Document Production – Skills Checklist

The list below shows you the skills that you should be comfortable with in terms of
document production. Work through the list and check off all of the skills you
currently have. Any areas that you have not checked must be revised.

The ‘Where can I find help’ section refers to the Section 10 Self Study Workbook
found on this web page: http://www.ictlounge.com/html/documentproduction.htm

Skill Can I do Where can I find

this? (tick) help?
Opening and Saving Documents:
1. Opening a word document Page 5
2. Saving a word document Page 6
Text:
3. Inserting text as a table Page 6 - 8
4. Typing in text Page 9
5. Moving text to different positions (cut, paste
Page 10 - 12
etc)
6. Editing text ( changing wording or spelling etc) Page 13
Images:
7. Insert clipart images Page 15 - 16
8. Insert images from file Page 16
9. Resize an image keep aspect ratio (keeping
Page 17
the shape)
10. Resize an image without aspect ratio Page 18
11. Wrap text around images Page 18 - 19
12. Align images accurately Page 19 - 20
13. Rotate images Page 22
14. Crop images Page 23
Page Layout:
15. Change page size Page 25
16. Change page orientation (landscape and
Page 26
portrait)
17. Change margin sizes Page 26
Headers and Footers:
18. Insert a 3-column header Page 27 - 28
19. Insert a 3-column footer Page 29
20. Insert the date into a header/footer Page 29
21. Insert a page number into a header/footer Page 29
22. Insert a filename and path into the
header/footer Page 30
Page Breaks:
23. Understand the different types of page breaks Page 34
24. Insert a section next page break Page 35
25. Insert a continuous break Page 36
Columns:
26. Insert and edit columns Page 36 - 37
Font Styles and Formatting:
27. Understand the difference between serif fonts
Page 39
and sans-serif fonts
28. Change font style and size of text Page 40 - 41
29. Change text colour Page 43
30. Highlight text Page 43
31. Make text italic Page 44
32. Make text bold Page 44
33. Underline text Page 44
Bullet and Number Lists:
34. Create a bullet list Page 45 - 46
35. Create a numbered list Page 47 - 48
36. Indent a bullet/numbered list Page 46 - 47
Tables:
37. Create a table Page 50 - 51
38. Delete table columns Page 52
39. Delete table rows Page 52
40. Insert table columns Page 53
41. Insert table rows Page 53
42. Align data in a table horizontally Page56
43. Align data in a table vertically Page 58
44. Change background colours of table Page 57
45. Resize column widths Page 57
46. Removing / Enlarging table gridlines Page 59
Text Alignment, Line Spacing and Indenting Paragraphs:
47. Align body text Page 61
48. Changing line spacing Page 62 - 63
49. Use the ruler to indent paragraphs Page 64 - 65
Checking for Errors:
50. Find and remove widows/orphans Page 32 - 33
51. Run spell check Page 67 - 68

NOTE:

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