Word Test, Summer III 2012
General Instructions:
- The final product should be neat and organized. Extra blank pages, portions out of place or other inappropriate formatting will result is a loss of points.
- This document is from the website http://www.halloween-history.org/, and a reference to this has been added to the reference data base, author Unknown.
- Whenever possible you should demonstrate your ability to use Word as a tool. Actions which can be performed automatically but are performed manually will result in a loss of points.
- It is your responsibility to save and submit your document properly, this is part of the test. If I do not receive a copy of your final document, you will receive zero credit for this portion of the test.
- If you have a question about the instructions, please ask. If you have a question about word, you may ask but please don't expect an answer.
- A screen shot of my final version is at the end of this document.
- Download the starting document
- Right click on the above link and select Save target as ...
- Select your preferred media.
- [1 point] Start word and load this document. Save it as word_test_Lastname_Firstname
- [3 points] Insert a cover page.
- Please select the tiles style.
- Please use the following information
- Change the author to by your name.
- Title: Halloween
- Subtitle: Summer 2012 Word Test
- Company Name: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Please delete all other fields
- This page should have no headers or page numbers on it.
- [3 points] The document consists of three parts. It also contains a number of sub-parts. These parts and sub-parts should be marked appropriately so that they appear in the table of contents, and can be used in the outline view.
- Halloween
- History
- Historical Roots
- The United States
- Other Countries
- Halloween Traditions
- Costumes
- Trick or Treat
- Bonfires
- Apples
- Jack o'lanterns
- Ghost Stories
- [3 points] Styles
- The main text in this document has been marked using Normal style.
- Modify this style so that all text in this style
- Has line spacing at 1.5 lines
- is justified
- [10 points] Page Numbering in the Main Document.
- Each part should begin on a new page.
- Each page in each part should be numbered "Part X Page Y"
- Page numbers for each part should start at 1
- parts should be numbered 1, 2 or 3
- All pages, except for the title and front material pages, should have a header which contains the document title and author.
- [5 points] Table of contents
- This should immediately follow the cover page.
- This is part of the front material.
- It should be the only entry on that page
- The page should be numbered with roman numerals, starting at ii, at the bottom of the first page, and in the upper right corner of all other pages in the front material of the document.
- [2 points] Change all margins to .8"
- [4 points] Paragraph Formatting
- Move to the Bonfires sub-part in the Halloween Traditions part (Probably the last page)
- Using the text "The second origin was from Guy Fawkes Day in the United Kingdom to burn effigies of the Catholic pope, and later Guy Fawkes himself."
- Make this a new paragraph.
- Indent this paragraph a further .5" on the left and right.
- Single space this text.
- Place a 3pt boarder around this paragraph.
- Fill this paragraph with an orange color at 5%.
- [2 points] Footnote.
- Move to the Ghost Stories sub-part in the Halloween Traditions part (last page of text)
- Place a footnote by after the phrase "amuse and scare children".
- This footnote should contain the text "http://www.trueghosttales.com/jokes/ghost-jokes.php".
- [3 points] Pictures
- The second to last sub-part discusses Jack o'lanterns
- Find a picture of one on the web, and insert it into your document at this point.
- Place this picture in the center of the paragraph with the text wrapping around the picture.
- Label your picture as a figure with text "The Jack o'lantern"
- [1 point] Make the Jack o'lanterns paragraph begin on a new page.
- [3 points] Table of Figures
- This should be in the front material immediately following the table of contents.
- It should contain a reference to all figures in your document.
- It should begin on a new page.
- [6 points] References
- Insert a reference to :
- Title: Carmina Gadelica
- Author: Alexander Carmichael
- Year: 1949
- City: Edinburgh
- Publisher: Lindisfarne Press
- Use this new reference to cite Carmicheel as the source for the information about Samhain in the first paragraph in the History part.
- Move to the United States sub-part of the History part and use Baldwin as a reference for the sentence in the last paragraph (Halloween is mostly aimed to children).
- [4 points] Sources
- On a new page at the end of the document, build a bibliography, providing information to these references in MLA seventh edition style.
- Make sure that all references and tables are updated.
- Save a copy of your document
- Email a copy of your document, as an attachment, to danbennett360@gmail.com.