Practical Notes
Practical Notes
Word processing
Word processing is the phrase used to describe using a computer to create,
edit, and print documents. Of all computer applications, word processing is
the most common. To perform word processing, you need a computer, a
special program called a word processor, and a printer. A word processor
enables you to create a document, store it electronically on a disk, display it
on a screen, modify it by entering commands and characters from the
keyboard, and print it on a printer.
MICROSOFT WORD
Microsoft word is an application that helps us to create documents such as
letters, stories, exams etc. It is a word processor application found in the
Microsoft office suite.
The ribbon is composed of 8 tabs and each tab has a command group that is
used in word formatting.
Creating a text.
Text is created by typing using the alphanumeric keys on the keyboard in
the document area with the help of the cursor.
Text Formatting
Formatting refers to changing the appearance of the document. For
example, by changing to many different fonts and font sizes, color and
underline.
Highlighting a text
Highlighting a text means to select a text. It helps us to apply different
changes on that particular text (the highlighted text)
Steps of highlighting a text
1. Click at the beginning of the word to be highlighted
2. Press and hold down the left mouse button
3. Move the mouse to the right until the word appears in a shadow
4. Selecting text
Put the cursor at the beginning or end of the words you want to select.
Put your finger on the left mouse button.
Hold down the left mouse button.
Move the mouse across the words.
Let go of the mouse
The word will be highlighted in blue.
When this is done, you can move words or
change the size, the color, and the style of the words on the computer.
Alternatives
To select a word, double click within the word.
To select a paragraph, triple-click within the paragraph.
To select the entire document: Home/Editing/Select/Select All or press Ctrl+A
To Deselect
Click your mouse on any WHITE part of the page to deselect
5. Click ok
Alternatively using the tool bar
Highlight the text
Click in the font style drop down menu on the tools bar and choose
font style Times New Roman
Exercise 1
Type the following in their respective font sizes
1. The font size is 8
2. The font size is 16
3. The font size is 26
4. The font size is 40
Exercise 2
Type the following in their respective font styles
1. The font style is Tahoma
2. The font style is courier new
3. The font style is impact
4. The font style is Arial Black
Font color
1. Highlight the text
2. Click on format > font
3. Click on drop down menu under font color
4. Click on color of your choice.
5. Click ok
Spell check and grammar
Microsoft word checks spelling and grammar of your text
Spelling errors are displayed red wavy underline and grammar errors are
displayed with green wavy lines. To correct the spelling click on the
icon in the tools menu or go to tools > spelling and grammar
Check for the spelling of the red colored word from the suggestions and click
change after selecting the right spelling and click ignore if you are sure of
the spelling and the word is not in the dictionary
The word “word has finished checking the selection do you want to continue
checking the remainder of the document” Click yes if you want to continue
and no if you have finished.
Alternatively
1. Right click on the underlined word(red for spelling or green for
grammar)
2. A list of possible words will be provided
Note: For names and words that are not in the dictionary or whose possible
spelling does not appear, click Ignore
EXERCISE
i. Type the text(bold it, underline it, color Blue, size 16, style Arial Black)
I am called Deng Deng Wol studying from KINGS WAY NURSERY AND
PRIMARY SCHOOL
ii. Copy and paste it three times
iii. Cut the first sentence paste it at the end and change the font color to
RED
ALIGNMENT
This is the positioning of text in line with the page margins.
There are different types of alignment in Microsoft word
Left alignment
Center alignment
Right alignment
Left alignment
Center alignment
Highlight the text
Click on the center alignment icon on the formatting tool bar
Right alignment
Highlight the text
Click on the right alignment icon on the formatting tool bar
Rows
Cell
Columns
The table above is made up of four row and five columns
A cell is the intersection between row and column
Creating a table
Steps of creating a table
1. Click table > insert > table from the menu bar
2. Enter the number of rows and columns under table size
3. Select auto column width. Selecting auto allows the computer to
determine the width of your columns
4. Click Ok
Alternatively
a. You can also create a table using the inserts table icon from the tools
bar
b. Then highlight the number of rows and columns that you want
c. Press Enter key or click to create the table
Moving around the table
We can move around the table from one cell to another using
1. The mouse by clicking in the respective cells
2. Arrow keys i.e. the left, right, down or up for the cursor to move in the
respective directions
3. The tab key to move to the next cell on the right.
Entering data into a table
To enter text into a table, simply type as you would from the keyboard. Press
TAB or arrow keys or click in the next cell to move to the next cell
Exercise
Create the table as shown below
Pupils name Class sex age
Achai P4 M 18
Deng Solomon P6 M 12
quaraquara P4 F 15
Emily Edina P2 F 16
Selecting a row and bolding
Like we learned bolding before, we can do the same bolding the same way
1. Click in any cell in the first row
2. Click table > select > row from the menu bar
3. Click format > font
4. Choose bold under font style(you can also italicize, underline, give color
from here)
5. Click ok
NOTE: alignment, colouring, copying, cutting, pasting are done the same way
Adding rows and columns
Adding a row
Click table > insert > rows above or rows below
Pupils name Class Sex age
Achai P4 M 18
Deng Solomon P6 M 12
quaraquara P4 F 15
Emily Edina P2 F 16
Adding column
Click table > insert > columns to the left or columns to the left
Pupils name Class Sex age
Achai P4 M 18
Deng Solomon P6 M 12
quaraquara P4 F 15
Emily Edina P2 F 16
Exercise
1. Create the table below
NAME Mathematic English Science
Achai 50 99 55
Deng Solomon 78 88 66
quaraquara 49 77 77
Emily Edina 90 66 88
2. Insert between Deng solomom and achai a row and enter the following
data
Sylivia 98 23 76
Before merge
After merging
Column two which had three cells has turned to one cell after merging.
Steps of merging cells
1. Highlight the cells you want to merge
2. Click on Table > merge cells
Split cells
Split cells simply means turning one cell into two or more cells
Before splitting
After splitting
Cell one in the second column turned to six cells after splitting
Exercise
Create the following timetable
Time 8:00- 10:00- 11:00-1:00 1:00-2:00 2:00-4:00
10:00am 11:00am pm pm pm
Mon P4A P4B P4C
Tue P5A P5B P5C
Wed P6C P6B P6A
Thurs P5C P5A P4A P4B P6A P6B
Fri P4C P6C P6A
P5C P6A P6B
Steps
2. Click Print.
3. In the Print dialog box, use the Page Range box and the Number of copies box to specify
which pages you want to print as well as how many copies.
4. Click Print.
4. Select ##,##0 in the number field format. This selection causes Microsoft word to separate 100’s
with a commas
5. Click ok
Recalculating
After deleting a row with values, then the formula must be recalculated
1. Click in the cell where the formula was effected
2. Right click and choose update field
Sorting a table
It is easy to sort your table
1. Click anywhere in the table
2. Choose table > sort from the menu
3. Choose the region in the sort by field
4. Select text in the type field(type of text o be sorted)
5. Select ascending /descending
6. Select another region in the then by field
7. Also select text in the type field
8. Select ascending
9. Select header row if the table has the first row as titles
10. Click ok
Table headings
Steps of putting headings
1. Highlight the whole table
2. Right click and choose caption(2003) and insert caption (2010)
3. Type the heading in the caption field
4. Choose table from the drop down menu for label
5. Choose the position of the heading in the dropdown menu for position
6. Click Ok
Converting text into table
We can convert text into table however a delimiter such as a comma, paragraph marker or tab must
separate the columns
To convert text into a table, the following steps are followed
2000/2003
1. Type the text you want to turn into a table separated by a delimiter eg comma
2. Highlight the whole text
3. Click table > convert > text into table from the menu
4. Type the number of column in the number of columns field
5. Select auto in the column width
6. Select commas radio button (as a delimiter used) in the separate text at frame
7. Click ok
2007/2010
1. Type the text you want to turn into a table separated by a delimiter eg comma
2. Highlight the whole text
3. Click insert > convert text to table from drop menu for table
4. Type the number of column in the number of columns field
5. Select auto in the column width
6. Select commas radio button (as a delimiter used) in the separate text at frame
7. Click ok
Example
Convert the following text into a table
Color, number, item
Red, UAN, Car
Blue, UAT, Raum
Green, UAZ, Pajero
Name, Age, Sex
Linda, 23, F
Joe, 21, F
Alex, 34, M
Call outs
Flow charts
Exercise
Draw a pie chart below
MICROSOFT EXCEL
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that allows the user to organize,
manipulate, and graph data. A spreadsheet is a computer program (or a
document produced by such a program) that we can use for arithmetic
computations. A spreadsheet offers major advantages over the use of a
hand calculator.
Opening Excel in windows.
Excel can be opened by using two options
STEP 1. To start “launch” the Excel program. Double click the icon on
the desktop (shows “X”).
2. Create a formula in the Total Sold column to calculate the total of each
type of item sold.
Total Sold = number sold in week 1 + number sold in week 2 + number
sold in week 3 + number sold in week 4
3. Create a formula in the Sales column to calculate the sales value of each
type of item sold.
Amount = Total Sold * Price
4. In the row Total Sold per Week, create a formula to calculate the total
number of items sold per week.
Total Sold per Week = Soda + Biscuits + Chocolate+ Yoghurt
Exercise 1
Given the excel table below study it and answer the questions below
A B C D E F G
1 NAME MTC ENG SCI SST TOTAL FUNCTIO
N
2 Rose0 80 61 62 69
3 Jane 91 90 92 83
4 Keji 80 81 83 73
5 Nancy 80 89 39 40
6 Sarah 72 87 80 89
i) Write the formula that will compute the total marks for each students
and fill them under TOTAL
ii) Write the formula that computes the average of each student’s marks.
iii) Write the formula that identifies the student in first position according
to total marks
iv) Write the formula that identifies the student in last position according
to total marks