ICT Lab Manual 3 - Microsoft Word 2016

Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies - Lab Manual 3

• Course: Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies
• Instructor: Engr. Samina Bilquees
• Lab Manual: 3
• Software: Microsoft Word 2016
• Resource Requirements: Desktop Computer, Microsoft Office 2016

Microsoft Word 2016 Design and Layout Tab

• Purpose: To cover all features of Microsoft Word 2016 Design and Layout Tab. This tab allows changing the appearance of the entire document.
• Design Tab Focus: Themes are a crucial feature for elaborate documents, allowing for easily copyable and adaptable font and color choices.
• Themes Composition: A document theme comprises theme colors, fonts (heading and body), and effects (lines and fills).

Document Formatting (Themes)

• Theme Functionality: Simplifying the visual consistency for lengthy documents containing many similar elements.
• Theme Components: Theme allows for a set of theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects.
• Theme Applications: Repeatable and customisable styling throughout a document.

Theme Colors

• Quick Changes: Enable alteration of the entire document's color palette.
• Color Palette Update: Updates color picker options with theme colors.
• Coordination: Ensures perfect coordination between chosen palette and theme colors.

Theme Fonts

• Fast Change: Quickly alters text formatting with various font sets.
• Formatting Requirements: Text must be formatted with 'body' and 'heading' fonts for this to work.

Paragraph Spacing

• Purpose: Allows altering line and paragraph spacing within a document.
• Options: Includes predefined spacing values and custom options.
• Wide Applicability: Changes the spacing of the entire document (including new paragraphs).

Effects

• Variety of Visuals: Offers diverse border, shading, and shadow effect types.
• Object Visualization Enhancement: Enhances the visual appearance of objects.

Page Background (Watermark)

• Watermark Insertion: Includes predefined watermarks or custom options for the page background for elements such as "Confidential" or "Draft."

Page Color

• Customization: Allows changing the document's background color, including solid colors, fill effects (gradients, textures), and pictures.

Page Borders

• Bordering Function: Enables adding borders around the document with numerous options.
• Customization Options: A variety of options including using artwork, line styles, and colour customizations, along with width specifications.

Borders and Shading

• Preview Availability: Preview of adjustments to borders and shading is available.
• Options Flexibility: Customizable border styles and colors with varying width and depth settings.

Layout Tab (Margins)

• Margin Adjustment: Allows controlling margins using pre-defined settings or by entering custom values.
• Orientation options: Allows changing the orientation of documents between Portrait or Landscae.

Layout Tab (Page Size)

• Size Selection: Provides pre-defined paper sizes or the option to create a customized size.

Columns

• Column Creation: Enables creating columns within documents and provides pre-defined column types or custom settings.

Example

• This relates to information processes in a program for the generation of web services.

Line Numbers

• Line Numbering Options : Allows the user to add numbers to the side of lines.

Hyphenation

• Hyphenation Function: Enables automatic hyphenation to make justified or other-aligned text look visually more balanced.

Position

• Graphical Element Placement: Allows positioning images and graphics with choices for alignment and arranging them.

Bring Forward and Send Backward

• Object Re-ordering Options: Allows the reorder or repositioning of objects in the document when manipulating images.

Selection Pane

• Graphical Element Management: Lets you find and edit graphical elements (images, shapes, etc.) with an option to resize, hide, adjust, group and rotate).

Lab Tasks (A)

• Document Design Task: Use given text and design the document within visual specifications.

Lab Tasks (B)

• Document Design Task: Use provided text to design the document with specific presentation guidelines.