19 Sep File submission: MS Word 2016 practical exam: Word processing document creation

File submission: MS Word 2016 practical exam: Word processing document creation

 

Objective of the activity

 

Typing in a word processor is not enough. Knowing the functions of the word processor and the proper use of them, result in a document with a professional appearance, which invites and facilitates its reading. In this activity, each student will develop a document in a word processor using the functions that are requested.

 

Instructions

 

The academic goal of this task is to meet three of the most important contemporary personalities in the evolution of computers. The names that you will see below may be known:

 

Steve Jobs

Michael Dell

Bill gates

Additionally, it will include a fourth person, whose career makes him worthy of being on a par with the characters mentioned above.

 

To carry out this activity, you must carry out research using resources such as databases or the Internet. The sources of information consulted must be reliable sources (not monographs.com, Wikipedia.org, good homework, lazy corner… among others).

 

You will deliver an electronic document correctly written in your own words in which you will summarize the most important aspects of these personalities: origin, something from their childhood; education, his foray into the world of computers and his most important contribution or contributions. The document should not be as short as half a page, but it is not intended to be long either. One page is expected for each individual investigated.

 

Download the document for the activity:

 

 

What are we going to do?

 

After having collected, analyzed and paraphrased the information, you will deliver one (1) document created with a word processor, following the outline for the written work. The work must have:

 

Cover page

Table of Contents (using the Table of Contents function of the Reference tab)

Introduction

Personalities in the Evolution of Computers (present in alphabetical order by last name)

Michael Dell

Bill gates

Steve Jobs

_________________ (Name of the character identified by the student)

conclusion

References

Index

Appendix (Each appendix on one page, arranged alphabetically by last name). In this section you can include a photo of the character

Appendix A – Michael Dell

Appendix B – Bill Gates

Appendix C – Steve Jobs

Appendix D – Character name identified by the student.

Through their work, the student will be able to practice the following skills:

 

Create and save documents in word

give attributes such as:

Blacken and italic

Align vertically

Align horizontally

Applying the styles (Style)

do

“Page break (page breaks)

Page numbering

“Header (headers) & footer” (footer)