Renewable Natural Resources 201
RENR 201--2/7/2016
Word Processing Exercise #1--Special Features
Background: Full-featured word processors have numerous special features and the ability to
produce a large variety of printed products. This exercise will look at a few of these,
some common, some less used as well as the command locations on the Microsoft
Ribbon.
Instructions: Perform the actions indicated on each line. Print or save a copy of the final
document as an Adobe PDF file to submit to the appropriate eCampus assignment.
Formatting Text {Home tab, Font}:
Print this line in Bold text with the words italic in italic text.
Print this line as underscored (underlined) text with a double underscore.
Print the underscored portions of the following text as superscript: Use e-log x or e-32B.
Print the numbers 2 and 4 as subscript text: I said, drink the H2O not the H2SO4!
Change the font face to a script font that is colored red.
Change the font size of this line of text to 18 and color it blue.
Margin Justification/Alignment {Home tab, Paragraph}:
Use Center justification for this line.
Use Right justification for this line.
Write something here that will demonstrate full justification.
Miscellaneous
Extend the left margin of this text to align with “Miscellaneous” above. {Ruler display}
Insert a page break immediately after this line. {Page Layout tab, Page Setup}
Add a watermark image to this document. {Page Layout tab, Page Background}
Add two different horizontal lines in the space below {one using Insert/Shapes, the other
using Insert/Clip Art}
Insert this line of text in a text box and format it to vertical text , bottom to top.
{Insert Tab, Text, Text Box; Drawing Tools, Format}
Insert two hyperlinks, one to Google.com, the other to Amazon.com. Have one display the
address (URL), the other display the name only. {Insert, Links}
Symbols/Foreign Characters {Insert Tab, Symbols, Symbol}
After each of the following words, add the appropriate symbol:
Cent
degree
not equal to
Copyright
plus or minus
greater than or equal to
Add a table below which will have 4 columns and two rows and type a different Greek
alphabetical character (upper case letter) in each cell.
Insert two happy face symbols here—one from shapes, the other from symbols (wingdings).
Insert a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character (CJK ideograph) here, followed by an
octothrope.
Graphics {Insert Tab—Illustrations, Shapes, Text
Insert a spreadsheet chart below this line; change the Category and Series Names. {Insert,
Chart}
Insert two 5-point stars and fill one with a color:
Convert this line to WordArt.
Insert a clipart image below this line.
Do a screen capture (Print Screen key) and insert that picture below this line.
Add your name and course and section number as a header to this document.
Add a footer with a command which will automatically add the current date.
Add a hidden comment about life at A&M at the end of this line of text.
Smart Art—Organizational Chart
Insert a Next Page Section break, then orient the page to landscape mode. Build your
Organizational Chart on this new page. Place a title at the top of the page (VIDT
Organization Chart). Show appropriate lines of authority, and show both name and office in
each box. Choose different colored boxes for elected officers, appointed officers, and the
advisor. Add a color key for the text boxes to identify the different categories.
Use the organizational chart
software found in Word (Insert, Smart Art,
Hierarchy) to make a standard box and line
organizational chart which depicts the
structure of the VIDT majors club. A
typical chart would look something like
this:
Note that line positions are normally indicated by
descending lines while staff positions are offset.
Advisory positions are indicated by a dotted or
dashed line.
The VIDT Majors Society has the
following positions:
President--Francis Harper (elected)
Assistant to the President--Grace Tours (appointed)
Advisor--Dr. Henry Sanders, Assistant Professor
1st Vice President, Membership Services--Judy Conlee (elected)
2nd Vice President, Professional Services--Kevin Sharp (elected)
Treasurer--Clay Ferris (elected)
Secretary—Janet Houseman (elected)
Historian--David Zachary (elected)
Standing Committees (all appointed)
Financing--Thomas Moore (reports to the Treasurer)
Marketing--Henry Clay (reports to the 1st Vice President)
Service--Janet Highridge (reports to the 2nd Vice President
Social--Pat Fazzino (reports to the 1st Vice President)
Career Employment--Cindy Smythe (reports to the 2nd Vice President)
Fall Career Fair--Gerald Jones (reports to Career Employment)
Spring Internship Fair--James Harrison (reports to Career Employment)
Below the color key, change the page orientation back to portrait mode (vertical) and continue
the exercise.
Sorting {Home tab, Paragraph, Sort}
Sort the following list of names into alphabetical order by first name.
Cristin Grayson
Sue Petrosky
Renee Spiker
Maranda Guiney
Rae Kniffen
Ernest Paige
Angelia Tuma
Allyn Koelling
Reggie Ribble
Sonya Chery
Earnest Haro
Ardelia Mey
Sibyl Turner
Sara Banas
Kathy Spieker
Timothy Fairweather
Newton Greenhouse
Malik Mcghie
Danielle Miller
Authoring/Editing Tools{Review, Tracking}
Turn on the track changes command under the Review tab, then change the word cytoplasm
(below) to ectoplasm.
Zombies thrive on Cytoplasm.
Perform a word count on the completed document and enter that total here:
Save a final copy of your document with the Review set to “Final Showing Markup.” Print a copy as
a digital Adobe PDF file and submit it to eCampus. Check the pdf file before submission to
be certain that everything shows.