EG2139 Lab 1 – Word Processing, MS Word 2010

THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

ENG2139 LABORATORY NUMBER 1

REPORT

TITLE: WORD PROCESSING APPLICATION

AUTHOR : MALUMO MATOME

COMPUTER NUMBER : 2021479358

DATE OF THE LAB : 12TH APRIL, 2023

DUE DATE : 19TH APRIL, 2023

ATTENTION : MR. SHABANI

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Microsoft Word is one of the useful office applications developed by Microsoft. The
application can be used, among other functionalities, for documentation and presentation of
data in tabular form, writing of teaching aids suc as formulae and other word presentations
in different font types and sizes as may be preferred by user.
Thus, this report gives an account of laboratory activity that took place on 27th January 2016
in the main computer laboratory, school of Engineering main building. The experiment aim
as to expose the students to the Word Processing Application as a tool for communication.

TITLE: WORD PROCESSING APPLICATION

2.0 OBJECTIVE
2.1 To be introduced to word processing applications and their functionalities.

3.0 EQUIPMENT
4.1 Laptop
4.1.1 Serial number: 5CG8511L5G
4.1.2 Microprocessor Type: Intel® Core™ i5-7300U CPU
4.1.3 Microprocessor speed: 2.60 GHz
4.1.4 Memory (RAM) size: 8.00 GB (7.85 GB usable)
4.1.5 Operating system: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor
4.1.6 Operating system, version and patch: Windows 10 ©2015 Microsoft
Corporation
4.1.7 Word Processing Application Name: Microsoft Word
4.1.8 Word Processing Application Version: 2010

4.0 PREREQUISITES
Be familiar with word processing applications.

5.0 THEORY
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The word processing applications draw their functionalities from pencil writing and paper
pad. It is an automation of making textual documents.

7.0 METHODOLOGY/PROCEDURE
7.1 Exercise 1

Thomas Sankara President of Burkina Faso (1984 - 1987)

Thomas Sankara, (born December 21, 1949, Yako, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]—died
October 15, 1987, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), military officer and proponent of Pan-
Africanism who was installed as president of Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) in 1983 after a
military coup. He held that position until 1987, when he was killed during another coup.

Sankara‟s Roman Catholic parents wanted political ideologies.

him to be a priest, but he opted for a military
career instead. In 1970, at the age of 20,
Sankara was sent for officer training in
Madagascar, In 1974 he earned much public
attention for his heroic performance in the
border war with Mali, but years later he
would renounce the war as useless and
unjust. By the early 1980s, where he
witnessed a popular uprising of students and
workers that succeeded in toppling
Madagascar‟s government. Before returning
to Upper Volta in 1972, Sankara attended a
parachute academy in France, where he was
further exposed to left-wing political
ideologies. was further exposed to left-wing

Thomas Sankara (1949-1987)

In 1974 he earned much public attention for his heroic performance in the border war with Mali,
but years later he would renounce the war as useless and unjust. By the early 1980s, Burkina
Faso was being rocked by a series of labour union strikes and military coups. Sankara‟s military
achievements and charismatic leadership style made him a popular choice for political
appointments, but his personal and political integrity put him at odds with the leadership of the
successive military governments that came to power, leading to his arrest on several occasions.

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In January 1983, Sankara was selected as the prime minister of the newly formed Council for the
Salvation of the People (Conseil de Salut du Peuple; CSP), headed by Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo.
This post provided him with an entryway into international politics and a chance to meet with
leaders of the nonaligned movement, including Fidel Castro (Cuba), Samora Machel
(Mozambique), and Maurice Bishop (Grenada). Sankara‟s anti-imperialist stance and grassroots
popularity increasingly put him at odds with conservative elements within the CSP, including
President Ouédraogo. Sankara was removed as prime minister in May and arrested once again.
On August 4, 1983, Blaise Compaoré, Sankara‟s close friend and fellow army colleague, led a
group that freed Sankara, overthrew the Ouédraogo regime, and formed the National Council of
the Revolution (Conseil National de la Révolution) with Sankara as its president

Sankara declared the objectives of the “democratic and popular revolution” to be primarily
concerned with the tasks of eradicating corruption, fighting environmental degradation,
empowering women, and increasing access to education and health care, with the larger goal of
liquidating imperial domination. During the course of his presidency, Sankara successfully
implemented programs that vastly reduced infant mortality, increased literacy rates and school
attendance, and boosted the number of women holding governmental posts. On the
environmental front, in the first year of his presidency alone 10 million trees were planted in an
effort to combat desertification. On the first anniversary of the coup that had brought him to
power, he changed the country‟s name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, which means roughly
“land of upright people” in Mossi and Dyula, the country‟s two most widely spoken indigenous
languages.

Despite the great strides that were made, there was growing dissent in the country, partly because
of economic problems and opposition from traditional quarters to some of Sankara‟s more
progressive social policies. His administration gradually lost popular support, and internal
conflict within his government grew as well. On October 15, 1987, Sankara was assassinated in a
coup led by Compaoré and two others, and Compaoré went on to rule Burkina Faso until popular
unrest led him to resign in 2014.

Decades later, in 2021, 14 people were finally charged in relation to Sankara‟s death, including
Compaoré; he refused to participate in the proceedings and, having been in exile in Côte d‟Ivoire
since 2014, would be tried in absentia. A military tribunal held the long-awaited trial, which
began later that year on October 11. When the verdict was announced on April 6, 2022,
Compaoré and nine others were found guilty of having been complicit in Sankara‟s murder,
while one, Hyacinthe Kafando, was found guilty of the murder. Compaoré, Kafando, and another

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defendant, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, were sentenced to life in prison, while eight other defendants
received lesser sentences. Three of the defendants were acquitted.

7.1 Exercise 3

NUMBER NAME OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICAL LOCATION

1 Arakan Boys Secondary Woodlands

School

2 Arakan Girls Secondary Woodlands

School

3 Kabulonga Boys Secondary Kabulonga

School

4 Kabulonga Girls Secondary Kabulonga

School

5 Kamwala Secondary School Kamwala

6 Libala Secondary School Libala

7 Matero Boys Secondary Matero

School

8 Matero Girls Secondary Matero

School

9 Munali Boys Secondary Munali

School

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7.4 PRACTICAL

7.4 QUESTION 1

Effects are word processing options that enable a user to add certain effects to text(s)
surrounding such as underlining, background colour and striking through. Text effects are in
such a way that when applied they will directly affect the text structural appearance itself they
include Italic, font colour, Bold, shrink, glow, Change Case among others, all of which are
found under the font tab buttons with iconic symbols such as shown.

Character spacing in the font advanced tab involves options of altering the spaces between texts
characters. These include expanding, condensing or normal. Scale option increases text
appearance

7.4.1 Sampled results

Effects and Text effects

 Text highlight effect provides an option to have selected text highlighted in a desired
color probably to capture the reader‟s attention and can be used as below:
Home tab>click roll-down menu button besides text highlight color> clicking color of
choice>highlight text required. eg ENG 2139Lectures (Before) ENG 2139 Lectures
(After effect)

 Underline text effect used to insert a line under a particular text or set of words to
indicate important points of a piece of writing or a heading. It is handing in official letter
writing in underlining of the reference portion. It is found font options indicated with
underlined letter U and can be used with steps below:

Procedure
Highlight the text>Home tab>clicking underline text or click on roll-down menu button
(upside down triangle besides U)>click the line type of choice or go to more underlines to
access more underline types, or click on underline color to customize color for the line.
For example ENG 2139 (without) ENG 2139 LABS After (Effect)

 Font color effect is used to change text color for some texts in a document. Used to show
word importance in a sentence, heading of a piece of writing etc. Found on font effect
options denoted with letter A underlined with a thick colored line
highlight text required>Home tab>click roll-down menu button besides font color
button> clicking color of choice> for example HEXAGONAL (from black to blue)
(HEXAGONAL)

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Paragraph
 Indentation is a word processing functionality used to leave space between margins and
beginning of a line or row, or the blank space left and right. Thus, it provides the user to
structure a document in an orderly manner such as paragraphing. Below are the xamples.
 Indentation
Thomas Sankara, (born December 21, 1949, Yako, Upper Volta [now Burkina
Faso]—died October 15, 1987, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), military officer and
proponent of Pan-Africanism who was installed as president of Upper Volta (later
Burkina Faso) in 1983 after a military coup. He held that position until 1987, when he
was killed during another coup.

Hungering indentation
Indentation is a word processing functionality used to leave space between margins and
beginning of a line or row, or the blank space left and right. Thus, it provides the
user to structure a document in an orderly manner such as paragraphing. Below are
the xamples

Procedure
Highlight paragraph>Home tab>paragraph advanced option>indents and
spacing>indentation

 Spacing is a word processing functionality used to leave space between sentences. It

provides user with option to choose the spacing before and after a selected group of
sentences.
Spacing: line spacing „double‟
Indentation is a word processing functionality used to leave space between margins

and beginning of a line or row, or the blank space left and right. Thus, it provides the user

to structure a document in an orderly manner such as paragraphing. Below are the

examples
Spacing: before=6 pf and after=18
Indentation is a word processing functionality used to leave space between margins
and beginning of a line or row, or the blank space left and right. Thus, it provides the user
to structure a document in an orderly manner such as paragraphing. Below are the
examples

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How to use:
Highlight targeted set of sentences> Home tab>paragraph advanced option>indents and
spacing>spacing>adjust before and after.
Styles
These are variety of styles to which text can be presented suitably. E.g. heading style for
text used as heading of a given paragraph. Styles include Normal, No space, intense,
book title etc
Procedure:
Highlight the specific text>home tab>styles>click the style of choice appearing, or use
the up-down arrowed buttons far right of the appearing styles to access more styles. For
example THE LIGHT OF GOD (Before style) THE LIGHT OF GOD (after using a
title style).

Pagination

7.5 Question 2
Symbols

Formula:

8.0 DISCUSSION
Word processing application has made document preparation much easier than it was in old
times. Indeed, the application is user friendly and provides suitable options for users to
structure their document in any way one may wish. A user can set desired parameters of a
document should look like. Font type, font styles and effects can be selected for a particular
writing so as to enhance uniformity such that when one starts processing their document,
such parts as headings, sub-headings, numbering of lists etc are assigned the designated
features. Unlike hand written documents, word processing application goes an extra mile by
having in place such features as graphical presentation, adjustment of text alignment, text
background highlighting, change of font colour probably to attract attention of a reader etc.
Symbols can also be used to show step-by-step procedures clearly.
What struck the author‟s mind the most is the ability of the application to manage writing
arithmetic expressions such as formulas using symbols

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9.0 CONCLUSION
The word processing application features learnt during this experiment are widely utilized in
the creation of official and non-official, formal and non-formal documents worldwide.
Governments constitutional documents, Monitoring and Evaluation tools for small and huge
projects, teaching documents at universities and many other are done using this easy to learn
application.
The exercises and practical provided a platform for the author to learn more important
features of the word processing application.
It is by no doubt that time-to-time practice on the word processing application would
enhance skill to writing clear and concise information.

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