PRACTICAL MICROSOFT WORD EXAM
Intermediate to Advanced
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Instructions:
You are provided with a plain Word document titled:
Practical_Exam_Home_Tables.docx.
Follow each instruction carefully.
Save your final work as
YourName_MSWord_Practical.docx.
SECTION A: HOME RIBBON (40 Marks)
Text Entry and Font Formatting
a. Type the sentence:
“Microsoft Word offers powerful formatting tools that
enhance the appearance of documents.”
b. Apply the following:
Font: Calibri (Body), Size: 14, Color: Dark Blue
Make the word “powerful” bold and italic
Underline the word “formatting tools”
Highlight “enhance the appearance” in light yellow (3
marks)
Paragraph Formatting
a. Change the line spacing of the paragraph to 1.5
b. Justify the text
c. Indent the first line by 0.5 inch (3 marks)
Bullets and Numbering
a. Below your paragraph, list the following items using
bullets:
Readability
Structure
Clarity
b. Convert the bulleted list into a numbered list (2
marks)
Change Case
a. Type the sentence: word processing software like ms
word is essential in today’s digital age.
b. Change the case to Sentence case (2 marks)
Text Alignment
a. Write the following three sentences and align them
differently:
Left aligned text → align left
Center aligned text → center
Right aligned text → align right (3 marks)
Find and Replace
a. Find the word “document” and replace all instances
with “file” (2 marks)
Text Styles and Format Painter
a. Apply the Heading 1 style to the first sentence you
typed
b. Use Format Painter to apply the same style to the
second sentence of your choice (2 marks)
Clear All Formatting
a. Select any formatted paragraph and use the Clear All
Formatting button to remove all styles and effects (2
marks)
Cut, Copy, Paste, and Undo/Redo
a. Cut the third sentence and paste it at the end of the
document
b. Copy a bulleted item and paste it under your
numbered list
c. Use Undo and then Redo (3 marks)
Superscript and Subscript
a. Type: H₂O and E = mc²
b. Format accordingly using Subscript and Superscript
(2 marks)
SECTION B: TABLES, PICTURES, AND SHAPES (60
Marks)
Insert and Format a Table
a. Insert a 3x4 table
b. Fill it with any sample data: Name, Age, Department,
Country
c. Center all text in the table
d. Apply a built-in table style of your choice
e. Merge the top row and write “Employee Data” in
bold (10 marks)
Modify a Table
a. Add a new row at the bottom and input your own data
b. Change the row height to 1.2 cm
c. Apply shading to the header row (4 marks)
Insert a Picture
a. Insert any picture from your computer (or sample
pictures)
b. Resize it to 6cm by 6cm
c. Apply a picture style or border
d. Wrap the text using “Tight” layout and position the
picture to the right of your paragraph (10 marks)
Insert and Format a Shape
a. Insert a rectangle
b. Add the text “MS Word Tools” inside it
c. Change the fill color to light blue
d. Add a 3pt orange border
e. Rotate the shape by 45 degrees (10 marks)
Group Objects
a. Insert a circle and a triangle
b. Align them horizontally
c. Group them into one object
d. Move the grouped object to the bottom of the page (6
marks)
Picture Effects and Shape Effects
a. Apply a shadow effect to your picture
b. Add a glow effect to one of the shapes (4 marks)
Table to Text
a. Convert the table you created to plain text separated
by tabs (4 marks)
Insert SmartArt (Optional Bonus)
a. Insert a SmartArt diagram labeled “Document
Creation Process” with 3 steps
b. Fill the steps with relevant labels: Draft > Review >
Finalize (2 marks bonus)
TOTAL: 100 marks (+2 bonus)
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