VIETNAM AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ICT IGCSE 0417: Chapter 17

NAME: Phuong Anh 9.3

TEACHER: Mr. Fritz

CHAPTER 17: 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 v Page 5
2. Saving a word document v Page 6
Text:
3. Inserting text as a table v Page 6 - 8
4. Typing in text v Page 9
5. Moving text to different positions (cut, paste v
Page 10 - 12
etc)
6. Editing text ( changing wording or spelling v
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etc)
Images:
7. Insert clipart images v Page 15 - 16
8. Insert images from file v Page 16
9. Resize an image keep aspect ratio (keeping v
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the shape)
10. Resize an image without aspect ratio v Page 18
11. Wrap text around images v Page 18 - 19
12. Align images accurately v Page 19 - 20
13. Rotate images v Page 22
14. Crop images v Page 23
Page Layout:
15. Change page size v Page 25
16. Change page orientation (landscape and v
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portrait)
17. Change margin sizes v Page 26
Headers and Footers:
18. Insert a 3-column header v Page 27 - 28

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19. Insert a 3-column footer v Page 29

20. Insert the date into a header/footer v Page 29
21. Insert a page number into a header/footer v Page 29
22. Insert a filename and path into the v
header/footer Page 30

Page Breaks:
23. Understand the different types of page v
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breaks
24. Insert a section next page break v Page 35
25. Insert a continuous break v Page 36
Columns:
26. Insert and edit columns v Page 36 - 37
Font Styles and Formatting:
27. Understand the difference between serif v
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fonts and sans-serif fonts
28. Change font style and size of text v Page 40 - 41
29. Change text colour v Page 43
30. Highlight text v Page 43
31. Make text italic v Page 44
32. Make text bold v Page 44
33. Underline text v Page 44
Bullet and Number Lists:
34. Create a bullet list v Page 45 - 46
35. Create a numbered list v Page 47 - 48
36. Indent a bullet/numbered list v Page 46 - 47
Tables:
37. Create a table v Page 50 - 51
Delete table columns v Page 52
38. Delete table rows v Page 52
39. Insert table columns v Page 53
40. Insert table rows v Page 53
41. Align data in a table horizontally v Page56
42. Align data in a table vertically v Page 58
43. Change background colours of table v Page 57
44. Resize column widths v Page 57
45. Removing / Enlarging table gridlines v Page 59
Text Alignment, Line Spacing and Indenting Paragraphs:
46. Align body text v Page 61
47. Changing line spacing v Page 62 - 63
48. Use the ruler to indent paragraphs v Page 64 - 65
Checking for Errors:

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49. Find and remove widows/orphans v Page 32 - 33

50. Run spell check v Page 67 - 68

KEYWORDS
Page Size the page size of a new document is 8.5 inches by 11 inches.

Page the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing.

Orientation
Margins the space between the text and the edge of your document.

Gutter A gutter margin adds extra space to the side margin, top margin, or
inside margins of a document that you plan to bind.

Header the top margin of each page. and a footer is the bottom margin of each
page.

Footer A footer is the bottom margin of each page.

Widows a very short line – usually one word, or the end of a hyphenated word –

at the end of a paragraph or column.

Orphans the first line of a paragraph that appears as the last line of a page, or the
last line of a paragraph that appears as the first line of a page

Columns a vertical line of characters extending from the top to the bottom of the
screen.

Column Break A column break places a hard break, much like a page break or

section break, in the inserted location and forces the rest of the text to
appear in the next column.

Page Break a code inserted by a software program (e.g., word processor) telling the

printer where to end the current page and begin the next.

Section Break Section breaks are used to divide the document into sections

Text Text alignment is a paragraph formatting attribute that determines the

appearance of the text in a whole paragraph.
Alignment

Line Spacing the distance between lines of text.

Tabulation a paragraph-formatting feature used to align text.

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