Intro to Word & Formatting Part 1

Mr. Simmons has assigned a research project.

Every student in the class will create a single page report about the recycling habits of an assigned state.

The individual reports will then be combined to form a single 50 page reference manual.

What can Mr. Simmons require each student use so that all page layouts follows a consistent style?

• A template

• A laptop provided by the school

• A keyboard shortcut

• A toolbar

Which type of software enables you to format text, lists and paragraphs, and to check for spelling and grammar errors?

• Spreadsheet software

• Design software

• Presentation software

• Word-processing software

For which task would you most likely use word-processing software?

• Creating slides and displaying them in a continuous loop

• Placing numeric data in rows and columns for statistical analysis

• Placing text in rows and columns for sorting and filtering

• Formatting text with various fonts, sizes and styles

Karim needs to write a report.

He wants to ensure that he uses the correct font, style, margin settings and headers specified by his supervisor.

What can Karim use to ensure that he formats his report correctly?

• A Web page

• A laptop provided by the school

• A computer with the UNIX operating system

• A template

In a word processing program, where can you find drop-down menus that contain sets of options?

• Options bar

• Toolbar

• Scroll bar

• Menu bar

Chris is unfamiliar with the word processing program he is using.

He wants to find the drop-down text-driven options for the document view because he does not yet recognize the icons at the top of the window.

Where can Chris find these drop down options?

• Menu bar

• Toolbar

• Scroll bar

• Options bar

Mattea has completed her writing assignment.

Her teacher has specified the line spacing for the assignment.

What type of feature would she use to adjust the line spacing?

• Formatting

• Shading

• Editing

• Inserting

Olivia is writing a detailed report about nutrition in school lunches.

She wants to assure that the text appears professional and that none of the information is lost in the margin.

Which option can she adjust to assure that her information is not hidden by the margin?

• Gutter

• Footer

• Header

• Edge

Felix is watching his teacher quickly type a document that outlines a future assignment.

He notices the teacher is able to perform several formatting changes as she types without using the mouse to access menus.

Which word-processing feature is the teacher most likely using?

• Keyboard Shortcuts

• Drop-down Menus

• Find and Replace

• Mouse Set-up

Mrs. Leonard forgot her reading glasses at home.

She still needs to grade the documents that her students have created featuring tables.

How can she increase the size of the text and documents without modifying the font size and formatting?

• Zoom in to the document.

• Show the Ruler.

• Change the document to Landscape orientation.

• Avoid using Full Screen mode