1.4 Practice Developing a Document

Practice Problems

As you work through the chapter lessons you will find 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 the "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 using the backspace key.

Move the insertion point after the "s" and then press the backspace key on the key board.

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 key board.

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 space.

Select the paragraph then use the line and spacing paragraph button to select 2.0 and remove space after paragraph.

Task 5: Spell check the document using the ABC Spelling and Grammar 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 Bold icon on the Home ribbon.

Task 7: Indent the list under the title 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 there 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, namely 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.

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