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Exercises Office: design
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*Notepaper revisited You may have already produced some notepaper in a previous course. This task encourages you to think a little more about the design of the sheet and, if you haven't used them before, will give you an opportunity to use the full range of font options in Word. Here's an example.
*Posters Use an image as background for the display with text on top. Getting to know the Picture Toolbar and some simple WordArt
*Report covers From a very brief brief produce your own illustrated report covers for three stated topics.
*The Little Black Book Company Produce a set of stationery items for a small business. This is an old exercise you may have encountered before but it is worth trying again with your newly acquired skills!
Leaflets & cards Here is a complete set of notes illustrating 3 different ways to produce a folded leaflet using Microsoft Word. You can also use them for the next exercise.
Presentation An introduction to using presentation software, trying out different slide styles and applying automatic formats and backgrounds
The Oaks Hotel & Restaurant Produce a short on-screen show to given specifications
*Web design The basics of good web design. Create a simple structure for a web site, a theme for its pages and incorporate some content
*:internet links Select your favourite internet sites and create a simple catalogue of illustrated links to them
*images on the web locate, edit and store images and graphic features for a web site project
   
   
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