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Exercise - Digital Documentation - Elementary

The document provides information about digital documentation in Writer, including short answer questions describing the status bar, web view, undo/redo functions, selecting blocks of text, navigating pages, distinguishing headings from headers, inserting page numbers in headers, and defining subscripted and superscripted text. It also covers finding and checking text, inserting footers and images, creating and moving tables, and inserting special characters and formatting borders.

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Exercise - Digital Documentation - Elementary

The document provides information about digital documentation in Writer, including short answer questions describing the status bar, web view, undo/redo functions, selecting blocks of text, navigating pages, distinguishing headings from headers, inserting page numbers in headers, and defining subscripted and superscripted text. It also covers finding and checking text, inserting footers and images, creating and moving tables, and inserting special characters and formatting borders.

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NOTES FOR UNIT3 – Digital Documentation

Short answer questions (I).

1. Describe the status bar in Writer.


The status bar is located at the bottom the workspace. It provides
information about the document and convenient ways to quickly change some
document features.
2. Describe the web view in Writer.
The web view shows how the document will look if viewed in a web browser.
This is useful when you create HTML documents. In this view you can use only
the zoom slider.
3. How are undo and redo actions related to each other?
To undo the most recent change in a document press CTRL + Z. After changes
have been undone, REDO becomes active. To redo a change press CTRL + Y.
4. Give three ways in which vertical block of text can be selected.
1. ALT+ SHIFT+F8
2. Edit > selection mode > Block area
3. CTRL + F8
5. How can you go to any page number in the Writer application?
In writer, you can use the navigator to jump to any page. The shortcut key to
use the navigator is F5 key.
6. Distinguish between heading and header.
A heading is a paragraph that introduces a chapter or a section of a document. A
header appears on each page and typically displays information about the
document.
7. Write down stepwise how you would insert page numbers in the
header of a document.
 Click on the header and footer area
 Click on the + sign of the header and footer
 Click on Insert Menu > page number.
8. What is the difference between subscripted and superscripted text?
Give examples.
If the text is above normal text , it is superscript example , X3+2X2+10X+4
If the text is below normal text , it is subscript example , H2+O2+2H2O

Short answer questions (II).


1. What are the ways to find text within a document?
Writer has two ways to find the text within the document: the FIND
toolbar and the find and replace dialog box.
2. What are the ways to check for spelling and grammar?
To perform a combined spelling and grammar check on the document select
Tools > spelling and grammar , or click on the spelling and grammar button on
the standard tool bar , or press F7
3. Give two ways in which footer can be inserted in a document.
 To insert a footer, click on the bottom of the text area to display the footer
marker and then click on the + sign.
 To insert a footer, choose Insert > Header and Footer > Footer > [page
Style].
4. What is a border used for? How can you surround a paragraph with
border?
Borders are useful for setting a paragraph off from the surrounding text. Steps to
apply a border.
 Select the text of the paragraph
 Choose format menu  paragraph.
 In the paragraph dialog box, choose Borders tab.
 Choose the type of border you need and type OK
5. How would you insert an image file in a document using Drag and
Drop?
 Open a file browser and locate the image you want to insert.
 Drag the image into the writer document and drop it where you want it
to appear.A faint line vertical line marks where the image will be
dropped.
6. Describe any three ways in which a table can be inserted.
3 Ways to insert a Table
• Choose TABLE > Insert Table from the Menu Bar
• Press CTRL + F12
• On standard tool bar , click on the Insert Table icon and select More
Options.

Long answer questions.


1. Describe how you would select non-consecutive text items using
keyboard alone.
 Select the first piece of text.
 Press shift + F8 keys. This outs writer in “adding select mode”
 Use the arrow keys to move to the start of the next piece of text to be
selected. Hold down the shift key and select the next piece of text.
 Repeat as often as required.
2. How would you apply color to the shadow of a border in Writer?
i. Select the paragraph.
ii. Click on Format Menu > Paragraph.
iii. Click on Borders tab.
iv. From Shadow Style heading, choose the colour of the shadow that you
want.
3. Explain how you would insert special characters in a document.
a. Place the cursor in the document where you want the characters to appear.
b. Click on Insert> Special Character or click on the Insert Special
Characters icon on the standard toolbar to open the Special Characters
dialog box.
c. Double-click on the characters (from any font or mixture of fonts) you wish
to insert, in order; they appear in the document as you select them.
d. The selected characters are also added to the Recent Characters list on the
lower left of the dialog box.

4. How can you move a table in a document i.e. change its location?
a. Click anywhere in the table.
b. From the Menu bar choose Table > Select > Table.
c. Press CTRL + X on the cut icon in the standard toolbar.
d. Move the cursor to the target position and click to fix the insertion
point.
e. Press CTRL + V or click on the paste icon in the standard toolbar

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