
Colour
Size Italic Alignment
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Activity 2: Formatting Text
Slide
14
Format the text you wrote earlier. Add a heading called ‘All About Me’ and then make this
bold and underlined.
Apply what we have learnt so
far:
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Activity 3: Extension
Slide
15
What is wrong with the formatting in this text? Open up the file in Google Docs, can you
format it correctly?
One font or font family used throughout a single
document – switching between lots of different
fonts is hard to read.
Use underlining sparingly; look at the lines
underlined and blue in the text, what do they look
like?
Use bold for titles and key words.
DON’T USE ALL CAPITALS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU
ARE SHOUTING AT THE READER
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Lesson Vocabulary Overview
Slide
16
Document: A type of Front Screen: The Caps Lock: A button
Word
Word Processing
file which shows screen which first on the computer
Tool: A programme
written information Front
opens on launch. It keyboard which
Processing
which allows you to Document
and/or images and gives access to the Caps Lock
write, edit and print Screen changes the letters to
Tool
different documents.
sometimes charts and
tables.
different actions a
user can take.
upper case (capital
letters).
Cursor: The flashing Selecting / Font: A set of type Text Formatting: When
you change the format of
vertical line that
Cursor
Selecting/highlighti
Highlightin
which shows words
Font
and numbers in a
Text
text on a page, including
shows your place in a ng: Clicking on the the font and the size and
document.
g
text you wish to edit.
particular style and
size.
Formatting
whether it is bold,
underlined or in italics.
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Review Success Criteria
17
I know what a word processing tool is for.
I am able to create a word processing document, altering the look of the text and
navigating around the document.
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