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IT Practical Guide for Students

This document outlines practical activities and projects for a digital documentation class. It includes instructions on creating a new style and inserting images in OpenOffice Writer, designing a poster on stopping bullying, and a mail merge project to create form letters and envelopes to invite people to a party. It also lists practical exercises for working with functions in spreadsheets to calculate totals, averages, and more, as well as creating different types of charts. Finally, it outlines creating a presentation in OpenOffice Impress using a custom master page with transitions and animations.

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IT Practical Guide for Students

This document outlines practical activities and projects for a digital documentation class. It includes instructions on creating a new style and inserting images in OpenOffice Writer, designing a poster on stopping bullying, and a mail merge project to create form letters and envelopes to invite people to a party. It also lists practical exercises for working with functions in spreadsheets to calculate totals, averages, and more, as well as creating different types of charts. Finally, it outlines creating a presentation in OpenOffice Impress using a custom master page with transitions and animations.

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Unit – 3 Digital Documentation

(Practical activities for IT practical notebook.)

Q1. Write the steps to create a new style in Open Office Writer. Also, paste the screenshot of
the steps (if feasible)
Q3. Write the steps to insert an image in a document in OO Writer. Explain three methods
along with screenshots (if feasible)
Q4. Design a poster on “Stop Bullying” using images and drawing tools. Also, paste the print out
of the poster in your notebook. Also, write the name of the features/tools used to create the
poster.

PROJECT WORK (Mail Merge)

A separate spiral bound file.

1. Type a letter inviting friends and/or family to a party you are hosting. For example, you can
host a birthday, anniversary, etc. You pick the event. Your letter will serve as your form letter.
Save your letter as Mail Merge Letter.
2. Format the letter as left aligned (block letter) with .5” or 1” margins depending on the length.
3. Make sure your address is listed at the top of the document. Then insert two blank lines and
put the date in the month, date, year format. Then enter four blank lines and leave space for
your merge fields. Example: Title First Name Last Name Address 1 Address 2 City, State ZIP
(Eventually you will be entering your merge fields to replace this information.)
4. Create a data source with the names and addresses of at least five families in which you wish
to mail the letters. Create fields such as:title, first name, last name, address 1, address 2, city,
state, and ZIP.
Or make appropriate field names of your choice but make sure you include the address
information. Save your data source as Mail Merge Data.
5. Now, return to your main document (Mail Merge Letter) and set it as the form document and
identify your data source.
6. Enter your merge fields into your main document. Merge fields should be used for the
recipients address and after Dear.
7. After your merge fields are entered merge the document and save it. Save the merged
document as Mail Merge Merged.
8. Create envelopes inserting your merge fields for the recipient’s name and address. Save the
merged envelopes as Mail Merge Envelopes.
9. Print your form letter, one merged letter, and one envelope.
10. Attach all the printouts with the procedure written in a word file and spiral bind them.
11. The project file must include the initial pages attached.
Practical Activities for Chapter –Spreadsheet

Practical 1. Performing calculations using different functions.


Aim : To calculate total, average, maximum, and minimum of the five subjects marks for five
students record.

Practical 2. Calculating simple interest.


Aim : (Creating user defined formula) - Calculate simple interest using Calc .

Practical 3. Create charts of 3 types – Column Chart, Pie Chart & 3D Bar Chart based on the
Grocery expenses for each month from January to December or any other sample data of your
choice.

Practical Activities for Chapter – Digital Presentation

Practical 1. Creating Presentation


Aim : To create a simple presentation in OO Impress using your own designed Master Page and
apply slide transition and animation effects, Insert & format images in a presentation and work
with Master Page.

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