Documents

This page will soon house Examples of Excel Documents to use for the Computer Literacy classes.

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Checklist

Directions:

Write a story about your life. Tell us about your family, your country, your work, your hobbies.

In your story, use all of the things on this list. When you use it, put a check (a) in the box.

1.     c Start by opening Word 2016. Key in your name, today’s date, and Intro to Computers.

2.       c Use ‘Bold’.

3.       cUse italic.

4.       c Use underline.

5.       c Insert clip art.

6.       c Use different size font.

7.       c Use 4 different font types.

8.      c Use different color fonts.

9.       c Use a bulleted list.  =

10.   c Use cop and paste to repeat information.

11.   c Use Capital Letters and lower case letters.

12.   c Give your story a name, add it to the top of the story… Below your name, date and class.

13.   c Change the margins of the page to “Narrow”.

14.   c Change the page color to be- “Blue Accent 1, Lighter 40%”.

15.   c Give the page a border.  Choose “ 3-D “  and “Apply to this section, first page only and click OK.  c

16.   c Insert a clip art of a smiley face somewhere in your story.  

17.   c Read over your story, check for spelling errors.

Margins!
Margins document!
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Holiday Letter

This document is the Holiday letter we will "send" to our 'friends' on the list that follows... You can practice on this document, then we will actually create a real letter afterwards. Follow this, watching how you key in the information, making corrections as needed. 
Open Word 2016 blank Document, enter the following:

Holiday Form Letter Example

This is the mailing list that goes along with the Holiday Form Letter.
 Please Open an Excel 2016 blank Spreadsheet and enter the following information:


Mailing List Example      or use the list below.

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Formal Letter to Odessa College President

This is a formal letter written to the President of the College, you could adapt this to the President of the United States.  Remember, when you address the President, no matter what your opinion is, always be polite and courteous, always check your grammar and spelling. Express your concerns or thanks in a gracious manner. 
Open a Word 2016 blank Document. Add the following information: Then create one of your own!

Word Document Letter to the President Template
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Project Completion Estimate: Using Excel to figure Work Days and Net Work DaysThis document has the information for the spreadsheet Workdays vs Network Days. I want to estimate how long it will take my team to finish our project for work. I know the start date, date the project is due, and the holidays for the year. I can find the net amount of days to complete... also, if you know the start date, holidays, and estimated days to complete, you can find the end date your project should be completed...
Open an Excel blank Spreadsheet, enter the following data:

Excel Workdays vs Network Days
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My Book Reading List

I want to keep track of all the books I have read. I have a challenge of reading 40 books this year, and sometimes I like one so much I want to go back and read it again. Sometimes, I want to use a quote from that book.  Having a list will help me remember all of them, keep track of how long it took me to read each, and to note if I really liked the book. 
Open a new Excel Spreadsheet and enter the following information:

Excel Reading List
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House Painting Project

The Martinez family is going to paint five walls in four rooms of their house. The walls are 8 feet high. Paint costs $18 a gallon and covers 200 square feet of wall space.  
You are given data, one column is blank, you are given the height in this paragraph, enter it into that column, use autofill to complete the column.

• Determine the square feet of walls in each room. 
• Total the square feet of the walls. 
• Calculate the amount of paint needed. Round up the total amount of paint required to the next gallon to determine total gallons. 
• Calculate the cost of the paint. 
• Format the paint cost to currency. 
• Sort the rooms in ascending order by square feet of the walls. 
• Align column labels correctly. 
• Place your name and the current date into a Header.

Open a Spreadsheet file and enter the following data:
Excel Painting CostExcel Painting Cost Project
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 My Vacation Blog Post I have a blog, I want to create a page from a template I like to show where I went on vacation this year. The template is called Pet Resume but I will name the document "My Vacation"
Open a new Word Document, scroll through templates to find 'pet resume'. If unable to find it, go to Microsoft templates and search. Add information to document from this page:

Using a template  to Create a Document November 9, 2017

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The following are great documents created by the Intro to Computers class.  Feel free to leave a comment after to let them know you read their work.

 Very nice document created by M.A. 
Very nice document created by B.M.