techniques development in keyboarding

The Create Table: Techniques of Using the Create Table Function

Tables play important role in business communication because they are means to structure and communicate quantitative information.

Tables are used to present numerical data more clearly and orderly.

Using the Insert Command

You can use the insert command to choose the table dimensions and format before you insert the table into a document.

1. Click where you want to insert table.
2. On the insert tab, in the tables group, click table and then click insert table,
3. Under table size, enter the number of columns and rows.
4. Under Auto fit behaviour. Choose options to adjust the table size.

A TABLE OF WEEKS IN AUGUST

Line Space Regulator: Description, Uses and Techniques

Line spacing determines the amount of vertical space between the lines of text in a paragraph.

Paragraph spacing determines the amount of space above or below a paragraph.

There are three settings in word control line spacing.

1. Before; the space before each line
2. After; the space after each paragraph
3. Line spacing; the space between  the lines of each paragraph.

Line Spacing Options

Single: This option gives a single line space in between lines in a paragraph.

1.5: This option is one and one half times that of single line spacing.

Double: This option is twice that of single line spacing.

Multiple: This option sets line spacing that can be expressed in numbers greater than 1.

NOTE: Space can also be created between paragraphs by tabing the enter key twice after each paragraph.

ENTER KEY

The Enter also called Return key is the key that is pressed on the keyboard to make the computer start a new line of writing or perform an action .The Enter key was originally the return key on a typewriter , which cause the carriage to return to the beginning of the next line on the paper.

A typist can use the Enter key to indicate many options, including: okay, save, Go and proceed when working on the internet. The Enter key can also be used to create space, manually, between paragraphs by tabbing   it twice after each paragraph.

EVALUATION

1. EXERCISE

The colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was created as a merger of the protectorate of the Northern  Nigeria and the colony and protectorate of southern Nigeria on 1 January 1914 , partly because of the uneven economy of the two territories, and also due to growing tension with the German colonies.

As one of the wealthiest british   colonies , it was a good candidate for being the first colony to be granted independence. Nigeria was first  given increased authonomy as the federation of Nigeria on 1 october 1954 and made fully independent in 1960.

NOTE: Keyboard the above paragraph as it is and turn it into three paragraphs using the spacing given below;

• Single spacing
• 5 spacing
• Double spacing.

2. Create table for the list of the members of your class and their test scores in business studies .