This book helps pupils at KS2 and KS3 to quickly and easily get to grips with "Basic Writer for Star Office" in a fun and motivating way. "The Basic for Open Office" series will help teachers and parents to give children a head start in word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. It is suitable for whole class, group and individual teaching these books are divided into a series of lessons that gradually introduce the fundamentals. Each chapter is carefully designed to clearly show pupils how to perform various tasks that they can follow at their own pace with minimal teacher assistance. Technical vocabulary is gradually introduced to enable ease of communication. It is ideal for children aged 8-13 and a useful introduction to new ICT teachers.

 

This book is part of a book series called Basic Open Office And Star Office .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Pearson Education Limited .

John Giles has taught in various secondary schools for over 30 years, including roles as ICT coordinator and Head of ICT. He is also an established author and has worked as an examiner and moderator for a number of exam boards.

This book has the following chapters: 1 - Starting out
2 - Formatting
3 - Automating a slide show
4 - Automation II: animating the slides
5 - The amazing slide master
6 - Hyperlinks
7 - Using assets, notes and handouts
Index