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City of Edinburgh Transition ICT Core Skills Summary
	Primary 6 & 7			Secondary 1 & 2
Text Handling	Load / Save Files. Centre Text. Insert / delete text. Alter fonts, sizes, styles, colours. Print File.		Justification. Spelling Checker. Thesaurus. Search & Replace. Altering Line lengths / margins. Tabs. Columns.	Headers / Footers - inserting date, time, page number etc. Bullet points (numbers etc). Tables. Page setup. Borders.
Graphic manipulation	Add / Re-size Graphic in a word processing package.		Text Wrap. Download text and graphics from the Internet.	Manipulate images with appropriate software (e.g.photoshop)
Multimedia manipulation			Create Storyboards Create Multimedia presentation using text, graphic, built-in sound.	Format Text. Alter backgrounds. Slide transitions / animations. Input video. Design templates.
Databases	Load / Save File. Search on a single field (using a prepared Database).		Sort on a single field. Add/ Delete Records. Select and Print records. Add / Delete fields.
Spreadsheets			Load / Save Files. Edit Cells. Create simple Formulae. Create Charts. Print Files.		Create advanced formula. Relative Replication. Formatting. Add / Delete Columns / Rows.
Problem Solving					Solve complex problems with appropriate software
Using the Internet	Use the features of a Browser. Use a specific URL to access a web-site.		Use a search engine effectively. Use prepared bookmarks. Send/Read/Reply/Delete E-mails. Use an Address Book Use Carbon Copy (CC).	Advanced web searches using logical operators. Insert attachments. Forward mail.	Create groups. Add / delete addresses. Use Blind carbon copy (BCC).
		Revise and Extend Skills from Primary into secondary