HS115Week Two Seminar

April 28, 2011

David Rudnick, Instructor

Agenda

• Review of Unit One Grading

• Unit Two Topics

• Questions about Unit Two

Assignments

• Questions

Unit 1 Grading

Unit activities were graded as follows:

•Discussion = 20 pts.

•Seminar = 20 pts

•Assignments = 40 pts

Unit One Assignments:

Units A and B Assignments were

worth the following points:

•Staff Memo= 10 pts.

•Zimmerman Fax= 10 pts

•PR Lecture Public = 20 pts

Unit One Assignments:

With your assignments

being worth 30- 40 pts

each week, it would be

beneficial for you to:

• Review all steps in the

document before you

turn it in.

• Ensure you name the

file with the correct

name.

• Spell and grammar

check before you turn it

in.

Syllabus Review

• Grading scale:−To pass the class: 77% or 770 points.−510 of these points are weekly

assignments, plus Skills Assessments.

Unit 2 Introduction

• Formatting Text

and Paragraphs

• What are the

assignments for

Unit Two?

Unit Two Assignments• Skill Acquisition:

−Unit C: Pages Word 52-Word 69 (Do not turn it in)

−Must be completed in order to do Skill Applications.

• Skill Application (upload):•Independent Challenge 1 – page Word 74•Independent Challenge 2 – page Word 75

−On Independent Challenge Two:• Do not complete the Advanced Challenge

Exercise portion.

Word Unit C Objectives

• Format with fonts

• Copy formats using the Format

Painter

• Change line and paragraph spacing

• Align paragraphs

• Work with tabs

Formatting text

• Quick question:

• In this unit, you make changes to font

type, color, size, and effects.

• Do you do this with the Font settings in

the Home Ribbon, or the mini-toolbar?

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Home Ribbon• Change fonts

using the Font

list arrow

• Change font size

using the Font

Size list arrow

• Change font color

using the Font

Color list arrow

Font list arrow

Font Size list arrow

Font names are formatted in the font

Question Two

• True or False: When you create a

document, should the heading text

be different than the body text?

−Different sizes−Different font−Different color

Question Two -- TRUE

Drop Cap

• How do you create a drop cap?

Drop Cap

• Adding a drop cap−A drop capdrop cap is a large

initial capital letter, often used to set off the first paragraph of an article

−To insert a drop cap, use click the Drop Cap button in the Text group on the Insert tab

Format Painter

• Probably my

favorite Word tool.

• Easily copy font

styles to other

text:−Color−Size −Effect

Copying Formats Using the Format Painter

48 point, red, shadow

effect, 80% character

scale

ItalicBold

Change Case

• Question: How do you change the

case of selected text?

• For example: Hello to HELLO

Change Case

−Use the Change Case button in the Font group on the Home tab.

• Sentence case Sentence case capitalizes the first letter of a sentence

• Title case Title case capitalizes the first letter of each word

• Toggle case Toggle case switches all letters to the opposite case

Setting Tabs

• Question:−Name two ways to set Tabs in your

document

• Question two:−When talking about setting tabs, what

does setting a tab with a “leader” refer to?

Setting tabs

• Two methods to set

tabs:

• Click the arrow in the

Paragraph section

under Page layout, and

click the Tabs button.

• Set the tab on the

ruler, if visible in

document.

Setting tabs on the ruler

• You can set a tab on

the ruler, by clicking

the Tab button.

• There are four

different tabs that can

be set by toggling

through the tab types.

• What is toggling?

Tabs

Paragraph Window

1. Set tab stops

2. Set alignment

3. Set the leader style

Indents• Which way do you

prefer to use when

setting an indent in

Word?

• Do you set the

indent on the ruler?

• Do you click the

Paragraph arrow in

the bottom right on

the corner?

Bullets and Numbering

• Another favorite

tool in Word.

• Question: Can

you change a

bulleted list,

once it has been

placed in a

document?

Editing a bulleted/numbered list• You can change the

bulleted/numbered list

by:

• Highlighting the word

• Clicking the drop-down

arrow to the right of

the Bullet button

• Selecting the new

bullet/numbering type

Borders and Shading

• You use borders

three different ways:−Page borders−Shaded Text−Tables within a Word

document

• Shading can be

applied to shaded

text or a table.

Borders and Shading

• Name several other ways to insert a

border or shading into a document.

Borders and Shading

• On the Home tab

• Right click

• Mini Toolbar

Footnotes

• Used to provide

further information,

comment on, or

supply a reference to

text in a document.

• Footnotes must be

placed within the

document as you

type it.

Footnotes

Unit Two Questions?

• Any questions on Unit Two

assignments?

• Any challenges?

Questions?

• Any questions?

• If not, have a great

evening, and I will

see you next week.

• Don’t forget Unit C

assignments are

due Tuesday at

11:59 pm (EST).