FACULTY OF SCIENCES

COMP 101 – Intro to Computing

INDIVUDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1
PART 1

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 Word Processing Assignment

Assignment Goals:
Successful candidates will be able to:
• Work with documents and save them in different file formats.
• Choose built in options such as the Help functions within the application to enhance
productivity.
• Create and edit small-sized word processing that will be ready to share and distribute.
• Apply different formats to documents to enhance them before distribution and recognize
good practice in choosing the appropriate formatting options.
• Insert tables, images and drawn objects into documents.
• Prepare documents for mail merge operations.
• Adjust document page settings and check and correct spelling before finally printing
documents.

Instructions
1. The individual assignment is worth 10% of your mark in this subject
2. Softcopy to be submitted electronically through Blackboard on Monday 8 January, 6 am.
Hard copy to be submitted in the lab Week 5.
3. Complete both parts of the assignment.
4. Softcopy must be submitted as a PDF file.
5. You are provided with a number of word files which you are to download and carry out
various operation as per instruction provided below.

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Assignment Part 1

This test consists of 15 practical questions with 1 mark available for each question. The total
marks available are 15 marks.

The assignment is based on preparing a circular letter giving notice about an upcoming annual
general meeting of your local badminton club. In the test you are asked to modify the letter to
apply various formatting actions to it; and carry out a mail merge operation.

1. Open the word processing application and open the file called game.docx from your
Candidate Drive. Save the document using the filename badminton.docx.
[1 Mark]
2. Center align the heading Badminton located at the top of the document. [1 Mark]
3. Change the color of the heading Badminton to the color of your choice. [1 Mark]
4. In the paragraph beginning The idea of… create a new paragraph at the sentence
beginning Badminton became popular…. [1 Mark]
5. Apply single line spacing to the paragraph beginning It was adopted…. [1 Mark]
6. Select the paragraph beginning with As with all… and change the font size to 12.
[1 Mark]
7. Apply bullets to the text near the bottom of the page from When the shuttle lands… to
When a player touches… [1 Mark]
8. The Return key on the keyboard has been used to put space between the text A new
Scoring System and the paragraph beginning The Rally Point… below it. Remove the
paragraph mark and change the paragraph spacing below (after) the text A new Scoring
System to 6 pt instead. [1 Mark]
9. Apply a 21/4 pt box boarder and a shading of your choice to the paragraph beginning The
Rally Point…. [1 Mark]
10. Enter your name in the left hand side of the document. [1 Mark]
11. Print one copy of the badminton document to a printer. Save and close the badminton
file. [1 Mark]

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 12. Mail Merge: Open the file called agmietter.docx from your candidate drive. Use the
document as the form letter for a mail merge. [1 Mark]
13. Use the file addrist.docx from your candidate drive as the data source to be merged with
the agmietter.docx from letter. [1 Mark]
14. Merge the address list data source file with the letter to create a mail-merged document
showing all the addresses. Save the mail merge document as merge.docx to your
candidate drive. Save and close all open files. [1 Mark]
15. Open the file called memorandum.docx from your candidate drive and save the file as a
word template called pegasus memo.dotx to your candidate drive. Save and close any
open files and close the word processing application. [1 Mark]

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Assignment Part 2

This test consists of 15 practical questions with 1 mark available for each question. The total
marks available are 15 marks.

The assignment is based on preparing an information sheet providing tips about hill walking. In
the assignment you are asked to edit the information sheet, to apply various formatting actions to
it, and to edit a simple table.
1. Open the word processing application and open the file called sampletest2.docx from
your candidate drive. Save the document to your candidate drive using the file name hill
walking.docx [1 Mark]
2. Change the color of the heading Hill Walking to a color of your choice. [1 Mark]
3. Change the spacing of the paragraph beginning This is the practice… so that there is a
6pt space after (below) the paragraph. [1 Mark]
4. In the paragraph beginning This is the practice… edit the text land to read terrain.
[1 Mark]
5. Change the heading PLANNING to sentence case. [1 Mark]
6. In the paragraph beginning This is one… delete the soft line break after the word
account. [1 Mark]
7. Apply the paragraph style subhead to the text Equipment above the paragraph
beginning There are many types…. [1 Mark]
8. Apply automatic numbering to the list of points from Compass to Water. [1 Mark]
9. The heading Summer Months for Hill Walking was aligned using spacebar. Remove
the spacing and set and apply a left aligned tab of 1 cm to the heading Summer Months
for Hill Walking and save. [1 Mark]
10. Complete the table with the following information. [1 Mark]
Months Temperatures (Celsius)
June 20
July 25
August 30

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 11. Add a shading of your choice to the first row containing the text Months and
Temperature (Celsius). [1 Mark]
12. Set the line width for all the boarders in the table to 1 pt. [1 Mark]
13. Change the left and right margins in the document to 2 cm. [1 Mark]
14. Enter your name in the left hand side of the header of the document. [1 Mark]
15. Print one copy of the document to a printer. Save and close the hill walking file and close
the word processing application. [1 Mark]

(Part 1 Assignment_ 30 marks)

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