In this section of our simulation you will be working with Microsoft Word 2010 to create documents for The Hub. This simulation requires six class days to complete. 

 

Please read the entire directions carefully on the assignments.

 

 

Day 1:

 

        Your first task will be to prepare a Press Release to the local media that will advertise the expansion of the game room - The Hub Cap. As part of The Hub's marketing strategy, a Press Release will be used to announce the grand reopening of The Hub Cap to the public. You will learn how to:

 

• Format a press release

• Format text

• Insert a graphic image

• Format line spacing

• Set margins

 

File:    Press Release

 

 

 

        Your second task for the day will be to create and design a Waiver and Release of Liability Form for the Hub that members and one-time customers will be required to sign. If the patron is under 18, a parent or legal guardian, with proper ID, must sign in the presence of a Hub employee. You will learn how to:

 

• Change case 

• Format font sizes

• Format font styles

• Use text boxes 

• Use the Find feature

 

File:      Waiver and Release of Liability

 

 

Day 2:

       

       Your first task will be to create and design Letterhead stationary using the header and footer of the document that The Hub will use to communicate with vendors, members, and employees. This template will be used for future correspondence that you create in other projects. You will learn how to:

 

• Create a letterhead template

• Use headers and footers

 

Download or view the Letterhead document under the Day 2 folder below.

 

        Your second task will be to write a persuasive Letter (using Block Style format) to convince the head of The Hub advisory board (your teacher) to consider the charity you feel most passionate about for The Hub's next fundraiser. Choose a charity, then use a reliable source to find out more information about them, including who they are, who they help, and when they started. You will learn to:

 

• Format a block style letter

• Write a persuasive letter

 

Download or view the persuasive letter document under the Day 2 folder below.

 

Day 3:

        

          Your first task will be to inform employees about DJ Smash Hit Night using proper inter-office memo format. You will create the memo using the letterhead you created in the Letterhead Project on day 2.You will learn to:

 

• Format a memo

• Format a bulleted list

• Email attached files

 

Download or view the Inter-Office Memo document under the Day 3 folder below.

 

        Your second task will be to create a Customer Survey for patrons to complete. To make the survey easy to read and quick to complete, you will use the columns feature. The data collected from this survey will later be input into Excel, and the results will be tallied. You will learn to:

 

• Use columns

• Use custom bullets

 

Download or view the Customer Survey document under the Day 3 folder below.

 

Day 4:

       

         Your first task is to create a document that lists the different membership plans an prices at The Hub, a Membership Plans and Prices document. Using the table feature, you will create an incomplete table and then go back to add and delete rows and columns. This document will be used in promotional literature and displayed in The Hub in highly visible areas. You will learn to:

 

• Create and format tables

• Sort a table

• Shade cells/rows in a table

 

Download or view the Membership Plans and Prices document under the Day 4 folder below.

 

       

          Your second task is design a custom database in Access to hold membership information. Your task is to create the field names, types, and sizes in a blank database and then enter data  for ten new members. Since The Hub gives all employees a free membership, enter an eleventh record for yourself. You will learn to:

 

• Open and use Microsoft Access

• Enter field names

• Define field data types

• Define field size

• Enter data

• Use design view in Microsoft Access

 

 

Day 5:  

     

          Your first task is to create Mailing Labels that can be merged with the Membership Database file that you created in day 4. You will learn how to create this database in later lessons. The Hub wants to grab its members' attention this year. Instead of sending a traditional birthday card, management wants to send a multimedia greeting with video and sound, all saved onto a DVD. The small bubble-lined envelope cannot be run through the printer, so mailing labels must be created.You will learn to:

 

• Format mailing labels 

• Complete a mail merge with a database

 

Download or view the Mailing Labels document under the Day 5 folder below. 

 

        Your second task is to create a list of bands that will perform in the upcoming Battle of the Bands. This spreadsheet will be used to organize the band's information and serve as a quick reference sheet when contacting the bands to perform. It also becomes the source data to merge with a letter you will create on Day 6, The Modified Block Style Letter. You will learn to:

 

• Open and use Microsoft Excel

• Use gridlines

• Work with headers/footers

• Change paper orientation

• Use print preview

 

Day 6:

 

        Your first task is to create a form letter to the Battle of the Bands entrants that have been selected to perform at the next competition. Using the Modified Block Style Letter Format  you will merge this letter with the data from the Excel file that you completed in your day 5 Microsoft Excel assignment. You will learn to:

 

• Format a modified block style letter

• Use the mail merge feature with an Excel file

• Set a tab

 

Download or view the Modified Block Style document under the Day 6 folder below. 

 

       Your second task is to create the Battle of the Bands Entry Form for bands to complete to enter into this semi-annual event. Use the automatic numbering feature and cut and paste when designing this form. The Hub will use completed forms to update the contact information in a Battle of the Bands spreadsheet. You will learn to:

 

• Use AutoNumber feature

• Restart numbered lists

• Use copy and paste

 

Download or view the Entry Form document under the Day 6 folder below.