Graduation Party Location
It is now time to revisit your graduation planning activities by choosing your location and entertainment for the party. You will do this by creating tables to compare the attributes and issues of your various choices.
Create a new Microsoft Word document and save it as W2P_LastName x. Note that you might want to change your page orientation to landscape to better fit your data.
- Create a table to compare the different locations you chose in Week 1. You can add a table to your document by using the Table icon in the Insert ribbon of Microsoft Word. Your table should include the following columns:
Location: List the three possible locations.
Web site: Include the URL hyperlink for each location’s Web site.
Positives: Include a bulleted or numbered list* of positive attributes of each.
Negatives: Include a bulleted or numbered list of issues for each location.
Estimated Cost: Include the cost(s) associated with using the location/facility.
*You can create a list using the icons in the Paragraph panel of the Home ribbon (Bullets, Numbering, or Multilevel). Changing the margin settings of the cells with bullets can be helpful. - Beneath your table, write a paragraph of at least 50 words to include:
Identify which location you chose.
Justify why you made the choices you did using the information in the tables to guide your decision.
Check the Status bar at the bottom of the window to see the word count.
- Finally add the finishing touches to the paper.
Add page numbers in the Footer (bottom of your page).
Add a Header that includes the name of your event and your name.
Add some formatting and color to your table.
Bold and center the table headings.
You can change the color of your text or the color of the background to color code your table or make it more readable. Be creative and have fun!
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Below are some tips to help you start your Week 2 Project. The tips show you,
step by step, how to create a flyer for your graduation party for your project in
Microsoft Office Word. This includes creating a table with evaluation facts as
instructed in the Week 2 Project Graduation Party Location, adding a page
number in the footer, adding a header, composing a brief paragraph, and
applying some formatting elements.
The graduation party locations and evaluation facts shown here are just examples
to illustrate the type of information you need to create for your own evaluation
table. You are expected to come up with your own graduation party location
options, do your own evaluation of the options, and compose your own
evaluation analysis and decision in your own words. You cannot reuse the
locations, facts and evaluation provided here in this example.
The tips also show you how to work with bulleted or numbered lists, bolding and
centering the table headings, changing the font, point size and color of your text,
coloring the background of your page, and adding a border to your page. There
are many other effects that you can apply to your table, by selecting it, clicking on
the context specific tab Design, and working with Table Styles. You may want to
experiment with different table design features as you explore creative ways to
make your document unique.
Finally, the sample Word document in the visuals below is not meant to show a
completely finished assignment deliverable. For your own deliverable, you may
want to decorate your document with original formatting features to create
interesting visual effects.
Now, let’s go through some typical steps you will want to follow to start your
Week 2 Project.
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Step 1. Open Word, create a new blank document, and save the file
as W2P_Mylastname
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Step 2. Select the Layout tab, from the Page Setup area select the
Orientation option, and from the drop-down menu select
Landscape.
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Step 3. As a result, your page now will show in landscape layout,
that is, with a full width of 11 inches, and a height of 8 ½ inches.
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Step 4. Insert a title for your event and a caption for the table you
are about to create, and you may center them as shown. Then, in the
space below, click on Insert tab and from there, click on Table and
select the desired shape of your table on the grid. Here, the screen
capture shows 6 columns and 4 rows, considering the header row
and 3 rows for the location options. Again, this is just an example,
you may have more rows for locations if you would like for your case.
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Step 5. You now have inserted a table with 6 columns and 4 rows
below your title and caption.
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Step 6. Fill in your table with header information, facts for your
locations, including website, entertainment options, positives,
negatives, and cost. Below, this information is entered without
applying any particular formatting.
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Step 7. Notice, if you select the table by clicking on its upper-left
corner, you’ll see a little square symbol appear as shown in the
screen capture below, and the contextual tab set Table Tools will
appear above the ribbon, and beneath it two table contextual tabs,
Design and Layout. You may access these tabs to customize your
table by changing its style, manipulating rows and columns and
formatting the content. You may want to experiment with the
different styles under the Design tab. Remember, if you change
something and are not satisfied with the result, you can always apply
the Undo option at the top of the ribbon as many times as needed.
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Step 8. Here, no particular formatting is done on the table. Below
the table, compose your evaluation paragraph. What is shown below
is an example. You will need to compose your own evaluation and
what drove your decision for the location you selected. To find out
how many words you have written, select your entire paragraph,
click on the Review tab, and click on the Word Count function
under the Proofing group.
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Step 9. If you want to change the line spacing for your paragraph,
select your entire paragraph as shown, then click on the Paragraph
group. As an example, select Spacing, then select Line spacing and
set it to Double. Click OK if you are done, or go to the next step if
you want to continue formatting your paragraph.
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Step 10. If you want to format your paragraph following the APA
style, keep the Paragraph window open, then under Special: select
First Line and select the value By: 0.5” as shown. Click OK.
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Step 11. Now, your paragraph is double spaced, with first line
indented by 0.5” as shown.
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Step 12. To insert a page number in the footer, double click at the
bottom of your page, a footer will open, and the body of the
document will be grayed out. Place your cursor to the left of the
paragraph symbol, click on the Insert tab, click on Page Number
under the Header & Footer group, then click on Current Position
and select the desired format.
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Step 13. The screen capture below shows the selection of Plain
Number for the page number format.
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Step 14. To the left of the page number, you may type Page followed
by a space.
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Step 15. To position your page number in the lower-right corner of
your page, select the Page and page number text as shown, then
under the Home tab, under the Paragraph group, click on the Align
Right option.
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Step 16. As a result, now your page number is positioned where you
want it in all the pages of your document.
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Step 17. To exit from the Header & Footer Tools, click on Close
Header and Footer in the ribbon.
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Step 18. Now, to create a header, once you have exited the footer,
scroll to the top of your page, and double click in the very top area
of your page. The contextual tab Header & Footer Tools Design will
appear, and the header will be ready for editing. The body of your
document will appear grayed out as shown. In the left end of your
header, type your event name, click
and type your full name. Then, exit the Header & Footer Tools by
clicking on Close Header and Footer.
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Step 19. To apply some text formatting to your table, select the entire
header row as show, then under the Home tab, click on the Center
option under the Paragraph group.
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Step 20. The headers in your table are now centered. Keeping the
entire header row selected, select the Bold option under the Font
group.
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Step 21. As a result, your table header is now centered and in bold
font.
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Step 22. As an example of more formatting you could apply to your
document, you may want to select your title, here the text
“Graduation Party”, and under the Font group in the Home tab, click
on the drop-down menu of Font options as shown. Here the font
Broadway is selected.
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Step 23. Then, if you want to change the size of your title, click on the
Font Size drop-down menu and select the desired Font Size. Here
the size 20 points is selected.
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Step 24. With the title still selected, you may change the color by
clicking on the Font Color option under the Font group. Here, the
color Orange Accent 6 is selected.
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Step 25. If you would like to explore ways to change the look of the
background, click on the Design tab, click on Page Color under the
Page Background group, and select the desired color. Here the
color Aqua Accent 5 Lighter 80% is selected.
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Step 26. To experiment with a border, under the Design tab, click on
Page Borders under the Page Background group, select Page
Border, and there you may experiment with Style, Color, Width,
and Art to customize your border the way you want it.
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Step 27. As a result, you now have a document with evaluation table
with basic formatting, header and footer as required, an evaluation
paragraph, plus a colored background and a border.
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Step 28. As a final touch in your table, you may want to show your
entertainment alternatives, positives and negatives as bullet-item
lists. As an example, select a list in a cell under one of the columns;
here, the first cell under the Entertainment Options column. Then,
under the Home tab, Paragraph group, select the Bullets option.
Here, the default bullet style is used, but you may want to
experiment with different styles.
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Step 29. The list you selected is now bulleted. But you will notice that
by default it is indented to the right by 0.25”. That takes unnecessary
space in your table cells, especially if you have a lot of text, so you
may want to remove the indentation as follows. With the bullet list
still selected, under the Paragraph group, click on the Decrease
Indent option.
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Step 30. Your list is now shifted 0.25” to the left in your cell, and takes
less space than before.
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Step 31. You may do the same with all your lists and the screen
capture below shows the final result.
Again, this is just an example of the type of content, evaluation, and
formatting, you could do in your deliverable for the Week 2 Project.
Remember that you need to have your original locations, facts and
evaluation for your own graduation party. Also, you should
experiment with various formatting features to create your own unique
presentation.
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