Practice Instructions for
Microsoft Word 2010 version of the CIL Word Test
This practice problem uses Word 2010.
All on-campus students will take their tests in Elizabeth Hall
room 311 and will use Word 2010. Testing
options in lab 311 for the current semester: Microsoft 2010 or
Corel WordPerfect and Presentations. Microsoft is
available for a MAC or a PC. It is required that you know
the current version of Microsoft and Windows.
The work for
proctored students can be accomplished using Word 2007.
Substitute files, Themes, and other options as needed (Proctored
students are those who live out-of-state or over 50 miles from
campus and have signed up for online tests via Continuing
Education and are not registered as an on-campus student).
1.
Open the document
CIL Word Start File and save the file to your flash drive or
your desktop. Change the View to One page 100 percent.
Save the file with a new name of [Last Name] Word
Start File
CIL Word Start File
2.
Select the Apex Theme for
the report (Proctored Students: if this option is not available
in Word 2007 - use another theme).
3.
At the very top of the
selected report place two blank pages by clicking on the insert
tab and then click on blank page twice. Then add one Next Page
Section Break creating two blank pages at the top of your
report.
4.
On the first blank page of
the report, create your own title page.
a.
At approximately 2
inches from the top of the page, key the report title:
Enhancing Documents. Format to Book Antiqua Font, font size
36. Center the title horizontally.
b.
Space down another
1.5 inches so you are approximately 3.5 inches from the top of
the page, key a subtitle: Formatting Made Easy. Font
size 24 pts, center the subtitle horizontally.
c.
At approximately 5
inches from the top of the page, key today’s date with
the month spelled out (Example June 14, 2012). Font size 12,
center horizontally.
d.
Place clipart of a
wildcat centered near the top of the date, place behind the
date, 2 inches high. Move the clipart if necessary, not the
text. Change the text color of the date to dark red.
e.
At approximately 8 inches from
the top of the page, center and key your full name using
a font size of 12.
5.
Change the text of the
report body to Arial, font 12 pts. Do not change the font or
size for the six centered lines describing specific font styles.
6.
There are several left
aligned heading in the report.
a.
Select and format
the following headings to a Heading 1 style: Formatting
Documents, Character Formatting, Paragraph Formatting and Page
Formatting
(Proctored Students: if this option is not available in Word
2007 - create a table of contents with the same headings).
b.
Select and format the headings
to a Heading 3 style: Font, Font Size, Font Style,
Watermarks, Page Border, and Page Colors (click on heading 2
and heading 3 will show next to heading 2)
(Proctored Students: if this option is not available in Word
2007 - create a table of contents with the same headings).
7.
On the remaining blank
page (this should be the second page of your document) create a
Table of Contents using the Automatic Table 1 Style for your
table of contents.
8.
Insert a Conservative
Footer on only the body pages of the report. To do this,
·
Select footer
·
Select edit footer
(bottom of dropdown menu)
·
Click in footer
area of the first page of the body
·
Click in the
Navigation section and click to deselect the Link to Previous
·
Click on Footer and
select Conservative footer from the dropdown menu
·
Select page number
(format page number) and start numbering at 1.
You should now
have a footer with page numbers on only the body pages of the
report. (Proctored
Students: if this option is not available in Word 2007 - create
a footer with another design).
9.
In preparation for an
index, mark the following terms in the document as index
entries, marking them so all pages where the terms appear will
be included in the index: border, character formatting, font,
page color, page formatting, sans serif font, and watermarks. (Proctored
Students: this option is not available in Word 2007).
10.
Use a page break to create a new
page at the end of the document. On the new blank page generate
an index for the document making the index one column with right
aligned pages numbers using leaders. Place a heading Index
above the index you just generated. Make the Index heading a
Heading 1 Style header.
11.
Select the centered lines
from near the middle of the document and left align.
a.
Add
a custom
bullet to the text in those lines.
b.
Move the six bullets so they
begin one inch from the left margin with the text following the
bullets to begin 1.5 inches from the left margin. Leave the
bullets different font sizes so they match the text that
follows.
12.
There is one blank line
between the three serif and the sans serif lines where you just
created bullets. Create a table at that point that is three
rows by two columns.
a.
Merge the two
cells of the top row and center the words Font
Characteristics in that cell.
b.
In the two cells
remaining in the left column, key the words Font Sizes
and Font Styles.
c.
In the two right
column cells, key Serif Fonts and Sans Serif Fonts.
d.
Change the fonts
styles of the table to Arial with a font size of 12.
e.
Make the Table
Style Light List – Accent 5.
f.
Autofit the table
to content.
g.
Center the table horizontally on
the page
13.
Following the period at
the end of the second paragraph of the body of the document
ending with the words: formatting tasks - place a footnote
reference number. The footnote should read, The tasks of
this report come from chapters 1, 2, 3, and 9 of the
Microsoft Word 2010 Comprehensive Concepts and Technologies
book published by Cengage. Italicize the name of the book
in the footnote. (Note
to Proctored students: create a bibliography using the following
information and formatting):
14.
Insert an active
placeholder, (Shelly) for the following book in MLA format at
the end of the first paragraph ending with the word ―appearance:
Author:
Shelly, Gary B. and Misty E. Vermaat
Title:
Microsoft Office 2010: Introductory
Year:
2011
City:
Boston
Publisher:
Course Technology, Cengage Learning
15.
Insert a second active
placeholder (Cashman) at the end of the last paragraph of the
body text following the word ―page‖. This is the information
for this book citation.
Authors:
Cashman, Thomas J., Gary B. Shelly, and Misty E.
Vermaat
Title:
Microsoft Office Word 2010: Comprehensive
Concepts and Technologies
Year:
2011
City:
Boston
Publisher:
Course Technology, Cengage Learning
16.
Insert one more source as
a miscellaneous entry instead of a book entry.
Author:
student’s Last Name, student’s First Name
Title:
NTM-Introduction to Word Processing
Year: Current Year
Month:
Current Month
17.
Using a page break for a
new page at the end of the document, generate a bibliography
from the two sources entered. Add a Heading 1 Style heading,
Bibliography, above the bibliography entries. Change the
bibliography entries listed to Arial font with a font size of
12.
18.
Update the Table of
Contents to include all new content.
19.
Update the Index and make
it Arial font with a font size of 12
20.
Double check your document
with the key provided. Be sure that your placeholders are
active and that your pages numbers are still correct. While the
material covered for this assignment is similar to the
production exam, the instructions for the exam will not be so
detailed.
21.
Go to the home tab. Enter
the following document properties
-
key your name in the author box.
-
key CIL
Practice Test in the title box.
-
key your
instructor’s last name, NTM 1501 in the subject box.
This work will
help you prepare for the Word test. You can use the HELP
section of the Word program to clarify areas that you might have
problems with and you can use the HELP section on the test as
well. If too much time is used looking up problem areas there
may not be enough time to complete the exam. Study the problem
areas carefully.
Know how to:
1.
Insert page numbers on each page as well as start page
numbering at 1 on page 3 or 4 of the document. Hint: page
breaks – continuous breaks.
2.
Create an index and a table of contents
3.
Change font size, themes, and create styles such as
headings
4.
Change margins and alignment
5.
Create and format in-text citations, generate
bibliographies, and placeholders
6.
Insert and format clipart
7.
Create and format tables
8.
Change the information that shows on the status bar
9.
Insert document properties
10.
Insert footers and headers
11.
Insert time and date
12.
Use find and replace
13.
Use the show and hide option
14.
Use the spellchecker
15.
Create and format custom bullets and numbers
16. Know how to add a page at
the top of the document as well as the end of the document
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