Computer Technology Instructions
Word 1 Activities 1-3
Activity 1—Utah
1.
Create a Word 1 folder in your Word folder on your student drive if you don’t have one.
2.
Open the document Utah Text file from the
Shared Drive > Computer Tech Folder > Word 1 Folder>Data Files
3.
Save the document in your Word 1 folder with a name following the following scheme: Period
Lastname Firstname Activity 1 Utah .
4.
Double-click at the top of the page to open the Header. Type your first and last name on the
left, Tab to the center and type Utah, Tab to the right and type in your class period. Close the
header.
5.
Scroll to the bottom of the page, double-click in the footer. Insert the Page Number “Brackets
1” style from the Page number tool in the Insert Tab.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Click to the left of the page number, change to left align (ctrl + L)
insert the current date and time, (you will have to type it),
press the TAB key –arrow over to the right side of the right bracket
Press Tab, type your teacher’s name. Close the footer
6.
Make sure the Theme for this document is “Office”. Go to the
Design tab and check in the theme gallery.
7.
Click on the Home Tab Select the entire document, ctrl-A, assign
the text style of “No Spacing” to the text in the document. Change
the font to Cambria, size 11. Remove the tabs at the beginning of
each paragraph. Put a space between each paragraph (blank linesuse the show/hide button).
8.
Add a blank line at the top of the page by clicking in front of the
heading, Northern Utah, and pressing enter.
9.
Type the title “Utah a Pretty Fun Place” as the top
line of the document.
10. Triple-click somewhere in the title you just typed.
This will select the whole title, assign the style
“Title” to it. (Home>Styles>Title)
11. With the title selected, change the font to Britannic Bold, size 30 (you
will have to type the size), and text color Green, Accent 3, darker 25%.
12. Change the title to All Caps using change case or Shift-F3.
13. Create a two line title by clicking after the word Utah and press the
enter key.
14. Select the entire title, change the line spacing before the
paragraph to 0 and make sure spacing after is 0.
(Page
Layout Tab, paragraph group)
15. Center the title (Home tab).
16. Press enter after the title.
17. Select the last paragraph in the document, the one starting with “There are four different…”
move the entire paragraph to the top of the document using drag and drop. The paragraph
should be below the title but before the heading “Northern Utah”.
18. Adjust the spacing so there is only one blank line between the title and the first paragraph and
one blank line with no space between the first paragraph and the heading “Northern Utah”
(turn on the show/hide button to see the paragraph markers)
19. On the first line of the first paragraph, if there is a tab before the word
“There”, delete it, then highlight the “T” in the word “There”.
20.
Insert a dropped cap by clicking on the Insert tab, go to the Text group, click on Drop Cap and
choose Dropped.
21. Click at the end of the first paragraph, insert a period.
Insert the picture “utahmap” from the Shared Drive > Computer Tech Folder > Word 1 Folder.
(Insert tab, Picture, browse to folder and choose picture)
22. With the picture selected, change the wrapping to tight.
(Format tab, text wrapping button, choose tight)
23. Change the picture size to
1.3” (you may have to go
into the dialog box to change the height).
Dialog box launcher
24. Set wrap to tight. Move the picture to the right side of the 1st paragraph. Look at the rulers to
make sure the right edge of the picture doesn’t go past the 7 inch mark.
25. Change the text alignment to Justify for the first paragraph.
26. Highlight the subtitle “Northern Utah”. Select the Style Heading 2.
27. Change the font color to Green, Accent 6 —the one at the top of the list.
28. Change the font to italics and underline—remove any extra spaces that may follow the subtitle.
29. Highlight the subtitle Northern Utah, double click on the format painter to copy the format you
just created.
30. With the Format Painter on, highlight the remaining subtitles “Central Utah”, Southwest Utah”,
and “Southeast Utah”. They all should now be Olive Green, Italics and Underlined.
31. Click on the Format Painter to turn it off.
32. Save the file.
33. Click to the left of the 3rd paragraph under “Northern Utah” (in front of the word “While”).
Insert the “Ski Utah” picture from the shared drive --Resize the picture to be 1.25” high and
change the Wrapping to be Tight.
34. Move the picture so the left
side lines up with the left
margin and the top of the
picture lines up with the
top line of the paragraph.
35. Select the paragraph under “Central Utah”. Increase the Right Indent to 2.25” by going to the
Page Layout tab and typing a 2.25 in the right box.
36. Change the alignment for this paragraph to Justify (Home tab or ctrl+j).
37. Click to the right of the paragraph so it is no longer selected.
38. Insert the “Central Utah” picture to the right of this paragraph. Click on the picture and change
the Text Wrapping to “In Front of Text”. Set the height of the picture to 1”. Move the picture to
the space to the right of the paragraph. Align the top of the picture with the top line of the
paragraph. Click off the picture.
39. Insert the “Central Utah 2” picture, change the wrapping to “In Front of Text”. Set the size to 1”.
Position it below the first picture for Central Utah. See the example below.
40. Apply the picture style “Simple Frame-Black” to both pictures.
41. Space the pictures apart enough that a line of white shows between
them.
42. Click to the left of the title “Southwest Utah”, it should be on the second page
of the document. Insert the picture “Lake Powell”.
43. Change the wrapping to Tight. Change the height of the picture to 2”.
44. Apply the picture style. “Simple Frame, White” to this picture.
45. Move the picture “nudge” down using the arrow keys so that the top of the picture goes
beneath the sub-title “Southwest Utah” (This entire section should be on the 2nd page).
46. Re-save the document.
47. Change the last paragraph in the document (starting with “There are a lot” to double spacing.
(Select the entire paragraph and use the shortcut Ctrl-2)
48. Click at the bottom of the document and insert the “Arches” picture.
49. Change the Text Wrapping for the picture to “In Front of Text”.
50. Change the height of the Arches picture to 1.6”.
51. Choose the Picture Style—Drop Shadow Rectangle—it’s on the top row of styles.
52. Re-position (if necessary) the picture even with the left margin, evenly spaced between the
footer and the last line of the last paragraph.
53. Click at the end of the last sentence of the document.
54. Insert a text box, Insert tab, text box button, choose draw a text box. Click and drag a box to the
right of the Arches picture. Make it about the same height and width of the picture.
55. Click inside the box and type “Utah, a Pretty Great State!”.
56. Select the text in the text box and apply the Heading 3 style (Home tab).
57. Change the spacing before and after the paragraphs to 0 (Page Layout tab, paragraph group).
58. Change the font size to 26pts, centered, bold, and italics.
59. Change the font color to color Green, Accent 6, darker 25%.
60. Click on the text box border and change the border style to a dashes style and weight of 3.
(Format tab, shape outline, dashes)
61. Fix any spelling errors you may have. Look for the wavy red lines and only change the words
that are spelled incorrectly.
62. Change the zoom control to between 50%-70%-- so you can see the entire document.
63. Go to the Design tab and to the Document Formatting group.
64. Click on Themes, change the Theme to Retrospect. The document should still be on 2 pages.
65. Re-save the document.
66.
Check your document with the key. Fix any errors you may have and adjust your document to
be the same as the key.
67.
Re-save.
68.
Save the document as PDF file format.
69.
Upload the PDF version of the file to the edu20.org site.
North State College Flyer – Exercise 2
North State College needs a meeting handout!
Recreate a meeting handout that is similar in appearance to the key below.
1. Create a new document in Word.
2. “Save As” your document, title it: Period Last First Activity 2 North State in your
Word 1 File Folder.
3. Insert a Basic Radial Cycle diagram (InsertIllustrations GroupSmartArtCycle
Basic Radial)
a. Insert the text as shown in the key below.
b. You may need to add a fifth
circle. Do to this, click on the
SmartArt, and then click on the
arrow on the side.
This will bring up an outline box where you can add another category to your SmartArt.
Add another circle here.
c. The text in the large middle
be 20 pt. – Bold - Calibri
the smart art then select the
by clicking on it.
circle should
Font (select
middle circle
d. The text in the smaller outside circles should be 9 pt. – Bold – Calibri Font
e. Change the connection lines between the circles to a Weight of 3.
(Select all the lines by using your CTRL Key, then go to the Format
Tab Shape Styles Group  Shape Outline  Weight  3)
4. Change the color of your SmartArt – you choose your color preference.
(Select your SmartArt  Design Tab  Change Colors Menu)
5. Insert a Circle Shape and place it BEHIND your SmartArt.
(Insert  Shapes  Oval …. As you draw your circle, hold your SHIFT key
down to create a true circle shape)
a) Your circle should be approximately 6 inches round.
b) You pick the colors of your circle – you must have a different fill and outline
color.
(Select circle  Format Tab  Shape Styles Group  Shape Fill and Shape
Outline)
6. Select both your SmartArt and your circle by selecting you SmartArt
then holding the Shift key while you select the circle.
7. Use the Align Objects tool in the Drawing Tools Format Tab to
center the objects (choose Align Center and Align Middle).
8. With both items still selected, group them together using the Group
Objects tool. Doing this makes them one object.
9. Create your Heading (North State College) using WordArt –
Gradient Fill – Gray
(Insert  Text Group  WordArt  Gradient Fill – Gray)
a) Change your WordArt colors to a gradient that matches your
color scheme.
(Select the WordArt  Format Tab  click the Text Fill down
arrow  Click on Gradient  More Gradients 
Click on Preset Colors down arrow
 Choose one you like.)
b) Give your WordArt a Perspective Diagonal Upper Left shadow.
(Select your WordArt  Format Tab  Text Effects down arrow
Click Shadow  Perspective Diagonal Upper Left)
10. Create your Sub-title (Student Organizations 2010 – 2011) using a Rectangle shape.
(Insert  Illustrations Group  Shapes  Rectangle) Draw the rectangle.
a) Change your
rectangle to No Fill.
(Click on the
rectangle  Format
Tab  Shape
Styles Group 
Shape Fill down
arrow  Choose
NO FILL.
b) Choose an Outline
color and make it a
3 pt weight.
c) Click in your
rectangle to add
text. Select a font,
color, and
appropriate size.
11. Insert clip art as
shown - Compass.
(Insert  Illustrations
Group  Online
Pictures  Search
For: compass 
double click your
choice)
12. Add a page border of
your choice.
(Design Page
Borders)
13. Create a class
header/footer.
14. Re-Save your document.
15. Save your document in a PDF file format.
16. Upload the PDF file to edu20.org
World of Coke Flyer – Exercise 3
1. Open the file “Text for Activity3” from the share drive.
2. Save the file in your student drive in your Word 1 folder as: “ Period Last First Activity 3 World of Coke”
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Using the things you have learned in Word 1—Create a similar flyer as the key below.
The star shapes are filled with the picture “Coke Wave”
The page border is an Art border—Look for small black dots—change the color to red and the
width to 22 pts.
Check for compatibility mode if you don’t have picture options—you will need to convert the
file. When complete Save and then Save a PDF copy and upload to the edu20.org site.
File Management:
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Open your Word 1 folder. Change the view to details.
Take a screensnipping of the contents of your Word 1 folder.
Paste in a blank Word document.
Setup a class header and footer on the page, save to the Word 1 folder as: Word 1 file
management.
Print— turn in your Word 1 Packet in the following order:
o Listening Guide
o Print out of your file management screen shot
***Papers MUST be stapled together in this order!***
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Turn in your Word 1 Listening Guide Packet.