Word Processing Essentials Exam Review

Chris is unfamiliar with the word processing program he is using. He wants to find the drop-down text-driven options for the document view because he does not yet recognize the icons at the top of the window. Where can Chris find these drop down options?

Menu Bar

In a word processing program, where can you find drop-down menus that contain sets of options?

Menu bar

Chad and his other team members have created a single document. It is made from combining several documents that the team worked on individually. They would like the paragraphs to look consistent throughout the document. What feature could they use to unify the formatting of the paragraphs in the entire document?

Styles

Javier has completed writing his word-processing document. He is now ready to format the text. His partner notices that he is applying font settings to make changes. He recommends that Javier use styles to format his text instead. Why?

When applying a style to text, he simply needs to make a change to the style and all text with that style applied will be similarly changed.

Mr. Silverman requested that each student include a "formatted" table of contents in each of their group project documents. Why would he ask the students to do this?

To make it easy to locate individual sections of the document.

Jared wants to underline a sentence for additional emphasis in his word-processing document. He selects the sentence, but does not remember the keyboard shortcut for underlining. Where would Jared find a button to underline his selection?

Toolbar

Karim needs to write a report. He wants to ensure that he uses the correct font, style, margin settings and headers specified by his supervisor. What can Karim use to ensure that he formats his report correctly?

A Template

Mr. Simmons has assigned a research project. Every student in the class will create a single page report about the recycling habits of an assigned state. The individual reports will then be combined to form a single 50 page reference manual. What can Mr. Simmons require each student use so that all page layouts follows a consistent style?

A template

Carla would like to use the table of contents auto-generation tool for her long report about the American Revolutionary War. How must she format the text so that the tool will function as she expects?

Apply heading styles to the text that she wants to be included in the table of contents.

Alexandra and Jose have created a display board about Recycling. They created several word-processing documents in a 11-inch wide X 8.5 inch tall page format to display information on their board. Their teacher has asked that they format their documents so that it can be placed in a 8.5 inch wide X 11 inch tall document binder. How can they accomplish this task?

Change the orientation from Landscape to Portrait.

Keyboard shortcut for "Copy"?

Control + C

Keyboard shortcut for "Paste"

Control + V

Keyboard shortcut for Selecting ALL text

Control + X

Rose has discovered the word count function in her word-processing software. She plans to use the function to not only count the number of words, but also to:

Count the number of characters, lines, and paragraphs in a document.

Students in Mrs. Bachand's class have a variety of assignments to complete during the school year. Which of the following assignments would require students to use word-processing software?

Creating a letter with various fonts, sizes, and styles.

Amado has created a large shared document with all the other students in his class. Each person has contributed a biography about themselves including family history, current interests, and future career plans. Amado wants to quickly look at the information for each of his close friends in the class without having to scroll through the whole document. What should he do?

Display the document map next to the main document page and use it to navigate to the students that he wants.

If you wanted to change the arrangement, or layout, of a page, you would use which of the following?

Formatting

Mattea has completed her writing assignment. Her teacher has specified the line spacing for the assignment. What type of feature would she use to adjust the line spacing?

Formatting

Olivia is writing a detailed report about nutrition in school lunches. She wants to assure that the text appears professional and that none of the information is lost in the margin. Which option can she adjust to assure that her information is not hidden by the margins?

Gutter

Which option can be changed to prevent text from being hidden by the margin?

Gutter

Mariam wants to include a date and time stamp as well as page numbers into her summary of the student council Meeting. In which drop-down menu would she find these options?

Insert

Felix is watching his teacher quickly type a document that outlines a future assignment. He notices the teacher is able to perform several formatting changes as she types without using the mouse to access menus. Which word-processing feature is the teacher most likely using?

Keyboard Shortcuts

Lucas is having a meeting with Mrs. McKee about his research assignment. She is discussing copyright infringement. The writing is great but does not have any citations. Why are they discussing copyright infringement?

Lucas needs to give credit to other people's work to avoid plagiarism.

Formatting can be defined as:

The way text appears in a document.

Jared wants to underline a sentence for additional emphasis in his word-processing document. He selects the sentence, but does not remember the keyboard shortcut for underlining. Where would jared find a button to underline the selection?

Toolbar

Martin is assigned a "1000-word-minimum" writing assignment about the safety of water fountains in public education. Which option can he use to assure that he has met the minimum requirement?

Tools > Word Count

Mr. Stark is ready to print a letter he has written to a parent using a word-processing application. The letter will be printed on official pre-printed letterhead paper. The letterhead takes up two inches of header space. Which margin settings would provide the correct white space to accommodate the letterhead?

Top 3-inch, bottom 1-inch, left 1-inch, and the right 1 inch

Tianna is using a popular word-processor. She wants to be able to see two pages at a time in order to compare formatting. In this popular word-processing program, which drop-down menu would she find the option to change the display from single to multiple pages?

View

Which menu option allows you to change the display to close-up, single, or multiple pages?

View

Which type of software enables you to format text, lists and paragraphs, and to check for spelling and grammar errors?

Word Processing software

Mrs. Leonard forgot her reading glasses at home. She still needs to grade the documents that her students have created featuring tables. How can she increase the size of the text and documents without modifying the font size and formatting?

Zoom in to the document