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You have three tasks to complete. As you
work through the task you will develop your Word skills. The first
task is fairly easy, but they get more and more difficult as you go
on.
Paragraphs Close any open Word documents. Right click and save the file below. Directions 1. Open the document. You should see a paragraph of text. 2. Read through the text and by deleting and typing, replace the following words with ones of your own choice, in order to change the meaning of the text:
3. Make the first sentence italic. 4. Make the second sentence bold 5. Highlight all the text, and change the font to "Comic Sans MS". 6. Copy the text, and paste it twice underneath the current paragraph. 7. "Center" the first paragraph, "Left align" the second and "Right align" the third. 8. Describe briefly how you have changed the meaning of the text and what differences the editing has made to the overall appearance of the text.
Formal letter Close any open Word documents. Right click and save the file below. Directions 1. Open the document. You should see a poor quality formal letter. 2. What impression of The Pen Supplier's Shop do you think this letter would give in its present state? 3. Why is quality of presentation of written work such as letters, essays, advertising material so important? 4. There are many errors to fix - think how could you correct them quickly. 5. Highlight the entire letter and make it all one font size. 6. Look at the parts of text which have strange formatting - fix them! 7. Look at the way each of the paragraphs are aligned. Improve this. 8. Use the spell checker to correct the spelling errors. 9. Are there any further additions or edits you would make to this letter, and why?
Poor Presentation Close any open Word documents. Right click and save the file below. Directions 1. Open the document. You should see a terrible piece of presentation. 2. Look through the document - what aspects do you need to improve? 3. Try to improve the presentation by removing unnecessary WordArt and using sensible colours and fonts. 4. You will need to correct character spacing - use the "Format", "Font" menu. 5. The line spacing needs to be improved - use the "Format", "Paragraph" menu. 6. Add in a header to the document - click "View" and "Header and Footer" 7. Put a clear title in the header. Add your name and page numbers to the footer. 8. Look over the entire document - what still needs to be fixed? 9. Delete the strange circle and add in a Clip Art image. 10. Create a bulleted list - click on the "bullets" button to start it. 11. Why are bulletted lists useful in documents that are providing information? 12. What other Word tool could you use to achieve a similar effect? By editing the presentation text, how have you considered purpose and audience?Only when you have completed all the tasks about should you continue on. |
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