1. Lesson Objectives By the end of the lesson you will: 1.Be able to recognise and open different file types. 2.Be able to convert existing text to a table. 3.Be able to create new tables. 4.Be able to format tables in a range of ways.

2. Starter In the back of your books put the date and the title: File Types and Tables Using the Internet or your own make a note in your books of what the following file types are:.docx.csv.rtf.txt.xls.pdf Identify and import different file types, for example:.csv,.txt,.rtf

3. Starter In the back of your books put the date and the title: File Types and Tables Using the Internet or your own make a note in your books of what the following file types are:.docx – Word document.csv – Comma-separated variable.rtf – Rich text format.txt – Text file.xls – Excel file.pdf – Portable document format Identify and import different file types, for example:.csv,.txt,.rtf

4. Task 1 Open the worksheet called ‘File Types and Tables Worksheet’ from the VLE. Complete the tasks. Help is provided some of the time. For the rest…you need to figure it out! – RECAP… remember one advantage of a GUI is that they are intuitive you should therefore be able to work out what to do without help.

5. Task 2 Open a blank Word document. Create a table that looks as close to this as possible (hint: font is Calibri ) :

6. Task 3 Upload your table to the VLE.

7. Plenary Complete the sheet you have been given. Be honest! Stick the sheet in your books.

8. Recap of Lesson Objectives By the end of the lesson you will: 1.Be able to recognise and open different file types. 2.Be able to convert existing text to a table. 3.Be able to create new tables. 4.Be able to format tables in a range of ways.