Hands-On Exercises

Hands-On Exercises Ch04 (144.0K)

Michelle Metheny is the Executive Clerical Assistant for the Vernier Luxury Suites. She wants to show off the power of Word for creating reusable templates and designs. Assume the role of Michelle as she creates the letterhead shown in Figure 4.1.

Figure 4.1 "VLS Letterhead" document

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1. Create a new blank document.
2. To open the header section of the document:

CHOOSE: View, Header and Footer

3. Do the following to begin creating the header:

PRESS: <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/0072471026/26780/Ch04_Image3ho.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a> to move to the center tab position

TYPE: Vernier Luxury Suites

PRESS: <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/0072471026/26780/Ch04_Image4ho.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a>

PRESS: <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/0072471026/26780/Ch04_Image3ho.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a> to move to the center tab position

TYPE: Anytown, NA 19032

4. Format the hotel name using Arial Black, 18 points, bold, small caps.
5. Format the address using Arial, 12 points, bold, underline.
6. Color the hotel name indigo and the address blue.
7. Save the document as "Header Letterhead" to your personal storage location.

Temporary Solutions: Formatting a Document for the Web

Joel Walker, a tech employee at Temporary Solutions, has been given a Word document that needs to be prepared for the Web. Assume the role of Joel as he prepares the document and perform the steps he identifies.

1. Open the WD04XTRA01 document.
2. Save the document as "Web Congrats" to your personal storage location.
3. Prepare the document for a clean conversion to HTML by marking the header as a header.

SELECT: the text "CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK’S PERMANENT PLACEMENTS!"

SELECT: Heading 2 from the Stlye drop-down list

4. Save the document as a Web page named "Web Congrats" to your personal storage location and then close the document.
5. Open the "Web Congrats" Web page into Word.
6. Apply the Willow theme to the document and then preview the document in your browser. Your screen should appear similar to figure 4.2.

Figure 4.2 "Web Congrats" web page

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7. Close your browser window.
8. After saving the revised Web page, close the document.

Data File: WD04XTRA01 (24.0K)

Jan Dice: Creating an Easy Web Page in Word

Jan Dice has decided to put up a web site to help advertise her services. She has hired a consulting team to put together a professional site. But, in the meantime, she wants to put up a placeholder page so that people don’t get errors when they try to come to her site. Assume the role of Jan as she crafts a placeholder page in Word.

1. Create a new blank Word document and saves it to your personal storage location as "Web Placeholder".
2. TYPE:

Jan Dice

Attorney At Law

Shelbyville, NW 90111

(877) 555-1234

Serving Shelbyville for 12 Years.

Please return to visit our full site in the fall.

3. Select all of the text and center it.
4. Format the document to approximate that shown in Figure 4.3.

Figure 4.3 "Web Congrats" web page

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5. Save the document as a Web page named "Web Placeholder" to your personal storage location and close the document.
6. Open the "Web Placeholder" Web page into Word.
7. Apply the Tabs and Folders theme.
8. Change the color of the text "Jan Dice" to a dark red and change the color of the phone number to a dark blue.
9. Save the revised Web page and preview the document in your browser. Your screen should now appear similar to Figure 4.4.

Figure 4.4 "Web Placeholder" Web Page

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10. Close your browser window.