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Developing ICT Content For Specific Purposes

The document discusses using productivity tools like Microsoft Word and Excel to develop information and communication technology (ICT) content for specific purposes. It outlines objectives for students to learn advanced productivity techniques and apply them to create ICT content in their professional fields. Examples of tools covered include mail merge, labels, animations, hyperlinks, embedded files, and complex formulas. Steps are provided for activities on using mail merge between Word and Excel to merge contact data into documents.

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Developing ICT Content For Specific Purposes

The document discusses using productivity tools like Microsoft Word and Excel to develop information and communication technology (ICT) content for specific purposes. It outlines objectives for students to learn advanced productivity techniques and apply them to create ICT content in their professional fields. Examples of tools covered include mail merge, labels, animations, hyperlinks, embedded files, and complex formulas. Steps are provided for activities on using mail merge between Word and Excel to merge contact data into documents.

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EMPOWERMENT

TECHNOLOGIES

LESSON 4:

DEVELOPING ICT
CONTENT FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES

PREPARED BY:
WENDELYN M. ALO
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the 2-weeks period, student will be
able to:
 Determine what are some of the productivity tools
with advanced techniques.
 Independently apply advanced productivity tools to
create or develop ICT content for use in specific
professional tracks.

 Appreciate the importance of productivity tools to


create or develop ICT content for use in specific
professional tracks.

PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M. ALO


CHALLENGE QUESTIONS!

What was your


earliest memory of
productivity tools?

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Three basic functions
of digital tools
Generally combined to support decisions
in:
BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
AND IN COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS.

Note: These 3 basic tools supports:


 WRITING
 NUMERACY
 PRESENTATION SKILLS.
PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M. ALO
The prescribed tools and techniques are listed below
in the context of situational use-cases along with the
respective resources:

MAIL MERGE AND LABEL GENERATION

CUSTOM ANIMATIONS AND TIMING

HYPERLINKING IN PRESENTATIONS

INTEGRATING IMAGES AND EXTERNAL MATERIAL


IN WORD PROCESSORS

EMBEDDED FILES AND DATA

ADVANCED AND COMPLEX FORMULAS; AND


COMPUTATIONS
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MAIL MERGE AND LABEL GENERATION

WHAT IS
AN E-MAIL?

BACK

PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M.


ALO
E-MAIL

Is short for electronic mail.


similar to a letter, it is sent
via the internet to a
recipient.
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ALO
MAIL MERGE

Is used to create multiple


documents at once.
Three documents involved in the process:
 Your main document
 Data source
 Merged document

PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M. ALO


ACTIVITY(Mail Merge)
Step 1. Open Microsoft excel application
in your computer.

PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M.


ALO
Here are some tips to prepare your data for a
mail merge. Make sure:
Column names in your spreadsheet match the field
names you want to insert in your mail merge. For an
example, to address readers by their first name in
your document. Separate columns for first and last
name.

All data to be merged is present in the first sheet of


your spreadsheet.

Data entries with percentages, currencies, and


postal code are correctly formatted in the
spreadsheet so that word can properly read their
values.
PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M. ALO
Here are some tips to prepare your data for a
mail merge. Make sure:

The EXCEL spreadsheet to be used in the mail


merge is stored on your local machine.

Changes or additions to your spreadsheet are


completed before it’s connected to your mail merge
document in Word.

PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M. ALO


ACTIVITY(Mail Merge-excel)
Step 2. Create an excel document w/c contain the
following contents the ff. details. Create a header for
the sheet.
• Title
• First name
• Last name
• Address
• City
• Grade
Level
• Section
• Age
• Phone no.
• Email

You need to acquire the information of your 15 classmates record data and
save as “Data.xlsx“.
ACTIVITY(Mail Merge-word)
Step 3. Create a WORD document and select your template.
Save the file as “yourLastName-Mailmerge.docx“. You can
change the template color.
PREPARED BY: WENDELYN M.
ALO

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