As one of a series of curriculum guides for office education programs in Texas, this guide contains five units of instruction in data processing. Each of the units consists of these components: unit outline, performance chart for rating students, notes to the instructor, unit overview (content of unit with illustrations as needed), test, and transparency masters. Teacher and student activities, as well as educational resources, are suggested, and estimated completion time is provided for each unit. Units cover the following topics: data processing concepts and skills, data entry skills, computer operations, programming and languages, and data presentation and storage. In addition, six appendixes contain lists of processing resources, publishers, and professional publications; an occupational curriculum laboratory reference list for data processing; plans for classroom organization; and a data processing training plan. (KC)