Word
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(4 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)
Word is Microsoft’s standard word processing package. It is a very sophisticated piece of software which may have too many buttons and those buttons may also be too small for Key Stage 1 children to use. Key Stage 2 children will have relatively little difficulty using Word and should be introduced to it before they enter key stage 3 where it will be used extensively.
May 10th, 2006 at 1:16 am
Agreed, very useful for Key Stage 2 and above. Did you know that large versions of the tool bar icons can be used: right click on the tool bar area, choose ‘customize’, choose the ‘options’ tab and check the ‘Large icons’ box.
May 17th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Yes, I have also used it for Year 3 upwards. There are a lot of buttons but the children soon get used to the ones they need. Took a little longer to remember to tighten inserted pictures and use text boxes for information sheets
May 17th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
Agreed..have used it with year 3. Biggest problem was learning to tighten images when inserting them.