Word Processing 1  Checklist

(Rubric) 

Please use this checklist to monitor yourself throughout the training.  Before beginning, please go down the “Pre” column and check each Word Processing 1 skill, which you have already mastered.  At the end of the training, check the skills you have in the “Post” column. 

 

Pre

Post

Identify the parts of the screen

 

 

    Title Toolbar

 

 

    Menu Toolbar

 

 

     Standard Toolbar

 

 

     Formatting Toolbar

 

 

     Ruler

 

 

     Text Area

 

 

     Scroll Bars

 

 

     Status Bar

 

 

     Office Assistant

 

 

Creating a New Document

 

 

Saving, Retrieving, and Renaming a Document

 

 

     Identify drive location

 

 

     Identify folder location

 

 

     Locate file and retrieve or open it

 

 

Editing a Document

 

 

    Use the Hide/Show Icon

 

 

    Move the insertion point

 

 

    Use Backspace and Delete keys to remove text

 

 

    Insert and Add text to an existing document

 

 

    Identify ways to highlight text

 

 

    Drag words or sentences to a new location within a          document

 

 

    Copy and paste words or sentences to a new document

 

 

Formatting Text

 

 

    Change the font style, size

 

 

Use the Spelling and Grammar Checker

 

 

Use the Print Preview feature

 

 

     Identify icons on Print Preview

 

 

    Check print settings

 

 

    Explain printing from the menu vs. printing from the icon

 

 

Print a document

 

 

Close a document