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1. Select the correct option. [R]

a. Which shortcut key will you use to open the Insert Table dialog

box in Writer?

i. Ctrl+F10 ii. Alt+F10

iii. Alt+F12 iv. Ctrl+F12

b. Ramya has created a table in Writer. She has placed the cursor

in the last cell of the table. Which key will she use to add more

rows to the table?

i. Tab ii. Alt

iii. Ctrl iv. Shift

c. Which option will you use to modify the table shown in Image

1 to that shown in Image 2?

Image 1

Image 2
i. Split cells ii. Merge cells

iii. Optimize iv. AutoFormat

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d. Neha wants to add a title in her Writer document such that it

appears at the top of every page of the document. Which

option will she use for the same?

i. Header ii. Footer

iii. Column Formatting iv. Page orientation

e. Which option in Writer will you use to modify the text shown in Image

1 to that shown in Image 2?

Image 1

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Image 2

i. Header ii. Column formatting

iii. Footer iv. AutoFormat

2. Navya wants to perform some tasks on a table in her Writer

document. The steps to perform each task are given below but
they are not in the correct order. Rewrite the steps in the correct
order.

a. To change the background colour of a table in Writer. [U]

Step 1: Select the desired colour and click the OK button.

Step 2: Click the Table menu. Then, click Table Properties from

the menu bar.

Step 3: Select the table for which you want to change the

background colour.

Step 4: Click the Background tab and select the Color option

from the As drop-down list.

Ans. Step 1: Select the table for which you want to change the
background colour.

Step 2: Click the Table menu. Then, click Table Properties

from the menu bar.

Step 3: Click the Background tab and select the Color

option from the As drop-down list.

Step 4: Select the desired colour and click the OK button.

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b. To divide a cell into two columns. [U]

Step 1: Specify the total number of cells as two by using the up

and down arrows, or type the number two in the ‘Split cells

into’ box.

Step 2: Select the option Vertically to divide the cell into two

columns and click OK.

Step 3: Place the cursor in the cell that you want to divide.

Step 4: Click the Table menu. Then, click the Split Cells option

from the menu bar. A Split Cells dialog box appears.

Ans. Step 1: Place the cursor in the cell that you want to divide.

Step 2: Click the Table menu. Then, click the Split Cells
option from the menu bar. A Split Cells dialog box appears.

Step 3: Specify the total number of cells as two by using

the up and down arrows, or type the number two in the
‘Split cells into’ box.

Step 4: Select the option Vertically to divide the cell into

two columns and click OK.

3. Identify the use of the highlighted components in the images [Ap]

shown below.

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a.

Ans. 1. Line arrangement: It is used to decide the edges of the

table whose border has to be changed.
2. Line: It is used to select the style and colour of the
border.
3. Spacing to contents: It is used to decide the space
between the cell border and its contents.

b.

1 2

Ans. Insert Rows: It is used to insert a new row in a table. The

row is inserted below the row in which the cursor is placed.

Delete Columns: It is used to delete a column in a table.

The deleted column is the column where the cursor is
placed.

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Lab Activity

1. Create a new document in OpenOffice Writer and perform the

following tasks.

a. Create a table as shown below.

b. Insert two more rows after the first record and add the details
as shown.

c. Delete the column ‘Grade’ from the table.

d. Change the table border style to 2.50 pt and border colour to

Blue.

e. Change the background colour of the entire table to

‘Orange10’

f. Add your name, Roll number and grade in the footer of the
document.

2. Create a new document in Writer based on the topic ‘ Artificial

Intelligence’. Perform the following tasks.

a. Insert the topic name ‘‘ Artificial Intelligence’ in the Header

section of the document.

b. Insert page numbers in the footer section of the document.

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c. The document should contain minimum three paragraphs on
the given topic.

d. Set the page orientation to ‘Landscape’ mode.

e. Divide the text into two columns.

f. Save the document with an appropriate name.

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