Unit 2: Word Processing
Create a new word processing document
Scenario
You are working as a secretary for an publishing company. You have been asked to produce a
report on the power of advertising.
1. Set the left and right page margins to 2.5 cm
2. Enter the following text with an unjustified right hand margin and a justified left hand margin
in Times New Roman font, character size 12
ADVERTISING
An advertisement is a message to inform or persuade the public. Informative advertising gives
detailed information about the goods or services available and leaves the consumer to decide,
without persuasion, if they wish to purchase.
However, advertising today tends to go beyond straightforward descriptions. A variety of
techniques to stimulate interest and promote demand are used in persuasive advertising to
encourage people to buy, regardless of need.
An informative advertisement may contain useful details such as colour, specification and
materials. This type of advertising is often used to create the desired company image or for
public relations purposes.
The techniques used include claims that the product will make the user attractive to the opposite
sex or successful in their job. Alternatively, they may suggest that the product can make the task
in hand easier to accomplish, or contribute to good health.
There is no doubt whatsoever that advertising has a very powerful influence on sales.
3. Proofread and check your work thoroughly and amend any errors
4. Enter your name, center number and today’s date a few lines below the end of the text
5. Save the document onto your floppy disk as a file in rtf format with the filename
FILENAME………advertwp1
6. Print a copy of your document
You are now required to make amendments to the document
7. Change only the heading ADVERTISING to a different font
8. Change the size of the heading so that it is larger than the rest of the text
9. Embolden and centre the heading
10. Fully justify the text (apart from the heading)
11. Insert a new paragraph as the first paragraph under the main heading
Advertising is important to all companies whether they are a small, one-man concern or
a large multi-national conglomerate. It is important so that they can inform the public
of the goods or services available they wish to promote.
12. Delete the paragraph beginning The techniques used include…
13. Move the second paragraph so that it becomes the third paragraph
14. Replace the words goods or services available with the words company’s products or
services wherever it occurs (2 times in all)
15. Set the first paragraph only in double line spacing
16. Change the left and right margins from 2.5 cm to 3 cm
17. Save the document onto your floppy disk as a file in rtf format with the filename
FILENAME………advertwp2
18. Print a copy of your document
Close Microsoft Word and exit the application securely.
