SAM Project Description

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

As the Development Director for Pedal and Paddle Tours, an established and growing outdoor adventure business, you have written a flyer to attract investors. To complete your flyer, you will create bulleted and numbered lists, align text and paragraphs, add a graphic, and apply shading and other advanced text effects.

GETTING STARTED

●      Download the following file from the SAM website:

o      IL_Word2013_UC_P1a_FirstLastName_1.docx

●      Open the file you just downloaded and save it with the name:

o      IL_Word2013_UC_P1a_FirstLastName_2.docx

o      Hint: If you do not see the .docx file extension in the Save file dialog box, do not type it. Word will add the file extension for you automatically.

●      With the file IL_Word2013_UC_P1a_FirstLastName_2.docxstill open, ensure that your first and last name is displayed in the footer. If the footer does not display your name, delete the file and download a new copy from the SAM website.

PROJECT STEPS

1.                  Select the paragraph “Pedal Power Tours” at the top of the document and change the font to Trebuchet MS, the font size to 28 pt., and the font color to Green, Accent 2 (6^th column, 1^st row in the Theme Colors palette).

2.                  With the paragraph “Pedal Power Tours” still selected, change the case of the text to UPPERCASE.

3.                  Center the paragraph “Pedal Power Tours” and change the paragraph shading to Green, Accent 2, Lighter 60% (6^th column, 3^rd row in the Theme Colors palette).

4.                  Under the “Executive Summary” heading, find the sentence “Our business has succeeded because we always…” and italicize the word “always”.

5.                  Select the paragraphs beginning with “Our mechanics…” and ending with “…as part of the package.” and create a numbered list. (Hint: Your list should contain four items.)

6.                  Right-align the headings “How We Ride and Glide” and “Five-Year Goals”.

7.                  Under the heading “Five-Year Goals”, select the paragraphs beginning with “Buy our building…” and ending with “…licensed guides” and create a bulleted list. (Hint: Your list should contain three items.)

8.                  Select the bulleted list, if necessary, and change the bullets to the check mark bullets (last option in the Bullet Library).

9.                  Select the three paragraphs at the bottom of the first page beginning with “American Rivers” and ending with “U.S. Paralympics”. Center the paragraphs, change the font size to 12 pt., then apply the Fill – Black, Text 1, Shadow effect (1^st column, 1^st row in the Text Effects and Typography gallery).

10.              On the second page, select the paragraph heading “Thinking of Investing?”, bold and italicize the text, then change the font color to Blue, Accent 6 (last column, 1^st row in the Theme Colors palette).

11.              Under the heading “Thinking of Investing?” select the paragraphs beginning with “Tier…” and ending with “…20% discount” and set left tab stops at 1” and 2”. Insert tabs between the words “Tier”, “Amount”, and “Description”.  Continue inserting tabs between the text on the following two lines as shown in Figure 1 below.

12.              Select the paragraph beginning with “Please contact us…” and set the Indentation Special Option to First line using 0.2”.

13.              With the paragraph beginning with “Please contact us…” still selected, change the font to Arial Black and apply shading using Tan, Background 2, Darker 10% (3^rd column, 2^nd row in the Theme Colors palette).

14.              With the paragraph beginning with “Please contact us…” still selected, change the Paragraph Spacing Before to 24 pt.

15.              Place the insertion point at the top of the second page before the heading “Thinking of Investing?”. Use the Bing Image Search to insert an online picture of a kayak, or any suitable image of your choosing.

16.              Resize the kayak clip art so that it is 1” tall and position the image in the Top Right with Square Text Wrapping.

17.              Check the Spelling & Grammar in the document to identify and correct any spelling errors. (Hint: You should find and correct at least 1 spelling error.)

Your document should look like the Final Figure on the following pages. Save your changes, close the document, and exit Word. Follow the directions on the SAM website to submit your completed project.