Upon completion of Lesson 4, you will be able to:
- Set the margins of a document.
- Align text.
- Adjust paragraph indents.
- Adjust line and paragraph spacing.
- Set and modify tab stops.
- Create and modify bulleted and numbered lists.
- Create an outline numbered list.
Project 4-1
- Open the Poster 2.docx Data File. Rename the document as Break Room Poster 2-(your initials).
- Center the title and the two headings.
- Change the line spacing of the four items after each heading to 1.5 lines.
- Change the four items under each heading into a bulleted list. Use any bullet symbol except the solid, round bullet symbol.
- Press the Command+down (Apple) or Ctrl+Search+Right (Chromebook) arrow keys, and then create a new paragraph that is not part of the second bulleted list. Type your name, press the Tab key, and then insert the current date. Display the ruler, if necessary, and then use a tab stop to right-align the date at the 61⁄2-inch mark. (You’ll have to click to position the tab stop near the 61⁄2-inch mark on the ruler, and then drag the tab stop on top of the Right Indent marker.)
- Preview the document.
- Hide the ruler and close the document.
Project 4-2
Your friend Anna recently graduated from high school and enrolled in a junior college. She wants a better paying part-time job while attending school. Before beginning her job search, she asked you to help her write her resume.
- Create a new Google Document. Name it Resume for Anna-(your initials).
- Set all margins at .75 inch.
- Type the resume shown in this link. Use alignment commands, indenting, and tabs to format the text. Use default font and font size. The name at the top is 14 points. All the text is single spaced. The text is centered vertically on the page.
- Preview the document.
- Insert a new paragraph at the end of the document, type Prepared by followed by your name. Right-align this paragraph.
- Close the document.
Project 4-3
A friend of yours will be married soon. She has asked you to help her design the wedding invitations.
- Open the Invitation.docx Data File. Rename the document as Wedding Invitation-(your initials).
- Change the font of all the text to 24-point, bold Pinyon Script. (If this font is not available, choose another font.) Change the color to Dark Gray 1.
- Center the text horizontally on the page.
- Create a new paragraph at the end of the document. Change the font to 11-point Calibri. Format the paragraph so that there is space before the paragraph and none after it. Type your name.
- Preview the document
- Close the document.
Project 4-4
- Open the Interview 2.docx Data File. Rename the document as Interview Preparation Tips-(your initials).
- Change all the text except the title to double-spaced. Change the space after all the paragraphs except the title to have space after it.
- Center the title. Justify the rest of the text.
- Indent the first line of all the paragraphs except the title 1⁄2 inch.
- At the end of the second paragraph, position the insertion point after the words such as. Insert a new paragraph and then type the following as a bulleted list. Use a bullet character of your choice.
- Social Security card
- Names and addresses of former employers Names and addresses of references
- A copy of your resume
- School records
- Create a new paragraph at the end of the document, right-align it, and then type your name.
- Preview the document.
- Close the document.
Project 4-5
- Open the Shipping.docx Data File. Rename the document as Overnight Shipping-(your initials).
- Jump to the end of the document, and then press the Enter key twice.
- In the new paragraph, set left tabs at 1.75 inches, 3 inches, and 4.75 inches.
- Type the headings Company, Cost, Weight Limit, and Delivery Time, using tabs to separate the four columns. Underline the headings.
- Press the Enter key. In the new paragraph, remove all of the tabs from the ruler and turn off underlining.
- Set a left tab at approximately 2 inches.
- Set a center tab at 3.5 inches.
- Set a right tab at 5.63 inches (the tick mark on the ruler between the 51⁄2- and 53⁄4-inch marks).
- Using the tabs you just set, type the following information:
- Lightning $11.75 1 lb., 4 oz. 1:00 p.m.
- Pronto $9.99 10 oz. 12:30 p.m.
- Zippy $14.50 2 lbs. 10:00 a.m.
- Speed Air $12.95 none 3:00 p.m.
- Indent the first line of the paragraph under the Overnight Shipping heading one-quarter inch.
- Change the spacing of the paragraph under the heading so that there is no space before it and space after it.
- Change the line spacing of the paragraph under the heading to 1.15 inches and change the line spacing of the paragraphs that make up the price list to 1.5 inches.
- Create a new paragraph at the end of the document with 42 points of space before it. Type your name.
- Preview the document.
- Close the document.
Project 4-6
As the student assistant to the superintendent of the Lancaster Independent School District, you have been asked to type the agenda for the next Board of Trustees meeting.
- Create a new Google document. Name it Agenda-(your initials).
- Set the top margin to 1.5 inches and the bottom, left, and right margins to 1 inch.
- Type the agenda shown in this link. Format all the paragraphs in the list so there is no space before or after them. Format the third paragraph in the heading (it starts with 4:00 p.m.) so there is space after it. All the lines are single spaced.
- Insert a new paragraph at the end of the document. Deselect the Multilevel List button. Format the new paragraph with space above it, and then type your name.
- Preview the document.
- Close the document.
Project 4-7
Assume you were assigned to write a five-page paper about the members in the three branches of the U.S. federal government. Create an outline for this paper.
- Create a new Google document. Name it Government-(your initials).
- Create an outline using a Roman numeral multilevel list that shows the following:
- Executive Branch
- President
- Elected by Electoral College Term – Four years
- President
- Judicial Branch
- Supreme Court Justices
- Appointed by President Term – Life
- Supreme Court Justices
- Senators
- Elected by Direct Vote – Statewide Term – Six Years
- Legislative Branch
- Representatives
- Elected by Direct Vote – Congressional District Term – Two Years
- Representatives
- Executive Branch
- Move the Senators item so it is a Level 2 item with subitems and is the first item under Legislative Branch.
- Press the Command+Up (Apple) or Ctrl+Search+Left (Chromebook) arrow keys. Type U.S. Federal Government as a new Level 1 heading. Insert your name as a new Level 2 heading.
- Preview the document.
- Close the document.