IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HIGH SCHOOL OF PITOGO, INC.

7033, Pob. Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur

S.Y. 2020 - 2021
Student’s Learning Activity in Empowerment Technologies

Learners Name: Activity No.: 4

Values:Honesty Quarter: 1
Reference/s: Internet Grade Level: 11
Teacher: Aurelio E. Buco Jr.
CONTENT STANDARD/S:The learners demonstrate an understanding of ICT in the context of global communication for
specific professional track.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD/S:The learners shall be able to independently compose an insightful reflection paper on
the nature of ICT in the context of their lives, society, and professional tracks.
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
 Familiarize some advanced techniques in using Microsoft Word
 Describe mail merge
 Identify the materials that can be integrated into the Microsoft Word.

I. INTRODUCTION

CONCEPT NOTES/ ESSENTIAL IDEAS

Advanced Techniques using Microsoft Word

Word processor is an application that allows users to create, edit, and print documents. One of the most widely used
word processors is Microsoft Word. It is developed by Microsoft and was released on October 25, 1983. With
Microsoft Word, you can create random things like calendar, newsletter, invitations, etc.

Microsoft Word is a complex program which people use to perform various functions such as composing and editing,
formatting and saving, and printing. With these functions you were able to correct spelling, grammar, format your text
using boldface and italics, and save your documents electronically to the computer's hard drive.

In the professional world, sending out information to convey important information is vital. Because of ICT, things are
now sent much faster than the traditional newsletters or postal mail. You can now use the internet to send out
information you need to share. What if we could still do things much faster—an automated way of creating and
sending uniform letters with different recipients? Would that not be more convenient?

Mail Merge

This feature of Microsoft Word allows you to create documents and combine them with another document or data
file. It is commonly used when sending out advertising materials to various recipients.

The simplest solution for the previous scenario is to create a document and just copy and paste it several times then
just replaces the details depending on whom you send it to. But what if you have hundreds or thousands of
recipients? Would not that take too many hours? What if you have a small database on information where you can
automatically generate those letters?

Mail merging basically requires two components:

1. Main Document
The document that contains the body of the message we want to convey or send.
Example: Letter
2. Data Source
It is your Excel® spreadsheet containing the names and addresses you want to merge into a Word® document from
the Data Source.

To perform Mail Merge, you may visit this youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bLI7gVTnJ0

The bottom point about using Mail Merge is that it helps us to create documents like invitation letter be done faster
and more efficient despite of having several recipients or receivers of the letter. You don’t need to copy and paste the
body of the message several times with several unique names. You only need one body of the letter and the details of
the recipients listed in excel spreadsheet.
Kinds of Materials in Microsoft Word

There are various kinds of materials Microsoft Word is capable of integrating to make your documents richer, more
impressive, and more informative.

1. Pictures – these are electronic, “soft copy”, or digital pictures you have saved in any local storage device. Three
common types of picture files:

a. (.JPG) – pronounced as “jay-peg”. Short term for Joint Photographic Experts Group. This type of image file can
support 16.7 million colors. Suitable for use when working with full color photographic images.

b. (.GIF) – This stands for Graphics Interchange Format. This type of image file is capable of displaying transparencies
and animation. It only supports Only supports 256 colors.

c. (.PNG) – It stands for Portable Network Graphics. It is capable of displaying transparencies but not animation. It
supports only 16 million colors.

2. Clipart - This is generally a .GIF type; line art drawings or images used as generic representation for ideas and
objects that you might want to integrate in your document.

3. Shapes - These are printable objects or materials that you can integrate in your document to enhance its
appearance or to allow you to have some tools to use for composing and representing ideas or messages.

4. SmartArt - Generally, these are predefined sets of different shapes grouped together to form ideas that are
organizational or structural in nature.

5. Chart - Another type of material that you can integrate in your Word document that allows you to represent data
characteristics and trends.

6. Screenshots - Screenshot. Sometimes, creating reports or manuals for training or procedure will require the
integration of a more realistic image of what you are discussing on your report or manual.

II. INTERACTION

LEARNING EXPERIENCE
1. Clarifying Understanding:

 Describe Mail Merge.

 Choose one from the kinds of materials in Microsoft Word and explain why it is important to be
integrated in any word document.

2. Processing Question:

 How important is the mail merge feature of Microsoft Word in different organizations?
3. Assessment:
Direction: Identify and write the appropriate answer on the space provided before the number.

_______________ 1. This type of image file can support 16.7 million colors.
_______________ 2. It allows you to represent data characteristics and trends.
_______________ 3. These are predefined sets of different shapes grouped together to form ideas that are
organizational or structural in nature.
_______________ 4. It helps us to create documents be done faster and more efficient despite of having
several recipients or receivers.
_______________ 5. It contains the body of the message we want to convey or send.

III. INTEGRATION

A. FRAMING CONCEPTS

Write down the things that you learn from this topic
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Write down the things that need clarification

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B. LIFELONG LEARNING

An advance technique in using Microsoft Word definitely requires us to use a computer for a better
understanding of the lesson. Since we are still in the middle of pandemic and you don’t have access to the
computer laboratory yet for your security, what are your initial plans so that you will still be guided with the
lessons with hands-on activities?