The aim of the laboratory is to get acquainted with basic formatting techniques in Word 2010 processors (MS Word). Some of the described actions can be performed in some other ways than the ones presented below which are the most common and simple. The light-gray background is applied only for distinction of the examples, not for exercise purposes. Exercise 1 Format some text provided in the text file after copying it into MS Word 2010 document according to the example. Before that, open a new document in word (File tab New blank document). Apply appropriate font styles: 1. Mark the text fragment to be formatted with mouse or keyboard arrows keeping Shift key pressed: a) in case of a single word just put the cursor on the word to be formatted, b) when dealing with a group of non-adjacent words (discontinuous selection) you can mark all of then holding Ctrl key pressed when selecting, c) selection and formatting can be off course applied to single characters, eg.: selection. 2. Choose the appropriate style from the toolbar or press one of the key combinations: Ctrl + b bold Ctrl + u underline Ctrl + i italic bold bold + underline underline Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, on December 3rd, 1857. He was born Polish but he would become renowned for his English short stories and novels. His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, worked as a translator of English and French literature, so Joseph had a significant exposure to literature while still a boy. bold + italic In 1861 his family was exiled to Northern Russia as a result of his father's political activities. Then in 1869, both of Conrad's parents died of tuberculosis and he went to Switzerland to live with his uncle. Conrad attended school in Kraków but he dreamed of the sea and in the 1870's he joined the French merchant marines. While working on a ship Conrad made voyages to the West Indies and was even involved in arms bold smuggling. + underline Eventually + italic Conrad joined the British merchant navy and swiftly climbed the ranks. By 1886 he was commanding his own ship and was given British citizenship. It was at this time that he officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad. Conrad spent the next part of his life sailing all over the world, it was this experience that provided him with material on the exotic locations of many of his novels. He visited Australia, various islands in the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, South America, and he even sailed up the Congo River in Africa. In 1894 at the age of 36 Conrad finally left the sea behind him and settled down in England. Two years later he married an Englishwoman by the name of Jessie George, and it was with her that he had two sons. italic page 1 of 5
Exercise 2 Having not changed text form the sample file, change fonts as show below: 1. Make the selection to format, as in the previous exercise. 2. Choose the font and font size from the Home tab Arial 12 Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, on December 3rd, 1857. He was born Polish but he would become renowned for his English short stories and novels. His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, worked as a translator of English and French literature, so Joseph had a significant exposure Times to literature New Roman while 16 still a boy. Impact 14 In 1861 his family was exiled to Northern Russia as a result of his father's political activities. Then in 1869, both of Conrad's parents died of tuberculosis and he went to Switzerland to live with his uncle. Conrad attended school in Kraków but he Impact 10 dreamed of the sea and in the 1870's he joined the French merchant marines. While working on a ship Conrad made voyages to the West Indies and was even involved in arms smuggling. Eventually Conrad joined the British merchant navy and swiftly climbed the ranks. By 1886 he was commanding his own ship and was given British citizenship. It was at this time that he officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad. Conrad spent the next part of his life sailing all over the world, it was this experience that provided him with Comic material Sans Serif on the 11 exotic locations of many Garamond of his novels. 12 He visited Australia, various islands in the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, South America, and he even sailed up the Congo River in Africa. In 1894 at the age of 36 Conrad finally left the sea behind him and settled down in England. Two years later he married an Englishwoman by the name of Jessie George, and it was with her that he had two sons. Courier New 12 most part he just wrote Monotype his novels, Corsiva the first 12of which, Almayer's Folly, appeared in 1895. That novel Conrad continued to write until the year he died, publishing his last novel, The Nature of Crime, in 1924. He died August 3rd, 1924 of a heart attack. Exercise 3 Having not changed text form the sample file, change paragraph alignment, margins, interlines as shown below: 1. Place the cursor somewhere within the paragraph to be formated. 2. From the context menu (right mouse button) or Page Layout tab then the little arrow at the bottom right side corner of the Paragraph group, open the Paragraph dialog window. 3. Set appropriate interlines, below- and above-spacings. 4. From the paragraph toolbar of the Home tab choose the correct alignment 5. Set the margins using the context menu or the sliders in the ruler above the document. To view the rulers, go to the View tab, then tick Ruler in the Show section. page 2 of 5
left: 1.25, right: 3.00, align: left&right Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, on December 3rd, 1857. He was born Polish but he would become renowned for his English short stories and novels. His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, worked as a translator of English and French literature, so Joseph had a significant exposure to literature while still a boy. left: 5.00, align: left, interline: 2 In 1861 his family was exiled to Northern Russia as a result of his father's political activities. Then in 1869, both of Conrad's parents died of tuberculosis and he went to Switzerland to live with his uncle. Conrad attended school in Kraków but he dreamed of the sea and in the 1870's he joined the French merchant marines. While working on a ship Conrad made voyages to the West Indies and was even involved in arms smuggling. Eventually Conrad joined the British merchant navy and swiftly climbed the ranks. By 1886 he was commanding his own ship and was given British citizenship. It was at this time that he officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad. Conrad spent the next part of his life sailing all over the world, it was this experience that provided him with material on the exotic locations of many of his novels. He visited Australia, various islands in the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, South America, and he even sailed up the Congo River in Africa. In 1894 at the age of 36 Conrad finally left the sea behind him and settled down in England. Two years later he married an Englishwoman by the name of Jessie George, and it was with right: 8.00, align: centre, below: 0.5, interline: 1.5 page 3 of 5
her that he had two sons. align: right Exercise 4 Having not changed text form the sample file, format the paragraphs so that they were aligned to left and right (aka Justify), with a single interline spacing, 0.4 cm below-spacing and 1.25 cm first-line indents (standard). For setting the indents use the sliders from the Ruler, modify the indent from the toolbar or Tab key press when the cursor is positioned before the first character in the paragraph. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, on December 3rd, 1857. He was born Polish but he would become renowned for his English short stories and novels. His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, worked as a translator of English and French literature, so Joseph had a significant exposure to literature while still a boy. In 1861 his family was exiled to Northern Russia as a result of his father's political activities. Then in 1869, both of Conrad's parents died of tuberculosis and he went to Switzerland to live with his uncle. Conrad attended school in Kraków but he dreamed of the sea and in the 1870's he joined the French merchant marines. While working on a ship Conrad made voyages to the West Indies and was even involved in arms smuggling. Eventually Conrad joined the British merchant navy and swiftly climbed the ranks. By 1886 he was commanding his own ship and was given British citizenship. It was at this time that he officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad. Conrad spent the next part of his life sailing all over the world, it was this experience that provided him with material on the exotic locations of many of his novels. He visited Australia, various islands in the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, South America, and he even sailed up the Congo River in Africa. In 1894 at the age of 36 Conrad finally left the sea behind him and settled down in England. Two years later he married an Englishwoman by the name of Jessie George, and it was with her that he had two sons. Even though he was settled down and had a family Conrad still occasionally traveled, but for the most part he just wrote his novels, the first of which, Almayer's Folly, appeared in 1895. That novel would be followed by many others including The Heart of Darkness in 1902 and Nostromo in 1904. Conrad continued to write until the year he died, publishing his last novel, The Nature of Crime, in Exercise 5 Using the original text, apply font foreground and background changes as shown below. Having the selection performed, use context menu or Paragraph toolbar buttons from Home tab. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, on December 3rd, 1857. He was born Polish but he would become renowned for his English short stories and novels. His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, worked as a translator of English and French literature, so Joseph had a significant page 4 of 5
exposure to literature while still a boy. In 1861 his family was exiled to Northern Russia as a result of his father's political activities. Then in 1869, both of Conrad's parents died of tuberculosis and he went to Switzerland to live with his uncle. Conrad attended school in Kraków but he dreamed of the sea and in the 1870's he joined the French merchant marines. While working on a ship Conrad made voyages to the West Indies and was even involved in arms smuggling. Eventually Conrad joined the British merchant navy and swiftly climbed the ranks. By 1886 he was commanding his own ship and was given British citizenship. It was at this time that he officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad. Conrad spent the next part of his life sailing all over the world, it was this experience that provided him with material on the exotic locations of many of his novels. He visited Australia, various islands in the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific, South America, and he even sailed up the Congo River in Africa. In 1894 at the age of 36 Conrad finally left the sea behind him and settled down in England. Two years later he married an Englishwoman by the name of Jessie George, and it was with her that he had two sons. Exercise 6 Using the appropriate formatting, create the following text: FONT COLOURS AND SIZES Exercise 7 Type or paste some text and using the font properties dialog window (little arrow at the bottom right side corner of the Font section in the Home tab) apply to it different formatting. eg.: strike-through SHADOW outline double strike-through double underline Exercise 8 From the Page Layout tab, try setting different paper sizes (user-defined and predefined), page orientations and margins. page 5 of 5