Illustrated Word 2013
Unit E: SAM Project 1a
Tips for Graduating Students
CREATING AND FORMATTING TABLES
Project Goal
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
M Project Name
As a staff assistant in the Career Development Department of the Grant County Community
College, you help develop webpages that provide career information to students and recent
Project
Goal
graduates.
You are
currently working on compiling job search tips for students who are
about to graduate. To support the tips, you will create tables of information.
GETTING STARTED
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Download the following file from the SAM website:
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IL_Word2013_UE_P1a_FirstLastName_1.docx
Open the file you just downloaded and save it with the name:
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IL_Word2013_UE_P1a_FirstLastName_2.docx
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Hint: If you do not see the .docx file extension in the Save file dialog box, do
not type it. Word will add the file extension for you automatically.
With the file IL_Word2013_UE_P1a_FirstLastName_2.docx still open, ensure
that your first and last name is displayed in the footer. If the footer does not display
your name, delete the file and download a new copy from the SAM website.
PROJECT STEPS
1.
In the blank paragraph in the “Be Realistic” section, insert a table with 3
columns and 4 rows, then enter the data shown in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Data for the First Table
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2.
Sort the table in descending order first by the contents of the second column
(“Jobs Added Since 2013”), then by the contents of the third column
(“Growth”).
3.
Apply the List Table 3 – Accent 1 style to the table, then display the table
gridlines.
4.
Set the width of column 1 to 2.2”. Set the width of column 2 to 1.8”. Set the
width of column 3 to 0.75”. Apply the Top Right alignment to the numbers
in columns 2 and 3.
5.
Set the height of the header row to 0.25”. Apply the Bottom Center
alignment to the column headings in the header row.
6.
Apply the List Table 3 – Accent 1 style to the table in the “Get Real About
Money” section. Remove the special formatting from the first column. (Hint:
Do not remove the formatting from the header row.)
7.
Select the first three rows of the table after the header row (the rows with
“Salary”, “Other income”, and “Total income”), then apply shading using the
Light Turquoise, Background 2, Lighter 80% color (3rd column, 2nd row of
the Theme Colors palette).
8.
Select the ten rows of expense entries (from “Housing” to “Total expenses”),
then apply shading using the Dark Green, Text 2, Lighter 80% color (4th
column, 2nd row of the Theme Colors palette).
9.
Select the fifth row of the table (which is blank), then apply shading using the
Light Turquoise, Background 2 color (3rd column, 1st row of the Theme
Colors palette). Apply the same formatting to the last row of the table
(“Balance remaining”) and then apply bold to the last row of the table.
10.
Distribute the columns in the entire table so that the column widths are equal.
11.
Sort only rows 6–14 (from “Housing” to “Savings”) in ascending order based
on the text in column 2 (the “Expenses” column).
12.
Without changing the alignment of the header row, apply the Center Left
alignment to the contents of columns 1 and 2. Apply the Center Right
alignment to the contents of column 3. Right-align the “Amount” text in the
header row.
13.
Add formulas to the table as follows:
a. In the “Amount” column of the “Total income” row, insert a formula
after the dollar sign ($) that calculates the sum of the “Salary” and
“Other income” amounts. Select the #,##0 number format so the
result appears with a comma but no decimal places.
b. In the “Amount” column of the “Total expenses” row, insert a
formula after the dollar sign ($) that calculates the sum of the
expense amounts in rows 6–14. Select the #,##0 number format.
c. In the “Amount” column of the last row, insert the following
formula after the dollar sign ($) and select the #,##0 number
format:
Illustrated Word 2013 | Unit E: SAM Project 1a
=C4-C15
d. Change the “Other income” amount from 300 to 500. Update the
fields showing the total income and the balance remaining to
display the new amounts.
14.
Repeat the header row across pages 1 and 2.
15.
Merge the cells in row 5 (the blank row).
16.
In the third table in the document, insert a new row below the “3 Denver, CO”
row. Type 6 in the “Ranking” column and type New York, NY in the “City”
column. Sort the table in ascending order by the contents of the “Ranking”
column.
17.
Format the table as follows:
a. Remove the shading from the “Denver, CO” and “New York, NY”
rows.
b. Remove the top border.
Your document should look like the Final Figure on the following pages. Save your changes,
close the document, and exit Word. Follow the directions on the SAM website to submit your
completed project.
Illustrated Word 2013 | Unit E: SAM Project 1a
Final Figure
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Illustrated Word 2013 | Unit E: SAM Project 1a
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