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Independent Project 4-5

For this project, you create an emergency telephone information sheet for Sierra Pacific Community College District
(SPCCD). You add and modify a SmartArt graphic, convert text to a table, insert a new table, format the tables, and insert
the company logo.

Skills Covered in This Project

Modify an existing document.

Insert a SmartArt graphic.
Add text to a SmartArt graphic.
Resize, change color of, and apply style to SmartArt.
Convert text to a table and AutoFit.
Sort text in a table.
Insert a row, merge cells, and add information.

Apply a table style.

Change cell margins and alignment.
Apply a style to text.
Insert a table and type text.
Insert a picture.
Adjust picture size and position.

Insert a symbol and the current date.

Step 1
Download
start file

1.

Open the EmergencyTelephones-04 start file.

NOTE: If the document opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button in the Message
Bar at the top of the document so you can modify it.

2.

The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the file name if directed to do so
by your instructor, and save it.

3.

Insert a SmartArt graphic and add text.

a. Place your insertion point in front of
the second section heading
(Emergency Telephone
Locations).
b. Insert the Vertical Chevron List
SmartArt graphic (Figure 4-112).
c. Type 1 in the graphic text box in the
upper left of the SmartArt graphic.
d. Type 2 in the graphic text box
below and type 3 in the third
graphic text box in the first column
of the graphic.
e. Type the following text in the bulleted text boxes in the second column. You do not need to add
bullets because bullets are already included in the SmartArt.

f.

Delete the extra bullet in the last graphic in the second column.

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4.

Resize and format the SmartArt graphic.

a. Change the size of the SmartArt to 70% of its
original size. Be sure to lock aspect ratio.
b. Change the text wrapping to Top and Bottom.
c. Change the color of the entire SmartArt graphic
to Dark 2 Fill (Figure 4-113).
d. Apply the Intense Effect SmartArt style.

5.

Convert text to a table.

a. Select the tabbed text below the second
section heading (Emergency Telephone
Locations). Do not select the paragraph mark
below the last row.
b. Convert this text to a table and AutoFit to
contents.

6.

Sort the table text in ascending order by the first column.

7.

Add a title row and insert text.

a. Add a row above the first row.
b. Merge the cells in this row.
c.

Download
Resources

Type Blue Emergency Telephones in the merged first row.

8.

Format the table.

a. In the Table Style Options group, select Header Row, First Column, and Banded Rows.
b. Apply the List Table 2 Accent 4 table style.
c. Select the entire table and change the top and bottom cell margins to 0.04" and the left and right
cell margins to 0.1".
d. Vertically center all text in the table (Hint: use the Cell tab in the Table Properties dialog box).
e. Horizontally center the text in the first row. This text should be centered vertically and horizontally.

9.

Insert, resize, and position the SPCCD logo.

NOTE: Download the resource file(s) needed for this project from the Resources link. Make sure to extract
the file(s) after downloading the resources zipped folder.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Insert the SPCCDlogo-04 picture (downloaded from the Resources link), at the top of the document.
Do not place the picture in the header area.
Change the width to 3" and keep the size proportional.
Change the text wrapping to Top and Bottom and drag the logo above the title.
Set the horizontal and vertical absolute position at 0.3" to the right of the page and below the page.

10. Modify the footer to include a symbol and the current date.
a. Open the footer and space once at the end of the footer.
b. Insert a solid circle from the Symbol font set (Character code 183) and space once after it.
c.
d.

Type Revised: and space once.

Insert the current date in MM/DD/YY format and set it so that it does not update automatically.

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Step 2

11. Save and close the document (Figure 4-114).

Upload &
Save

12. Upload and save your project file.

Step 3

13. Submit project for grading.

Grade my
Project

Figure 4-114 Word 4-5 completed

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