Lesson plans and worksheets
Start from the department DOCX. Do not convert to a native WPS format. Keep Heading styles so a later coordinator can still generate a contents page in Word. Tables beat text boxes for a weekly grid. Export PDF for the copier; keep DOCX as the master. Templates · Word to PDF.
Scans and permission slips
Photograph a slip in good light. OCR if you must search names later — that is often a Premium PDF job. If the district already pays for Adobe, use Adobe for the legal packet and WPS for the weekly worksheet. Mixed toolchains are normal. PDF.
Gradebooks
Spreadsheets will average a column. Hide the sheet with raw scores if you project. Do not email an XLSX with every child’s date of birth. PDF a summary. FERPA/GDPR-ish caution is not optional because the file opened in a free suite.
Locked enterprise templates
Content controls, macros, and ActiveX forms die in translation. If a central office file misbehaves, finish it in Word on a staff PC. Ego is cheaper than a delayed report. Compatibility.
Classroom machines
Install from wps.com or the Microsoft Store listing 9NSGM705MQWC — not from a USB a student formatted. Linux labs: official Deb, then formula fonts. Personal Premium is not a site license.
Students on the other side
If you require DOCX, say so. If you require PDF, say so. “Submit in Word” plus a decorative WPS template is how fonts go missing. Point them at the student chapter.