Challenge It
Complete the following Challenge and submit your completed project.
In this challenge activity, you will complete a project that incorporates all of the key skills learned in the Word unit. As the Director of Career Services, you have been asked to prepare and present documents to the Board of Directors regarding an upcoming National Convention. You have been asked to prepare:
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- A Letter to the board explaining the upcoming convention
- A newsletter to employees with information on the convention
- An essay on why internships matter
- A Resume for the Keynote Speaker
- An online Flyer to advertise the event
- Open the Word document Starter_Word_Challenge. Be sure that the rulers and formatting marks display.
- Rename your file as Lastname_Firstname_WordChallenge and save it in a safe location per your instructor’s instructions.
- On the letter on Page 1, select the first paragraph—Paradise Valley Community College, Career Services—and increase the Font Size to 28 pt. Change the Font Size of the next four paragraphs—the address lines and website—to 12 pt.
- Select the first five paragraph lines that you just formatted, change the Font to Arial, and then with the text selected, display the Borders and Shading dialog box. Create a 6 pt, Automatic-colored border on the left side of the selected text.
- In the paragraph that begins If you have any, select the second sentence and move it to the beginning of the paragraph. Adjust spacing as necessary so that there are no extra blank spaces at the end of the paragraph. Remove any extra spaces as necessary to ensure the letter fits to one page. Ensure there are no unnecessary blank pages.
- On the next page which is the newsletter, select the second paragraph of text, which begins with All Employee Newsletter. Display the Borders and Shading dialog box, and then add an Automatic-colored, 3 pt line below the paragraph.
- Starting with the paragraph that begins All Employee Newsletter, select all of the text from that point to the end of the page, including any paragraph marks for that page only. Do not select the Page Break. Change the Spacing After to 6 pt, format the text in two columns, and apply the Justify alignment.
- At the top of the first column, select the paragraph Annual National Convention Special Edition. From the Font dialog box, change the Font Size to 20, apply Bold, and add the Small Caps Effect. Then Center the paragraph. Using the Format painter, apply the same formatting to the other headings on the newsletter page only.
- On the same page, in the blank line above the last paragraph of the newsletter, insert the picture from your downloaded files ‘Word_Challenge_Step8’.
- Set the Height of the picture to 1.2” and the Width of the picture to 3.2″ and apply the first Picture Style, Simple Frame, White. You may need to uncheck the Lock Aspect Ratio to ensure the Height and Width are exact.
- Under the image, type:
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