The book has been prepared strictly in accordance with the CBSE curriculum. The course has been divided into two parts – Employability Skills and Subject-Specific Skills – details of which are as under: Employability Skills incorporates five important skill sets, viz. Communication Skills, Self-Management Skills, ICT Skills, Entrepreneurial Skills and Green Skills. Each of these skills has been covered in detail as a separate unit as per the CBSE syllabus. Subject-Specific Skills covers introductory concepts about IT and ITeS industry, its applications, usage of keyboard and mouse for data entry, introduction to Touch Typing technique and typing software, fundamental topics and features of LibreOffice Digital Documentation Writer, Electronic Spreadsheet Calc and Digital Presentation Impress. It consists of five units. Unit 1 focuses on Importance and Applications of IT and ITeS Industry in various fields. Unit 2 introduces RapidTyping Tutor software which focuses on enhancing Touch Typing technique, Ergonomics and sitting posture to put the student on a firm footing in terms of the health aspects associated with computer systems. Unit 3 is based on Basics of Digital Documentation and its salient features like Editing, Formatting and Mail Merge, while Unit 4 is about Basics of Electronic Spreadsheet, performing calculations using Formulas and Functions, and creating Charts. Unit 5 covers the Basics of Digital Presentation and introduces fundamental skills required to create a slide show to enable students prepare effective presentations.

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