Word chapter 2 formatting and customizing documents

Microsoft Word Assighments

USING MICROSOFT WORD 2013

Independent Project 2-6 In this project, you format a bank authorization letter for Placer Hills Real Estate. You modify the formatting of an existing document, apply a theme, apply and modify styles, set tab stops, apply borders, and insert and edit hyperlinks.

Skills Covered in This Project

 Modify an existing document.

 Apply a document theme.

 Change margins.

 Insert automatically updated date.

 Apply and modify a style.

 Expand font spacing.

 Change paragraph spacing.

 Use the Format Painter.

 Set and use tab stops.

 Apply borders and shading to selected text.

 Insert a hyperlink.

 Edit a hyperlink

1. Open the ConferenceRegistrationForm-02 start file.

NOTE: If the document opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button in the Message Bar

at the top of the document so you can modify it.

2. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the file name if directed to do

so by your instructor, and save it.

3. Format the document.

a. Change the top and bottom margins to 0.5".

b. Select all of the text in the document and change the font size to 10 pt., line spacing to 1 (SS),

and after paragraph spacing to 6 pt.

4. Apply styles to title and subtitle.

a. Cut the first line of the document and paste it in the header. Apply Title style, align center, and

change the after paragraph spacing to 6 pt.

b. Delete the blank line below the text in the header.

c. In the body of the document, select the first two lines beginning with “Central Sierra Insurance,”

apply Subtitle style, align center, and change the after paragraph spacing to 6 pt.

5. Use Find and Replace.

a. Use Find to find all occurrences of “Agriculture Insurance Conference.”

b. Apply italic formatting to each occurrence except in the header.

c. Use Replace to find all occurrences of “Oct.” and replace with “May”.

d. Use Replace to find all occurrences of “Westfield Hotel & Spa” and replace with “Northgate

Resort” with bold and italic font style.

6. Click at the end of the second body paragraph (“Please help us to determine . . .”) and insert a

continuous section break.

7. On the blank line below the section break, insert a horizontal line.

8. Click in the document below the section break and change the left and right margins to 1.25" and

apply to This section.

9. Select the two lines of text below the horizontal line and set a right tab stop with a solid underline

leader at the right margin. Press Tab after each of these lines to insert the solid underline leader to

the right margin.

Step 1

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Word 2013 Chapter 2 Formatting and Customizing Documents 1/7/14

USING MICROSOFT WORD 2013

10. Customize bullets and indents for the different levels.

a. Use the Define new Multilevel list dialog box

(in the Multilevel List drop-down list). b. On the first, second, and third levels, change

the bullet to an open square bullet (Wingdings,

Character code: 113) and change the font size of

the bullet to 12 pt.

c. Set the indents for all levels so that the first level begins

at 0", the text for the first level begins at 0.25", and

additional indent for each level is 0.25". d. Apply this formatting to all of the bulleted lists.

11. Set tab stops with a leader.

a. Select the “Flying—Arrival time:” line and set a right tab

stop at 3" with a solid underline leader.

b. Press Tab after this line to insert the leader.

c. Select the “I need directions to Northgate Resort from:”

line and set a right tab stop at 5" with a solid underline leader.

d. Press Tab after this line to insert the leader.

12. Change indents and apply custom borders and shading to selected text.

a. Select the last two lines of the document, align center, and change the left and right

indents to 1".

b. With these two lines selected, apply a double border, ¾ pt.,

and Dark Blue, Text 2 to the top and bottom border of the selected text. c. Apply Dark Blue, Text 2, Lighter 80% shading to the selected text.

13. Insert a hyperlink to an email address at

each of the two occurrences of

“apelandale@centralsierra.com.”

a. Make sure the Text to display area just

displays the email address and not

“mailto: . . .”

b. Type Email Asia Pelandale as the

ScreenTip for each of these hyperlinks.

14. Save and close the document

(Figure 2-113).

15. Upload and save your project file.

16. Submit project for grading.

Step 2

Upload & Save

Step 3

Grade my Project

Figure 2-113 Word 2-6 completed

Define new Multilevel list dialog box