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Microsoft Word 2016
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OVERVIEW 2
INSTRUCTIONS 2
GRADING CRITERIA 9
SUBMITTING YOUR PROJECT 12
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
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GRADED PROJECT
MICROSOFT WORD 2016
OVERVIEW
This project involves a case study based on a fictional company, Healthy Home Care, Inc.
You’ll assume the role of office manager, who is responsible for creating the literature for
a Welcome Package. The promotional documents will be printed and placed in a folder to
be mailed to the director of a senior center. For this project, you’ll complete four
documents for the package:
1. A cover letter discussing your partnership with a senior center
2. A fact sheet highlighting the services and amenities you offer
3. A flier promoting the next wellness clinic
4. A pre-registration form
INSTRUCTIONS
Create the following documents. Your score will be based on the rubric found in the
scoring guidelines.
CREATE AND EDIT A COVER LETTER
The Welcome Package includes a letter to the director of a senior center.
1. Start Word and create a new document.
2. Change the style of the blank paragraph to No Spacing.
3. Type the text shown on the next page, pressing Enter to place one blank line
where indicated, four blank lines in the closing, and four more blank lines before
the word Enclosures, and beginning new paragraphs where indicated.
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Date¶
¶
Ms. Alex Davis¶
Palms Senior Center¶
577 Palm Trail¶
Any Town, FL 12345¶
¶
Dear Ms. Davis: ¶
¶
We are excited about the opportunity to partner with Palms Senior Center to offer your
clients in-home services that complement the services you provide. Healthy Home
Care, Inc., services include visiting nurses, personalized nutrition counseling, physical
therapy, light housekeeping and cooking, and companionship through card games,
board games, and letter writing. ¶
¶
As discussed, our partnership with Palms Senior Center will include sponsorship of the
Healthy Home Care, Inc., Club Room at your facility. Our updated brochure includes
the amenities the Club Room will offer and we already have seen an overwhelming
response to the weekly therapy dogs. ¶
¶
Enclosed are 20 copies of the Healthy Home Care, Inc., fact sheet for you to distribute.
Also enclosed are fliers about our next wellness clinic to take place in the Club Room.
The wellness clinic is free to anyone who completes a no-obligation pre-registration
form, also enclosed. ¶
¶
Please feel free to call me at (123) 456-7890 with any questions or concerns. ¶
¶
In good health, ¶
¶
¶
Malik Wyatt¶
Office Manager¶
Healthy Home Care, Inc. ¶
456 Olive Ave. ¶
Any Town, FL 12345¶¶
¶
Enclosures
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Your document should now look similar to Figure 1.
Figure 1
4. Replace the word Date with a time stamp displaying a date that updates
automatically in the format “Month, Date, Year.”
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Figure 2
5. Edit the first paragraph to display the Healthy Home Care, Inc., services as a
bulleted list with each item starting with an uppercase letter, similar to Figure 2.
6. Bold the three occurrences of Healthy Home Care, Inc., within the body of
the letter.
7. Save the document, naming it “Healthy Home Care letter.”
CREATE A FACT SHEET
The Fact Sheet needs to display the Healthy Home Care, Inc., services in large print.
1. Start Word and create a new document.
2. Change the style of the blank paragraph to No Spacing.
3. Type the text shown below, pressing Enter to start new paragraphs where shown.
Healthy Home Care, Inc. ¶
We Provide Services with Heart¶
¶
Who is Healthy Home Care, Inc.? A network of qualified personnel to meet your
in-home health care needs. ¶
¶
Where is Healthy Home Care, Inc., located? We are your hometown provider with a
Club Room at Palms Senior Center for group interaction. ¶
¶
What services does Healthy Home Care, Inc. provide? ¶
Visiting nurses¶
Personalized nutrition counseling¶
Physical therapy¶
Light housekeeping and cooking¶
Companionship through card games, board games, and letter writing.
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Your document should now look similar to Figure 3.
Figure 3
Figure 4
6. Format the remaining text as Georgia 16 point.
7. Bold the three questions only.
8. Press Enter after the last question and then format the answer paragraphs as a
bulleted list, using a character other than the • symbol.
9. Format the bulleted list with 12 point spacing after each paragraph.
10. Save the document, naming it “Healthy Home Care fact sheet.”
4. Change the margins to 2 inches on the left and right and 1 inch on top and bottom.
5. Replace the first two lines of text with appropriately formatted WordArt that has a
Wrap Text format of Square and is centered above the rest of the text, similar to
Figure 4.
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CREATE A FLIER
The flier will promote the Wellness Clinic at Palms Senior Center.
1. Start Word and create a new document.
2. Change the document orientation to Landscape.
Figure 5
Wellness Clinic*¶
Where: Club Room at Palms Senior Center¶
When: Wednesday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.¶
Complimentary healthy lunch provided¶
¶
*Please see Director for no-obligation Healthy Home Care, Inc., pre-registration form,
which must be turned in for admission to Wellness Clinic.
5. Format the title in Comic Sans MS 72 point bold dark green.
6. Select the next three lines of text and apply the Heading 1 style.
7. Modify the Heading 1 style with the following formats:
a. Arial 26 point bold
b. Dark gray color
c. Center alignment
8. Format the last line of text with 2 inch right and left indents and then change the
font to Arial 9 point.
9. In the blank paragraph after Complimentary, insert an appropriate clip art
image of fruit.
10. Size the clip art so all the text is on one page, and then center the image.
11. Save the document, naming it “Healthy Home Care flier.”
3. Change the margins to 0.3 inch on all sides.
4. Type the text shown below. Your document will now look similar to Figure 5.
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CREATE A PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
The pre-registration form will be used to compile names of prospective clients.
1. Start Word and create a new document.
2. Insert a 5 by 11 table.
3. Merge the cells in the top row.
4. Select only Header Row in Table Style Options and then select a table style with
blue shading in the first row.
5. Type the form title as shown in Figure 6 and format the first line of text as Arial 20
point bold and the second line as Arial 16 point regular.
Figure 6
Figure 7
6. Type text and merge cells so your form looks similar to Figure 7. After merging
cells in the last row, change the row height to 4.5 inches. Change the row heights
of the cells containing text to 0.3 inch.
7. Save the document, naming it “Healthy Home Care pre-registration form.”
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SCORING GUIDELINES
RUBRIC
Skill/
Grading
Criteria
Exemplary
(4)
Proficient
(3)
Fair
(2)
Poor
(1)
Not
Evident
(0)
Apply a
Word Style
Appropriate
paragraphs
are in the
indicated
Word style.
Most
paragraphs
are in the|
indicated
Word style.
Some paragraphs
are in
the indicated
Word style.
Few
paragraphs
are in the
indicated
Word style.
Word styles
have not
been applied.
Insert a
time stamp
A time stamp
set to update
automatically
is displayed
in the format
Month, Date,
Year.
A time stamp
set to update
automatically
is displayed in
any format.
A time stamp
not set to
update is
displayed in
any format.
A date has
been typed.
No attempt
to change
the date has
been made.
Edit Text
and format
as a
bulleted
list
All of the
indicated
paragraphs
have been
edited and
formatted as a
bulleted list.
Most of the
indicated
paragraphs
have been
edited and
formatted as a
bulleted list.
Some of the
indicated
paragraphs
have been
edited and
formatted as
a bulleted
list.
An attempt
has been
made to
format the
indicated text
in a list style.
No attempt
to edit text or
create a
bulleted list
has been
made.
Apply
the bold
character
format
All of the
indicated text
has been
formatted as
bold.
Most of the
indicated text
has been
formatted as
bold.
Some of the
indicated
text has
been formatted
as bold.
The wrong
text has been
formatted as
bold.
No attempt
has been
made to
format any
text as bold.
Change
margins
All margins
have been
changed to
the measurements
indicated.
Most of the
margins have
been changed
to the measurements
indicated.
Some of
the margins
have been
changed to
the measurements
indicated.
The margins
have been
changed to
the wrong
measurements.
No attempt
has been
made to
change the
margins.
Create
WordArt
and
change
wrap
Appropriate
WordArt has
been created,
sized, formatted,
and given
the appropriate
wrap.
Appropriate
WordArt has
been created,
sized, and
formatted.
Appropriate
WordArt
has been
created and
sized.
WordArt has
been created
but is neither
appropriate
nor formatted.
No attempt
has been
made to
create
WordArt.
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Format
text in a
different
font
All of the
indicated text
has been
formatted with
the correct
typeface,
size, and
style where
indicated.
Most of the
indicated text
has been
formatted with
the correct
typeface,
size, and
style where
indicated.
Some of the
indicated
text has
been
formatted
with the
correct
typeface,
size, and
style where
indicated.
None of the
indicated text
has been
formatted with
the correct
combination
of typeface,
size, and
style where
indicated.
No attempt
has been
made to
apply character
formats.
Change
the bullet
style of a
list
All of the
indicated
paragraphs
have been
edited and
formatted as
a bulleted list
with an appropriate
bullet
character.
Most of the
indicated
paragraphs
have been
edited and
formatted as
a bulleted list
with an appropriate
bullet
character.
Some the
indicated
paragraphs
have been
edited and
formatted as
a bulleted
list with an
appropriate
bullet
character.
An attempt
has been
made to
format the
indicated text
in a list style.
No attempt
to edit text or
create a|
bulleted list
has been
made.
Change
paragraph
spacing
All of the
indicated
paragraphs
have the
appropriate
paragraph
style.
Most of the
indicated
paragraphs
have the
appropriate
paragraph
style.
Some of the
indicated
paragraphs
have the
appropriate
paragraph
style.
An attempt
has been
made to
add spacing
between
paragraphs
without
changing the
paragraph
style.
No attempt
has been
made to
change
the space
between
paragraphs.
Change
page
orientation
The document
orientation is
Landscape.
The document
orientation is
Landscape.
The
document
orientation is
Landscape.
The document
orientation is
Landscape.
No attempt
has been
made to
change the
orientation.
Create
indents
The indicated
paragraph has
right and left
indents of the
appropriate
measurements.
The indicated
paragraph
has either a
right or left
indent of the
appropriate
measurement.
The indicated
paragraph
has right and
left indents,
but of the
wrong measurements.
Spaces, tabs,
or some other
character
was used in
an attempt
to change
indents.
No attempt
has been
made to
change
indents.
Apply
color to
text
All of the
indicated text
has been formatted
in the
appropriate
color.
Most of the
indicated text
has been formatted
in the
appropriate
color.
Some of the
indicated
text has
been formatted
in the
appropriate
color.
The wrong
text has been
formatted in a
color.
No attempt
has been
made to
change the
color of text.
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Modify a
built-in
style
All of the indicated
changes
have been
made to the
Word style.
Most of the
indicated
changes have
been made
to the Word
style.
Some of the
indicated
changes
have been
made to the
Word style.
Few of the
indicated
changes have
been made
to the Word
style.
No attempt
has been
made to
change the
Word style.
Insert clip
art
An appropriate
clip art
image has
been inserted,
sized, and
formatted.
An appropriate
clip art
image has
been inserted
and sized.
An appropriate
clip
art image
has been
inserted.
A clip art
image has
been inserted
but is neither
related to the
content nor
has it been
formatted.
No attempt
has been
made to
insert a clip
art image.
Insert a
table
A table of
the specified
size has been
inserted.
A table of the
wrong size
has been
inserted.
Tabs have
been used to
create rows
and columns
of data.
Text has been
typed with
no attempt to
organize it.
No attempt
has been
made to create
organized
data.
Merge
table cells
All of the
indicated
table cells
have been
merged.
Most of the
indicated
table cells
have been
merged.
Some of the
indicated
table cells
have been
merged.
Few of the
indicated
table cells
have been
merged.
No attempt
has been
made to
merge cells.
Apply a
table style
A Word table
style with the
appropriate
options has
been applied.
A Word table
style with the
appropriate
options has
been applied
without top
row shading.
A Word table
style with
the wrong
options
has been
applied.
An attempt
has been
made to format
the table
by applying
separate cell
formats.
No attempt
has been
made to
format the
table.
Format
table row
height
All of the
indicated
rows have the
appropriate
height.
Most of the
indicated
rows have the
appropriate
height.
Some of the
indicated
rows have
the appropriate
height.
The indicated
rows have
been changed
to the wrong
height.
No attempt
has been
made to
change any
of the table
row heights.
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SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
Before submitting your project, make sure you’ve correctly completed the following:
q Create, save, and name a file
q Type text
q Edit text
q Change page orientation
q Character formats, including typeface, point size, bold, and color
q Apply Word styles
q Modify a Word style
q Insert an automatically updating time stamp
q Paragraph formats, including alignment, spacing, and indents
q Create WordArt
q Insert clip art
q Change the wrap and size of an image
q Use bulleted lists, including changing the default bullet
q Insert a table
q Change table formats using Table Styles
q Change cell formats using Text and Paragraph Styles
q Change table structure, including merging cells and row heights
q Type data into a table
SUBMITTING YOUR PROJECT
Each project is individually graded and therefore could take approximately 5–7 business
days to grade. Make sure the following information is in the heading of each document:
OO Your name
OO Your email address
OO Your student number
OO Course name and number
OO Project number (584800)
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2. Log in to your student portal.
3. Click on Take Exam next to the lesson you’re working on.
4. Follow the instructions provided to complete your exam.
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