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Introducti on
Welcome to the 2nd Editi on of Word It! from B.E. Publishing.
The Word It! Student Workbook includes all new and updated acti viti es that provide students
with real-world, hands-on practi ce acti viti es and projects to help them become profi cient users of
Microsoft Word.
Using Word It!, students will create real-life, teen-based documents to further develop and enrich
their word processing skills. Completi ng the acti viti es in this workbook will prepare students for the
Microsoft Offi ce Specialist Certi fi cati on in Word.
Prerequisite Skills Required
In order to complete the acti viti es in this book, the student should have a basic working knowledge
of using Microsoft Word. This book does not provide step-by-step instructi ons specifi c to any one
parti cular version of Microsoft Word; rather, it provides general instructi ons for students to practi ce
using any version of Microsoft Word.
Compatibility
The instructi ons have been writt en for any version of Microsoft Word running on a Windows
operati ng system. However, with few modifi cati ons, this book can easily be used with Macintosh-
based systems.
Standards
The skills in this book align with NBEA (Nati onal Business Educati on Associati on) and ISTE
(Internati onal Society of Technology Educati on) informati on technology standards for word
processing.
Organization of the Textbook
The text is organized into a hierarchical skill-level format. With a few excepti ons, most of the
acti viti es in this book build upon skills practi ced in previous acti viti es.
For Evaluation Purposes Only