Productivity Tools
Productivity Tools
Productivity Tools
0 PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATIONS
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
SUB STRAND 2.1
(3 HOURS)
BY
MR. MUTAI
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES
a) investigate various types of productivity tools for
use in facilitating learning,
b) utilize productivity tools in preparation of
documents,
c) examine challenges emanating from use of
productivity tools,
d) explore strategies to overcome challenges emanating
from the use of productivity tools,
e) appreciate the use of emerging productivity tools to
facilitate learning process.
TYPES OF PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
Word processor
Spreadsheet
Presentation
Graphics and multimedia
databases
WORD PROCESSESING
Electronic word processor
- is an application software that enable the user to
create,edit, format and print text-rich document
Examples of word processors
Ms word
Corel wordperfect
Apple Works
FEATURES OF WORD PROCESSOR
Title bar
-indicte task currently running
Menu bar
Toolbars
Status bar
WORKING ON A DOCUMENT
Typing text
Saving a document
Editing a document
Formatting a document
-deleting text
-find and replace
-Spelling and grammar checker
-thesaurus(synonyms & antonyms)
-Autocorrect and Auto Text
-Undo and redo
FORMATTING A DOCUMENT
It refers to enhancing the appearance of a document
Formatting of;
-text
-paragraph
-pages
-entire document
TEXT FORMATTING
Font types,font style,font size,font colour e.t.c
Case e.g lowercase,uppercase,sentence case title
case and toggle case
Superscript and subscript
-Alignment
is arrangement of text relative to the left
margin,centre of page or the right margin
e.g left,centre,right justified and forced justified
…. PARAGRAPH FORMATTING
Line spacing
-setting spaces between lines,paragraph or block of
text
Tabs and indent
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