Unit 1 : Digital Documentation (Advanced)

1 Understanding styles categories in OO Writer

2 Create & Update a new style from the selection

3 Creating templates in OO Writer

4 Implement mail merge

Unit 1: Digital Documentation

(Advanced)

Assignment 1: Create and apply styles in digital document

Objective: Understanding style categories in OO Writer.
Task: Start OO Writer and open style and formatting. Observe the inbuilt list and categories of
styles. Make a list of five commonly used styles in a document.
Most commonly used styles in the document are
following:
1. Headings
2. Captions
3. Header
4. Footer
5. Text Body
Assignment 2: Create & Update a new style from the selection in the Style gallery and apply
them in the document.

Objective: Create & Update a new style from the selection in the Style gallery and apply them
in the document.
Task: Create new styles in OO Writer with the following specifications and apply them in a
document.
Solution:

1. Click on format- style and formatting. A dialog box appear with all the existing style
categories.

2. Click on the new style from selection. A dialog box will appears click on new style from
selection. Create style dialog box appears.

3. Type the desire style name click on “OK”.

4. To modify the style left click on the style click on modify apply modification click on
‘’ok”. Shown below in the screenshot.
 Assignment 3: Create and use template

Objective: Creating templates in OO Writer and saving for distribution.

Task: Create a document looks like a screenshot and save as a template. Follow

below-given instructions:

Instructions:
 1. Apply page borders as displayed in the screenshot. Apply border colour as per your

choice.

2. Page orientation must be landscape.

3. Give your desired formatting for school name, school address, and text written in the

certificate.

4. Save your file as a template and give the name certificate template.

Solution

Certificate contents

1. Type the school name and give appropriate heading style as per given screen shot.

2. Type the school address and insert school logo.

3. Type the matter required for the certificate.

Instructions

Applying Border

1. Click on Format 🡪 Page option. Page Style dialog box will open.
 2. Click on border tab. Select various border options and Click on OK button.

Changing page orientation

1. Click on Format 🡪 Page option. Page style dialog box will open.

2. Click on Page 🡪 Orientation 🡪 Landscape option.

Save file as template

1. Click on File 🡪 Templates 🡪 Save.

2. The templates dialog box will open.

3. Write template name as certificate and click on OK.

Assignment 4: Implement the mail merge

Objective: Implement mail merge

Task: Write a letter to invite your parents and other guests to attend the annual day

function of your school and merge them. Create a data source with at least 10

addresses.

Solution
1. Type a letter.

2. Click on Tools – Mail Merge wizard. A mail merge dialog box appears.

3. Select Letter option. And click on Next.

4. For inserting address list just click on the select different address list option, select the
address list you have prepared, click on Next.

5. Create salutation click on desire salutation click on the next tab.

6. IF you want to adjust your content you adjust you increase the left and the top bar. Click
on next button.

7. Edit document, Click the edit document option to edit you can apply to your document, if
necessary. Click on next button.
8. Click on Edit individual document. If you want to edit or click on Next button.
 9. Click on Then, at last, you will get the final step to save, print or send the merged

document.

10.Click on save merged document. Then click on Save as individual documents.

** Attach any one letter as output.