In this lesson you are going to learn the skills to make effective use of word processing software. You will begin by working through the basics of Word, and then use these to format some paragraphs, create a formal letter and then improve a really poor piece of presentation.

The national curriculum ICT skills you will develop in this lesson include the ability to

• use a range of ICT tools efficiently to draft
• reflect critically on their own and other's use of ICT
• use ICT equipment and software independently
• work with a range of information to consider its characteristics and purpose