This document outlines the goals and procedures of the Side by Side program, through which the business department at Springdale (Arkansas) High School provides word processing training and computer lab access to students enrolled in courses offered by other departments. The first section describes the procedures for enrolling students in the 3-day word processing program during which students learn to enter short paragraphs and basic word processing commands, enter a report, and enter endnotes and bibliographic references. Outlined next are the main stages in the process of gaining administration approval for and developing the Side by Side program during 1993. An enrollment confirmation form is included. The remainder of the document is the lesson plan for the 3-day course during which students are taught the following skills: accessing a word processing program, understanding a Windows screen, opening/closing files, using basic word processing commands to create and edit text, saving text to diskettes, and printing text. (MN)