Practice Developing a Document

Practice Problems

As you work through each lesson in this resource, you will complete Practice Problems. The tasks you need to complete will be provided in the file that you are asked to download. Once the file is downloaded, navigate to the “Assignment” tab to locate the assignment options. Click on “Instruction Sheet” to see a description of the assignment. The “Task Guide” button will display one task at a time as you work through the assignment. The “Submit” button will apply the grading engine to your assignment and record your score. Finally, the “View Report” button will display feedback from the last time you submitted the assignment.

Figure 1.27: Assignment Option Buttons

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Task 1: Remove the s from cookings in the first sentence by using the Backspace key. Start by moving the insertion point after the s, and then press the Backspace key on the keyboard.

Move the insertion point after the s and then press the Backspace key on the keyboard.

Task 2: Delete the duplicate word burn in the third line using the Delete key. Double-click on the word burn, and then press the Delete key on the keyboard.

Double-click on the word burn, and then press the Delete key on the keyboard.

Task 3: In the second paragraph, there is an unwanted carriage return after the number 7. Using the Backspace or Delete key, delete the carriage return so that the words different positions appear on the first line of the paragraph next to the 7.

Task 4: Change the line spacing of the first paragraph to double-spaced.

Select the paragraph, then use the “Line and Paragraph Spacing” button to select 2.0 and “Remove Space After Paragraph.”

Task 5: Spell-check the document using the “Spelling & Grammar” button on the “Review” ribbon. Ignore the suggested changes to the word QuickStove. Accept the spelling and grammar changes. Change the word then to than in less than 1 pound and change an to a in a large pot.

Task 6: Make the word Features bold using the B icon on the “Home” ribbon.

Task 7: Indent the list under the word Features using the “Increase Indent” icon on the “Home” ribbon.

Task 8: Italicize the three items in the list under the word Features.

Task 9: Center the title “QuickStove Cube Bundle” on the line using the “Center” icon in the “Paragraph” section on the “Home” ribbon.

Task 10: In the second paragraph is the phrase accommodate different needs. Using the thesaurus, replace the word different with a word that has a similar meaning. In the Thesaurus pane, there are four meanings for different: dissimilar, unusual, another, and various. Choose a word from the “various” category and replace the word different with your choice.

Task 11: Save your document and submit your work by navigating to the “Assignment” ribbon and clicking the “Submit” icon.