Wednesday, May 12, 2010

TASK 2: Formatting Styles, Inserting table, Bullets and Numbering, Changing Text Direction, Cell alignment, Footnote, Hyperlink, Symbols, Spell Check

TASK 2: Formatting Styles, Inserting table, Bullets and Numbering, Changing Text Direction, Cell alignment, Footnote, Hyperlink, Symbols, Spell Checkspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">PURPOSE:
To create a document applying the above mentioned techniques.

THEORY:
Table:
A table consists of rows and columns.
Cell Alignment:
Aligns contents written in a table in the top left corner or top right corner or in the center etc.
Foot Note:
Foot notes are used to comments on , or provide references for text in a document.
Hyperlink:
It is a colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file , an HTML page on the world wide web, or an HTML page in an intranet.
Symbols:
You may not be able to enter certain symbols into your word document, as there is a limitation on the keys on the key board. Creating these new symbols especially when working with mathematical terms it becomes very difficult .For example we can insert symbols such as,,,..
Spell check:
It automatically checks for spelling and grammatical errors
Bullets and Numbering:
In Microsoft word we can easily create bulleted or numbered list of items.
Formatting Styles:
A style is a set of rules to be followed for the effective document. Style can be applied to text, paragraph, table or a list.
Changing text direction:
You can change the text orientation in drawing objects, such as text boxes, shapes, and callouts, or in table cells so that the text is displayed vertically or horizontally.
Track changes:
Track changes is a an excellent feature of Microsoft word as it enables a user or reviewer to keep track of the changes that have taken a period. Changes like insertion, deletion or formatting changes can be kept track of.
Procedure:
Changing Text direction:
1. Click the drawing object or table cell that contains the text you want to change.
2. On the Format menu, click Text Direction.
3. Click the orientation you want.
Table:
1. Click where you want to create a table.
2. On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Table.
3. Under Table size, select the number of columns and rows.
4. Under AutoFit behavior, choose options to adjust table size.
5. To use a built-in table format, click AutoFormat.
Select the options you want

Cell Alignment:
1. Click the cell that contains text you want to align.
2. On the Tables and Borders toolbar, select the option for the horizontal and vertical alignment you want— for example, Align Bottom Center or Align Top Right.
Foot Note:
1. In print layout view, click where you want to insert the note reference mark.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Reference, and then click Footnote.
3. Click Footnotes or Endnotes.
By default, Word places footnotes at the end of each page and endnotes at the end of the document. You can change the placement of footnotes and endnotes by making a selection in the Footnotes or Endnotes box.
4. In the Number format box, click the format you want.
5. Click Insert.
Word inserts the note number and places the insertion point next to the note number.
6. Type the note text.
7. Scroll to your place in the document and continue typing.
As you insert additional footnotes or endnotes in the document, Word automatically applies the correct number format.
Hyper link:
Select the text or picture you want to display as the hyperlink, and then click Insert Hyperlink on the Standard toolbar
Do one of the following:
1. Link to an existing file or web page:
1. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
2. In the Address box, type the address you want to link to or, in the Look in box, click the down arrow, and navigate to and select the file
2. Link to a file you haven’t created yet
Under Link to, click Create New Document.
3. In the Name of new document box, type the name of the new file.
4. Under When to edit, click either Edit the new document later or Edit the new document now
An e-mail address:
1. Select the text or picture you want to display as the hyperlink, and then click Insert Hyperlink on the Standard toolbar
2. Under Link to, click E-mail Address.
3. Either type the e-mail address you want in the E-mail address box, or select an e-mail address in the recently used e-mail addresses box.
4. In the Subject box, type the subject of the e-mail message
A specific location in another document
1. Insert a bookmark in the destination file or Web page.
2. Open the file that you want to link from, and select the text or object you want to display as the hyperlink.
3. On the Standard toolbar, click Insert Hyperlink .
4. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
5. In the Look in box, click the down arrow, and navigate to and select the file that you want to link to.
6. Click Bookmark, select the bookmark you want, and then click OK.
Symbol:
1. Click where you want to insert the symbol.
2. On the Insert menu, click Symbol, and then click the Symbols tab.
3. In the Font box, click the font that you want.
4. Double-click the symbol that you want to insert.
5. Click Close
Spell check:
1. On the Standard toolbar, click Spelling and Grammar .
2. When Word finds a possible spelling or grammatical problem, make your changes in the Spelling and Grammar dialog box.
Bullets and Numbering:
1. Type 1. to start a numbered list or * (asterisk) to start a bulleted list, and then press SPACEBAR or TAB.
2. Type any text you want.
3. Press ENTER to add the next list item.
Word automatically inserts the next number or bullet.
4. To finish the list, press ENTER twice, or press BACKSPACE to delete the last bullet or number in the list
Formatting Styles:
1. Select the words, paragraph, list, or table you want to change.
2. If the Styles and Formatting task pane is not open, click Styles and Formatting on the Formatting toolbar
3. Click the style you want in the Styles and Formatting task pane.
If the style you want is not listed, click All Styles in the Show box
Track Changes:
1. Open the document you want to revise.
2. On the Tools menu, click Track Changes

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