| Keyboarding Applications
| | People who used to find “hunt and peck” keyboarding sufficient realize that it doesn’t make much sense to have a computer with lightning speed if the information inputted into the machine trickles in like molasses in January.
~Sandberg-Diment, 1984 |
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Overview
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Keyboarding Applications is a basic keyboarding course designed to increase student keyboarding skill. Students should be typing at least 30 words per minute before begining this course. Word processing software will be used to create, format, and edit personal and business documents. In this class students will be practicing key by touch techniques and basic word processing skills including: editing and proofreading documents, performing standard file management procedures, and creating business documents to simulate a real-life job environment.
The knowledge and skills you will develop in this class will be an assets to you throughout your life. If you work hard, attend class regularly, do your assignments correctly, and believe in your own ability, you can master keyboarding and word processing.
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