This curriculum guide for schools in Arkansas provides course outlines in the general subject area of text processing. Each course outline indicates grade level and prerequisites, and provides a brief description of course goals. In addition, a list of skills is included for each course, with each skill divided into three instructional levels: basic (skills which all students must master); developmental; and extensions (skills stressing higher order thinking, processing, and problem solving). Courses consist of: (1) Business Communications; (2) Cooperative Office Education (COE); (3) Office Procedures; (4) Office Technology Laboratory (OTL); (5) Shorthand 1 and 2; (6) Typewriting 1 and 2; and (7) Word Processing 1 and 2. (MM)