HANDS-ON EXERCISE

The following hands-on exercises are designed to assist you in practising the various lessons in this section. Where constituted, you’re encouraged to carryout this exercises in groups for collaboration and effective results.

Exercise 1: Basic Text Formatting in Microsoft Word

• • Objective: Learn to format text using various features in Microsoft Word.
  • Instructions:
    1. Open Microsoft Word and create a new document.
    2. Type a paragraph of text.
    3. Change the font type to “Arial” and the font size to “14”.
    4. Apply bold, italic, and underline to different parts of the text.
    5. Change the font color to blue and highlight a sentence with yellow.
    6. Save the document as “FormattedText.docx”.
    7. Share a screenshot of your work on the SAED Facebook page and with your personal remarks.

Exercise 2: Creating and Formatting a Table in Microsoft Word

• • Objective: Understand how to create and format tables in Microsoft Word.
  • Instructions:
    1. Open a new document in Microsoft Word.
    2. Insert a table with 4 columns and 5 rows.
    3. Enter sample data into the table, such as names, ages, and occupations.
    4. Apply a table style from the “Table Design” tab.
    5. Merge the cells in the first row to create a table header and type “Sample Data”.
    6. Change the shading of the header row to a different color.
    7. Save the document as “Formatted Table.docx”.
    8. Share a screenshot of your work on the SAED Facebook page and with your personal remarks.