Steps to be followed on Day-1 of "Report Writing Skills"

Follow the following steps...

1. How to start Ms_word, Ms-Excel, Ms-Powerpoint?

Windows key + R àWe get [Run] window à There, you need to type ‘winword’ / ‘excel’ / ‘powerpnt’

2. Identify the [Office button], [Quick access] toolbar, [Home] tab, [Insert] tab, [Page Layout] tab, [References] tab, [Mailings] tab, [Review] tab and [View] tab.

3. Identify the [Horizontal and Vertical scroll bars].

4. Identify [View Ruler] button on vertical scroll bar at the top vertical scroll bar and click on it for activation/deactivation of horizontal & vertical rulers.

5. Double click on [left or right side of Horizontal Scroll Bar] to get the [Page Setup] window.

http://vtu.ac.in/?s=UG+project+report+format

Exercise

1. Create a document named "Report1.doc" with following format.

      

    Chapter number (font size 16)

    Chapter title  (font size 18)

    Section (font size 16)

    Sub section (font size 14)

    Normal text (font size 12)

    Line spacing 1.5

    Page size=A4

    Margins: Left – 1.25″, Right – 1″, Top and Bottom – 0.75″.

    Note: Times New Roman font is common to whole document.

2. Add the following contents to the above document.

   

    Pictures

    Equations

    Flowchart 

    System architecture

    Tables

    Figures

    Conclusion

    Refernces

    Page numbering

    Header and footer  (font size 10)

    

3. Create the following

    Cover page

    Certificate

    Abstract or Synopsis

    Acknowledgments    Table of Contents

4. Practice the followng

    Protect the document Open Password.

    Create Templates for the most commonly used matter.

    Default settings

    Print Screen with editing in pbrush. (used for project results)

    Set the watermark

    Group and ungroup the drawing objects.

    

5. Working with Tables.