MS Word Tour

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Description

For this tour, you get to modify an existing MS Word document to look like the sample output. To get started, download mtsuHistory.docx and save it as mtsuHistory-YOUR_LASTNAME.docx (replacing "YOUR_LASTNAME" with your lastname). Do not put spaces in your filename. Complete each of the instructions below to make your document look like the sample output:
  1. Center the text of the first line, change the font to "Trebuchet MS", make it size 14 and add a bottom-border (the border icon is on the Home tab on the ribbon).
  2. Insert a drop cap for the first letter in the first paragraph (look in the Insert or Format menu). Additionally, highlight with yellow the first occurrence of 1909. Finally, add 48pt of space after the first paragraph (you do this in the paragraph dialog box - don't just hit ENTER multiple times to get this spacing).
  3. Add the built-in Header design called "Facet (Even page)" with the page number in the left corner.
  4. Add the built-in Footer design called "Motion (Odd page)" and change "[date]" to today's date.
  5. Change the second paragraph to have a left and right indent of 1 inch. Additionally, add a box around it and shade it with a light gray.
  6. At the very end of the second paragraph, insert a footnote. Label the footnote, "Footnote for the second paragraph". Footnotes can be inserted from the References tab on the ribbon. Be sure it is a footnote and not an endnote.
  7. Add another footnote at the end of the third paragraph and label it, "Footnote for the third paragraph".
  8. Add a "Page Break" just before the fourth paragraph. This should move the last two paragraphs to the second page. Notice how your header and footer are already there for you. Page breaks can be inserted by putting the blinking cursor (officially called the insertion point) where you want to add the break and then clicking on the "Page Layout" tab on the ribbon. Click the drop down triangle next to "Breaks" and choose "Page".
  9. Select the fourth and fifth paragraphs and format them to be in two columns. There is an icon to do this is on the "Page Layout" tab on the ribbon. Make sure it only changes the last 2 paragraphs. The paragraphs on the first page should still be the same.
  10. Copy the following image and paste it in the middle of your two columns:

    A new "Picture Tools" tab should show up on the ribbon when the picture is selected. On the "wrap text" icon choose "square". Now you should be able to drag the picture in between your paragraph columns just like the sample output. Don't worry about how many lines of text above or below the image or if it wraps around the picture exactly like the sample output. Just be sure you have inserted an image with square text wrapping and that it is between the 2 columns.
  11. Insert the following text at the end of the document as a bullet list:
    Significant early years of MTSU's History
    • 1909
    • 1911
    • 1925
    • 1943
    • 1965
    Be sure the bullet list is not formatted as two columns. Additionally, you may have to click "No spacing" in the Styles group on the Home tab of the ribbon.
  12. Next, add the following list of unique MTSU programs and their department:
    Unique MTSU Programs	College
Aerospace Technology	Basic and Applied Science
Concrete Management Industry	Basic and Applied Science
Electronic Media Communication	Mass Communication
Horse Science Program	Basic and Applied Science
Recording Industry	Mass Communication
    Make sure that there is a tab character between the left and right columns (see the Helps section below). Then, format this section with a left tab stop at 3 inches. Add the dotted leaders for the last 5 lines. The Tabs pane can be accessed from the Paragraph pane.
  13. Check to make sure that your version matches the sample output.

Submission

Submit your mtsuHistory-YOUR_LASTNAME.docx file to the "MS Word Tour" D2L dropbox at elearn.mtsu.edu.
Late submissions will be ignored. If you re-submit an assignment, only the latest resubmission will be graded.

Rubric:

Points       Item
----------   --------------------------------------------------------------
_____ /  2   Instruction #1 (title)
_____ /  3   Instruction #2 (drop cap and space)
_____ /  1   Instruction #3 (header)
_____ /  1   Instruction #4 (footer)
_____ /  3   Instruction #5 (indent 2nd paragraph, border, shading)
_____ /  1   Instruction #6 (footnote)
_____ /  1   Instruction #7 (footnote)
_____ /  1   Instruction #8 (Page Break)
_____ /  1   Instruction #9 (2 columns)
_____ /  2   Instruction #10 (MTSU logo)
_____ /  1   Instruction #11 (bullet list)
_____ /  2   Instruction #12 (tabbed section)

_____ / 19   Total

Helps

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