Business and Communication Systems GCSE The Controlled Test – 35% of the Final mark ( 90 Minutes ) Word Processing / Desk Top Publishing – Candidates should be able to: Identify and correct unmarked errors. Layout documents correctly – eg Business letters and emails. Use appropriate styles – Blocked, line spacing, centring, justification, enumeration, bullet points. Make effective use of display features – eg closed capitals, spaced capitals, emboldening, italics, a variety of fonts and font sizes. Carry out accurate amendments to documents from printed or handwritten material. Rearrange material in alphabetic, numerical and chronological sequence. Use cut, copy and paste functions. Create a mail merge letter. Use headers, footers, page numbers and columns. Know and act upon correction symbols used in Word Processing Add borders to documents Produce a range of page layouts including the use of columns, tables, text boxes, headers and footers. Produce a range of graphics including: 'call outs', word art, pictures, drawings, diagrams and borders ( for text, pages and objects ) Combine text and graphics in a variety of ways - eg by overlaying text on a graphic. Spreadsheets – Candidates should be able to: Design and create a spreadsheet for a specified task Make appropriate use of rows and columns including inserting, deleting and re-sizing. Insert, amend and delete labels, values and formulae. Replicate (repeat) values and formulae where necessary – ie use the autofill function. Format cell entries – eg alignment, number of decimal places, currency, style. Display and print formulae Sort rows in numerical, alphabetical and chorological order. Input data accurately using appropriate headings, titles, headers and footers. Format rows, cells and column widths. Use formulae and functions to carry out a range of calculations eg Sum, Average, If.
Charts – Candidates should be able to: