Training Room 3: Time to Practice 3

1. Training Room 3

1.5. Time to Practice 3

Information Processing 2050

Training Room 3: Graphics

Time to Practise 3

Instructions

Don’t forget to do the following as you work through this Time to Practise:

Study the content, exemplars, graphics, and demonstrations presented in this training session, and review previous training sessions if necessary.
Keyword-search the Help menu and online Help references, such as Microsoft Office Online Help and How-to, for additional software tips and training.

Practice 1

Organized people know the value of a checklist. In this practice, you can choose to create either a personal to-do checklist OR a shopping list that you can print. Creating this list will help you practise the personal management skills that you examined when you looked at basic competencies.

Step 1: Open a new, blank Microsoft Word document.

Step 2: Save the file as “List” in your INF2050: WP 2: Graphics folder.

Step 3: Create the following shopping list, OR create a personal to-do list containing a minimum of five items of your choosing.

SHOPPING LIST

Milk
Cheese
Yogurt
Carrots
Broccoli
Celery
Apples
Oranges
Bananas

Step 4: Use checkboxes ( ) rather than bullets.

Step 5: Format the title for your checklist by opening the Font dialog box and experimenting with commands in the Font and Character Spacing tabs.

Step 6: Save the document.

Practice 2

Explore and have fun designing your own SmartArt Graphics.

Step 1: Open a new, blank Microsoft Word document.

Step 2: Save the file as “SmartArt” in your INF2050: WP 2: Graphics folder.

Step 3: Create a SmartArt graphic. Here are some ideas:

your family tree
a “how-to” diagram
discography of your favorite musician or band
a movie list that makes connections between actors, genre, or director

Step 4: Save your document when you are happy with its final look.

Practice 3

Do you really want to get a potential employer’s attention? Create your own personalized letterhead that you will save as a template so you can reuse it for all of your letter-writing needs.

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Step 1: Open a new, blank Microsoft Word document.

Step 2: Custom-design a personal letterhead using graphics and text boxes.

Step 3: Make sure the letterhead is no larger than 1" in height so that you have room for the body of any letter.

Step 4: Include a watermark.

Step 5: Save as a template called “Letterhead” in your INF 2050: WP 2: Graphics folder.

Practice 4

Does your text look dull and boring? Want to liven it up by creating more visual interest? Why not turn your document into an eye-catching newsletter?

Step 1: Open the file “News Text.”

Step 2: Save the file as “Newsletter” in your INF2050: WP 2: Graphics folder.

Step 3: In the Home tab, under the Paragraph group, turn on Show/Hide (¶) to reveal the non-printing formatting codes.

Step 4: Select the body of the text. Format the text into three columns.

Step 5: Change the line spacing to single.

Step 6: Set the alignment to Full Justify.

Step 7: Using the Insert tab, do the following:

Select the “W” of in the first word of the body and make it a Drop Cap.
Using the Internet or Clip Art, search for graphics or a picture of Calgary, Alberta, and tradespeople similar to those below.
(Hint: Be sure to text-wrap the graphics and size them appropriately so that the document fits on one page.)

This is a photograph of three tradespeople.

Include a symbol of your choice at the end of the text.

Step 8: Create an attractive title for the newsletter.

Step 9: Add any other graphics to enhance the look of your document.

Step 10: Make sure the newsletter is only one page in length.

Step 11: Make any necessary final adjustments to the document.

Step 12: Save the document.

Ready?

Take time to assess your skills and your understanding of the concepts presented in this training room.

Can you modify bullets and customize lists?
How did you use SmartArt graphics to transform information into an interesting visual?
Show your teacher the personal letterhead you created and ask for feedback.
What is the benefit of saving your letterhead as a template?
Compare your newsletter to the Newsletter Exemplar1. Did you make any improvements that made your document better than the exemplar?

Check Point

Use the Software Skills Checklist and check off those skills you are confident in demonstrating.

If you had difficulty with the learning concepts or software features, go back and review the information as you will use these skills in the next training sessions and in the final project. Be sure to speak to your teacher if you need help.