Lab-3: Word Processing: 30 points

In the last lab you used a simple text editor to correct messages that you had constructed in the Pine e-mail system. In this lab you will learn about a word processing system. In particular, we will be using Microsoft WORD, a well-known word processing system available for PCs.

You should now copy the files from the Lab 3 Word folder on your server to your disk labeled Lab 3.

A word processor differs from a text editor in that a word processor not only enables you to correct errors in files but also provides facilities for formatting text. A word processor provides text formatting along with a text editor. There are two kinds of text formatters. The first kind requires that you insert commands into the document specifying how the text should be organized – for example, you might specify that the next line of text should be centered in the document. In this kind of word processors, you must run a software program that actually executes the formatting commands and produces the final text, but you cannot see the result until this software program is run. The second kind of word processor works under the WYSIWYG paradigm, which stands for What You See Is What You Get. This kind of word processor provides commands for formatting your text such as centering a line, but the formatting commands are executed immediately and change your text so that at all times you can see an approximation of how your text will look when it is printed. Microsoft WORD is a WYSIWYG word processor.

IMPORTANT: To do this lab you must have a diskette of your own and your Microsoft Office 2003 lab manual by O’Leary.

1. Note the following:

§ Whenever the mouse pointer turns into an hourglass, the computer is in the middle of executing your command and you must wait until the mouse pointer reappears.

§ The standard toolbar at the top of the screen immediately below the list of menus is intended to display icons associated with certain command operations, such as saving. If the icons are not obvious to you (and they certainly weren’t obvious to me when I first looked at them), then move the mouse pointer so that it is directly on one of the icons on the toolbar and the name of the operation associated with the icon will be displayed – this is called a ToolTip.

§ The tutorial will occasionally tell you alternative ways of executing commands without using the mouse (i.e., by using keystrokes instead). You can ignore these alternatives – just knowing how to use the mouse is fine until you become proficient.

§ The tutorial offers you places where you can save your files and continue later. You would be wise to save your file at each of these points in case the lab ends before you are finished; then you can open your file and continue the lab from that point.

§ You may need to use the scroll bar on the right side of your window to move to different parts of the document if the entire document is not displayed on your screen.

2. Execute the tutorial on pages WD1.1 – WD1.33 of your lab manual for Microsoft WORD.

3. In the next part of the tutorial, you will use a file from on your diskette called wd01_Flyer1.doc.

4. Execute the tutorial on pages WD1.34 – WD1-71. Insert your name after the word “call” in the last paragraph at the bottom of the page, and then save the file as Flyer1.doc Print a copy of the file – make sure that the printed copy has your name printed on it.

5. Do pages WD2.4 – WD2.29 of your Microsoft WORD lab manual. (Stop at ‘Modifying Page Layout’. Be sure to save the file as Tour Letter2. Then print the file and make sure that the copy has your name printed on it.

6. Do Practice Exercise 1 on page WD1.82 – WD 1.83 of your lab manual.

7. Do Practice Exercise 3 on page WD1.85 – WD 1.86 of your lab manual.

8. Do Practice Exercise 5 on page WD1.87 – WD 1.88 of your lab manual.

9. Be sure to close all open windows when you are finished for the day.

10. Please save a copy of your work in another diskette because you would need some of these files for Lab 4.

TURN IN – the printouts of the files you have just completed. Don’t forget that each file should display your name. Be sure to staple your printouts together and print your name and section number on each page. Make a copy of your diskette as you will need it for the next lab.

You should be turning in your disk with:

Flyer1.doc,

Tour Letter2.doc,

Web Site Memo.doc

Grand Opening.doc,

Water Conservation.doc