Lab One Part One - Introduction To MS Word

The University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus

Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics
COMP0001: Preliminary Computer Science One
Laboratory Exercise One
Introduction to Word Processing using MS Word
INSTRUCTIONS
READ EACH INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY AND THEN READ IT AGAIN.

MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTION BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT IT.
Do not delete any extra paragraph breaks in the document unless directed to do so.
Do not perform any extra formatting other than what is directed.
The instructions/directions show text that you type or select as bold text, but this is only for emphasis; do not attempt
to duplicate this formatting in your answer.
When answering questions, only change what is asked and ACCEPT ALL OTHER DEFAULTS.
NOTE: Save your work often. Power glitches or computer failure can cause you to lose your data.
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NOTE: Complete the following steps in order.
1. Create a folder on your USB drive; name this folder “YourFullName Lab One - Word Processing”, for example:
John Brown Lab One - Word Processing.
2. Create a new MS Word document in this folder; name this document “Cover Page ”.
3. Open Cover Page and on the first page only, neatly include the following information (well spaced and
arranged) if you are prompted to enter your name and initials, do so:
a. “The University of the West Indies”

i. Full block caps, bold, Font Size: 24, Font Name: Calibri and centered
b. On the next line type “Faculty of Science and Technology”
i. Full block caps, bold, Font Size: 20, Font Name: Calibri and centered
c. On the next line type “Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics”
i. Bold, Font Size: 18, Font Name: Calibri and centered
d. Skip two lines and type “COMP0001: Preliminary Computer Science One”
i. Font Size: 16, Font Name: Calibri and centered
e. On the next line type “Laboratory Session One: Word Processing”
i. Underlined, Font Size: 14, Font Name: Calibri and centered
f. Skip three lines and type “This is a reproduction of lecture notes by Dr. N. Dulay of the Department of
Computing , Imperial College, London”
i. Italicized, Font Size: 12, Font Name: Calibri and centered, Margins: 2.5 inches left and right
g. Insert a double line page border on your Cover Page .
h. Save and close your document.
4. Create a new MS Word document in your folder, name this file “Memory Organisation”,
5. Open and copy all the text from the notepad file on the eLearning platform entitled “Memory Organisation” and
paste it into your new document.
6. Insert three (3) Next Page Section Breaks before the text “Main Memory (RAM) Organisation”
7. Set your margins to “Office 2003 Default”.
8. Modify the Normal Style by performing the following tasks:
a. The font to be used is Arial Narrow
b. Justify the text
c. Add a 12pt after space
9. Ensure that the Styles window is available on the Home ribbon.
10. Create a new style called My Main Heading based on the Heading 1 style with the following attributes:
a. The font to be used is Arial Narrow
b. The font size is 20 and bold
c. Add a 12pt after space and no before space
11. Apply the My Main Heading to the headings “Main Memory (RAM) Organisation” and “Main Memory
Organisation”.
12. Apply Heading 2 default formatting to all sub-headings; Register Memory etc.
13. On Page 2, enter the text Table of Contents as the heading and apply the My Main Heading to the text. Below
the Table of Contents heading, insert a Table of Contents.
14. On several pages of the document you will see F1, F2, F3 etc. These labels indicate locations where you are to
insert figures with the corresponding names from the figures folder into the document.
a. For each figure you inserted you are required to insert an appropriate caption (based on what the figure
is illustrating: you will need to read the paragraph before and after the label to determine what you
should include in the caption.
Example: “Figure 1. The basic components of a computer system are input devices, CPU, ALU, memory
and output devices”.
15. On Page 3, enter the text Table of Figures as the heading and apply the My Main Heading style to the text.
Below the Table of Figures heading, insert a Table of Figures.
16. Insert a footer into this document, this footer should read “This document was prepared based on notes by Dr.
N. Dulay of The Imperial College, London (November, 2007).
17. On Page 1 of this document insert the Cover Page.
18. Save and close your document.

19. Open the “Invoice” document from the Lab One folder you downloaded from eLearning.
20. Open the Header Section of this document and create your own letterhead for the Invoice using a fictitious
company name, address, contact number, email address and website.
21. In the header section of the Invoice also insert a unique company logo which you created yourself using Paint.
Your logo should be no larger than 1.5 inches square.
22. In the Footer Section of the Invoice insert the text “Thank you for your business, please call again soon!”.
a. Font size: 9, bold, Italicize and left align
b. Insert a smiley face at the end of the text.
23. In the body of the Invoice where you see the word “Date”, insert the date function which will show the current
date whenever the document is opened. Use the format: day, month, date, year example: “Friday, September
07, 2012”
24. Merge the Invoice MS Word document with the MS Excel file “Invoice Details “in such a way that all fields are
inserted in their correct locations according to the labels on the Invoice.
25. Complete the merge, save and create.pdf files for each invoice. Save these invoices to a new folder within your
folder called invoices.
26. Create a new MS Word Document called “Invoice Summary Report”

27. On the first line of your document give it a heading “Invoice Summary Report”.
a. Font Size:18, Bold, Italicize, Center
28. Copy the contents of the “Invoice Details” spreadsheet and insert the information two Lines below the heading
of this MS Word document.
a. Change the orientation to landscape
b. Change the paper size to Legal
c. Set up this page for printing such that the gridlines are visible and all the information fits on one sheet.
29. Save and Convert ALL WORD DOCUMENTS to the .pdf file format. You may need to use an online resource to
perform the conversion.
Your folder should contain five (5) edited files:

1. Cover Page (MS Word format)
2. Memory Organisation
3. Invoices (Merged file)
4. Invoices folder containing five invoices in pdf format
5. Invoice Summary Report
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The University of the West Indies

Cave Hill Campus

COMP0001: Preliminary Computer Science One

Laboratory Exercise One

Introduction to Word Processing using MS Word

READ EACH INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY AND THEN READ IT AGAIN.

COMP0001 – Preliminary Computer Science One – Lab One, 2014/15 1

a. “The University of the West Indies”

COMP0001 – Preliminary Computer Science One – Lab One, 2014/15 2

26. Create a new MS Word Document called “Invoice Summary Report”

Your folder should contain five (5) edited files:

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