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1 Documents for a purpose
Activity 3.1
Open a new Microsoft Word document. Insert the image ‘Daisy pg’
Crop the image so that it only includes one daisy, not two.
Activity 3.2
Resize the image so that it fils the page. Make sure that you maintain the aspect
ratio. Save your changes,
Inserting a table
One of the mast important things about creating a document is the way you choose to
sent the information. One way of presenting information to make it clearer and easier Table: a layout with
o understand, is to put itin a table. A table means that dat: sroun ee boxes that can be
given a title, to allow the audience to see the information clearly. used to make text
easier to read
1 Move your cursor to the place that you want to create a table
Click on the Insert tab and click on the Table button.
You will see a menu appear and at the top of the menu will be a grid of squares. You
will need to think about how many rows and columns you are going to use for the
data in your table,
Move the cursor to the square in the top left comer. You should see an orange outline
appear around this square.5 Move the cursor to the right across the grid then choose and select the correct
number of columns that you need for your table.
6 When you have selected the columns, move the cursor down the grid and choose the
correct numberof rows that you need for your table.
7 When you have selected a grid with the correct number of rows and columns, click the
left mouse button.
You should now see a teble appear in your document.
Don't forget to
include a row for
the titles in your
table.
ping text into the tabl.
Click inside the cell where you want the text to appear.
2 You can now start typing and the text will appear in that cell.
You will find that tthe text you type is longer than the cell in the table, the cel w
automatically change in length to make the text fit n the cell.
Cell: a small
space ina table or
spreadsheet where
you can input your
data.
The column
1 Click inside the cell within the table, next to where you want to a
2 You can add a column to the right of the cell or to the left of the cell.
3 Clickon the Layout tab and click on the Insert Left or Insert Right button.1 Documents for a purpose
table
1 Clickinside the cell within the table, next to where you want to add the new row.
2. You can choose to add a new raw above or below the cell
3 Click on the Layout tab and click on the Insert Above or Insert Below button.
eres cme tmnt oseBullet point:
layout that can be
used to create alist.
_List: a number
ofitems that are
all connected or
related to each
other.
Activity 4.1
‘Open your document 'My_Newsletter.docx’ Add a table at the bottom of the
document, making sure that it as two columns and four rows. Add the following
titles to the top row in the table:
+ ‘Event’
+ ‘Date’
Shen, add the following three everits to the table:
+ School sparts day, 1st June
+ School summer show, 25th June
+ School summer picnic, 5th July
Activity 4.2
‘Kad an extra column to the end of the table. Add the title ‘Cost’ to the colurnn. Add
the following information to the column, with one item on each row:
+ Freeentry
+ §Sentry fee
+ $44for each person
Activity 4.3
‘Aad an extra row to the bottom of the table. Type the following event to the table:
‘School summer charity walk, Loth July, $5 for each person’.
Creating lists using bullet points
‘nother way that you can present information clearly is by using bullet points. Bullet
‘points are very useful when you have lists of information that you wantto ncludeing
document.
IIs much easier ly ead the istwhen cach item ie given a bullet paint and a separate line
in the document. Itis more difficult to read the list as part of a text paragraph.
For example, if you need to be able to read a list of types of fruit, which of the following
would be easier to read?
Apple, pear, orange, grapes, melon, apricot, banana, cherry, strawberry, blueberry and