Class X: Unit 3

Unit 3: Word Processing (Intermediate)

Assignment Solutions
Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) 5. What is text formatting?
Ans. Text formatting refers to the appearance and arrangement of the
1. Any text or graphic that you insert in a text in a document.
appears at the top of every page in
the document. Short Answer Questions-I
a. Footer b. Header 1. What do you mean by footer?
c. Footnote d. Endnote Ans. Footer is a section that appears at the bottom of each page.
Ans. b Just like the header, you can insert anything in the footer. This
information is shown at the bottom of every page in the document.
2. Which of the following task panes allows you to
apply the style to the selected text? 2. Which key combination is used to underline the
text?
a. Design b. Styles
Ans. The Ctrl+U key combination is used to underline the text.
c. Clipboard d. Both a and b
Ans. b
3. Define text wrapping.
Ans. Wrap text means adjusting or fitting text into a graphical object.
3. Which of the following is used to insert page breaks? Suppose the text that you have typed inside an object does not fit
a. Ctrl + Shift b. Ctrl + Enter properly into the specified area. In this situation, you can use the
Wrap Text feature to set the text into the selected object.
c. Shift + Tab d. Alt + Enter
Ans. b 4. What is the main advantage of using the Clip Art
feature?
4. Which of the following options should be used Ans. The main advantage of vector-based images is that they can be
to place the selected text or character above the resized without getting blurred or distorted. The Clip Art feature
normal text? in MS Word 2010 contains thousands of images of different
categories such as arts, illustrations, borders, sports, education,
a. Subscript b. Superscript animals, family and art.
c. Italic d. Shrink font
5. What are special characters?
Ans. b
Ans. Special characters are those characters that do not represent any
5. Which of the following groups of the Page Layout letter or number. You can find the symbols and special characters
tab contains the Wrap Text button? by using the Symbol button in the Symbols group of the Insert tab.

a. Arrange b. Text Short Answer Questions-II

c. Paragraph d. Styles
1. Define the concept of line spacing.
Ans. a
Ans. Line spacing refers to the space between two or more selected
lines in a document. A document with increased line spacing
Very Short Answer Questions provides more readability, but consumes more space. Alternatively,
1. Define header of a document. reduced line spacing saves space in a document, but decreases
readability of the document.
Ans. Header is a section that appears at the top of each page between
the top margin and the first line of the text. 2. What is footer? In what case should it be used?
2. What is footer in a document? Ans. Footer is a section that appears at the bottom of each page.
Just like a header, you can insert anything in the footer. This
Ans. Footer is a section that appears at the bottom of each page.
information is shown at the bottom of every page in the document.
3. What are styles in a document? Footer usually includes the page number and the document name.
Ans. Style refers to a set of formatting commands such as font, font 3. Briefly describe different types of text casing.
size, bold, underline and text color.
Ans. MS Word provides five types of case conversions, which are as
4. Define template in MS Word 2010. follows:
Ans. Templates offer sets of different predefined visual elements that €€ Sentence case: In this, the first letter of the sentence is
you can later customize according to your requirements. capitalized and rest of the sentence appears in lowercase.

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€€ Lowercase: In this, all the letters appear in small casing. 3. Describe the procedure to modify the font and font
€€ UPPERCASE: In this, all the letters appear in capital casing. size of the text.
€€ Capitalize Every Word: In this, the first letter of each word Ans. Perform the following steps to change the font and font size of the
is capitalized.
text in a document:
€€ tOGGLE cASE: In this, all the letters of each word except the

1. Select the desired text in a document to change its font.
first letter are capitalized.

2. Click the down-arrow of the Font combo box under the Font
4. What is the difference between a clip art and a group of the Home tab. A drop-down list of the available font
SmartArt graphic? faces appear.
Ans. A clip art is a vector-based graphic image in Windows Metafile
3. Select the desired font face from the drop-down list. The font
Format (WMF). The main advantage of vector-based images is that of the selected text changes.
they can be resized without getting blurred or distorted. Perform the following steps to change the font size of the text in
SmartArt is an improved and enhanced feature included in MS a document:
Word 2010. It contains more dynamic graphics. SmartArt helps you

1. Select the desired text in a document whose font size you
to create smart business diagrams, which not only provide visual
want to change.
enhancement, but also a professional touch to the document.

2. Click the down-arrow of the Font Size combo box under the
5. Define the concept of text formatting. Font group of the Home tab. A drop-down list of the available
Ans. Text formatting refers to the appearance and arrangement of the font size appears.
text in a document. You can apply formatting to a single character,
3. Select the desired font size from the drop-down list for the
a word, a line, or an entire paragraph. The text formatting selected text. The font size of the selected text changes.
includes basic formatting operations, such as changing the font
and font size of the text; making the text bold or italic; applying 4. Discuss the process to copy and clear formatting.
strikethrough, subscript and superscript to the text; changing the
Ans. Perform the given steps to copy the formatting of a text using the
color of the text; highlighting the text; and copying and clearing
formatting. Format Painter button.

1. Select the formatted text in a document.
Long Answer Questions
2. Click the Format Painter button under the Clipboard group of
the Home tab.
1. Write the steps to set tabs in an MS word document.

3. Select the text to which you want to apply the copied
Ans. Perform the following steps to set the tabs:
formatting by using the cursor.
1. Click the Paragraph dialog box launcher under the Paragraph
To clear the applied formatting from the text, use the Clear
group of the Home tabs.
Formatting button under the Font group of the Home tab.
2. Click the Tabs button in the Paragraph dialog box.
Perform the following steps to clear formatting from the text:
3. Select the required radio button in the Leader section.

1. Select the text from which you want to clear the formatting.
4. Select the Left radio button under the Alignment section
5. Type the value in the Tab stop position text box.
2. Click the Clear Formatting button under the Font group of the
Home tab.
6. Click the Set button to set the tab position.
The formatting of the selected text clears.
7. Click the OK button in the Tabs dialog box. The “L” shaped
symbol displays on the ruler of the document. This symbol 5. What is the procedure to link document in MS
states that the tab stop position has been set.
8. Click before the paragraph to set the tab. Press the Tab key.
Word?
Now, the paragraph moves to the tab stop position. Ans. Perform the following steps to link an object in a document:

1. Open a document in which you want to link an object.
2. Explain the procedure to create a document based
2. Select the location where you want to insert the object.
on an online template.
3. Click the down arrow of the Object button in the Text group
Ans. Perform the following steps to create a new document using an of the Insert tab. A drop-down list appears.
online available template:

4. Select the Object option from the dropdown list. The Object
1. Select the File -> New option.
dialog box appears.
2. Select the desired template style from the list of templates

5. Select the Create button from the File tab in the Object dialog
style under the Office.com Templates category, which
contains the list of related templates. box.
3. Select the template that you want to use in the document
6. Click the Browse button. The Browse dialog box appears.
from the list under the Announcement folder. It automatically
7. Select the file that you want to link in the document.
downloads the lists of available templates.
8. Click the Insert button. The Object dialog box reappears.
4. Click the Download button. The process of downloading
9. Select the Link to file check box.
templates starts. After completing the download process, a
new document is created by using the selected template.
10. Select the Display as icon check box.
5. Replace the preformatted text with the text as per your
11. Click the OK button.
requirement and save the document. The selected file is linked to the document.

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