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STAR OFFICE

CHAPTER – 1

AN INTRODUCTION TO STAR OFFICE WRITER

Answer the following for 2 marks

1. What is Star Office?(***)

i) Star Office is an application to work on different operating system.

ii) It is a full featured office productivity suite with powerful standalone

applications that can open, edit and save Microsoft Office Documents.

iii) Consists of several applications grouped together into an integrated

environment.

iv) Example: Star Office Writer, Star Office Calc.

2. List a few Star Office Functions or Applications?(***)

Star Office consists of several applications grouped together into an integrated

environment. Some of the functions are

i) Create text document using Star Office Writer.

ii) Create Spreadsheet using Star Office Calc.

iii) Create presentation using Star Office Impress.

iv) Draw using Star Office Draw.

v) Create a database using Star Office Base.

3. How to start StarOffice?

i) On the taskbar, click the start button.

ii) Choose, All programs StarOffice 8 folder.

iii) Click the Star Office program that you want to start.

4. What is Word processing? (or) What is Star Office Writer?(***)

i) Star Office Writer is a Word processor.

ii) Activity carried out using computer and suitable software to create, view, edit,

manipulate, transmit, store, retrieve and print documents.

iii) Document may contain text, tables, graphs, charts, equations, pictures and

drawings.

iv) Some commercially available word processing packages are MS Word, Lotus

Amipro, Word Perfect, Wordstar and Word Pro.

5. How do create a New Document using Star Office Writer?

i) File New Document

ii) A blank document appears.

iii) Most of the elements are similar to Windows applications environment.

6. How do you enter Text in the Document?

i) The text of the document is typed in big blank area of the screen.

ii) As the characters are typed they appear on the screen. A flashing vertical bar

called the insertion point moves to the right.

iii) When the text reaches end of line Enter Key must not be pressed but Writer

automatically wrap the text to next line.

7. What is an Insertion point? (***)

i) As the characters are typed, they appear on screen. A flashing vertical bar called

the insertion point moves to right.

ii) Insertion point always indicates where the new text will appear.

8. How do you save a Document in Star Writer?

i) Naming a file enables the user to find and open that file again.

ii) To save a Document, File Save command is selected or save icon is clicked.

iii) Select the drive, folder, filename and document type.

iv) Ctrl+Sis the keyboard shortcut for saving the document.

9. How do you close a document?

i) When the work is finished, the user should save and close the document.

ii) After saving the document, it is closed using File Close command.

10. How to open a document in Star Writer?

i) To reopen a document that has been saved and closed File Open command is

used.

ii) A dialog box similar to Save as dialog box appears.

iii) Name of the file to be opened can be chosen from the list.

iv) Alternate method of opening is to click on open file icon.

11. How to work with Multiple Documents?(***)

Once the documents are open we can switch between them in two ways

i) Click on the Window menu option and select the file from the list of documents

displayed.

ii) Click on the document button visible on the taskbar.

iii) Close the documents one by one using File Close command.

12. How do you move around the document?

i) The thick horizontal line in the page area is called the end-of-document marker

and the insertion point cannot be beyond this line.

ii) To move the insertion point with the mouse:

Mouse pointer is moved to the required spot and mouse button is clicked.

Insertion point jumps to that spot.

iii) To move the insertion point with keyboard:

Arrow keys and other key combinations are used.

13. How do you scroll the document?

i) If the document is long the text is scrolled by using the scroll arrows and scroll

bar.

ii) There are two sets of scroll arrows one for up and down and the other for left and

right movement.

iii) To scroll left and right: left and right arrow is to be clicked.

iv) To scroll up and down: up and down arrow is to be clicked.

v) To scroll a relative distance: scroll box is to be drawn up or down

vi) Scrolling does not move the insertion point.

14. What are the keys used for correcting mistakes?

i) If mistake is identified it can be corrected using Backspace Key or Delete Key.

ii) Backspace Key deletes the characters to the left of the insertion point.

iii) Delete Key deletes the characters to the right of the insertion point.

15. How would you switch over from Insert mode to Type-over mode?(***)

i) The user is in the Insert mode if the new text will be inserted and the existing

text would move to right.

ii) The user is in the Type-over mode if the text existing to the right of the insertion

point disappears while typing a new text.

iii) User can toggle between the two modes using Insert Key.

iv) The Status bar gives the information about the current mode.

16. What is Text Editing?(***)

i) Entering a new text or modifying the existing text in a document.

ii) Required word or portion of text can be selected using keyboard shortcuts or

mouse.

iii) Copy, Cut, Paste, Find and Replace are some commonly used editing functions.

Answer the following for 5 marks:

1. Explain the steps involved in saving a document using Star Writer.

2. How do you move around the document?

3. How do you select the required portion of a text in a document?(***)

4. How do you move and copy the Text in a document?(****) (or)

What is the difference between moving and copying Text in a document(Tabulate

the difference)

5. Give steps for searching and replacing text in Star Writer.(***)

FREQUENTLY ASKED BOARD QUESTIONS:

2 MARKS:

1. How will you select the text in the document? (June 2007)

2. What is the difference between copying text and moving text in Star office writer? (Oct

2007)

3. How will you correct mistakes in Star office writer? (June 2008)

4. What is text editing? (March 2009, Oct 2009, Oct 2010)

5. How will you switch between insert and type over mode?(June 2010)

6. How to work with multiple documents?

5 MARKS:

1. Give the steps involved in replacing a given text in a Star office writer document.

(March 2008, June 2008, June 2009)

2. How will you select the required portion of the text using mouse and keyboard?

3. (Oct 2008, Oct 2009)

MCQ

1. An application designed to work on different operating system

a. MS Office b. Star Office c. Multimedia d. Database

2. A fully featured office productivity suite with powerful standalone applications.

a. Star Office b. MS Office c. Basic d. Presentation

3. A standalone application that can also open, edit and save Microsoft documents

a. MS Office b. Star Office c. Multimedia d. Database

4. Applications of Star office are grouped together into ___ environment.

a. Virtual b. closed c. integrated d. interactive

5. Applications used to create a text document

a. Star Office Writer b. Star Office Calc c. Star Office Impress d. Star Office Base

6. Application used to create a spreadsheet


7. Application used to create a Presentation


8. Star Office application to draw

a. Star Office Writer b. Star Office Draw c. Star Office Impress d. Star Office Base

9. Application used to create a Database


10. To start Star Office click ___ button on the taskbar.

a. Close b. start c. begin d. login

11. Command used to start Star Office

a. Start Programs Star Office 8

b. Start Star office 8

c. Start All Programs Star Office

d. Start All Programs Star Office 8

12. The new document in the star office writer is opened with the name

a. Untitled1 b. new text1 c. new document 1 d. no name

13. Star office uses its own desktop called

a) Desktop b. Windows Desktop c. Active Desktop d. Star Desktop

14. Star office writer is a ___ software.

a. Spreadsheet b. database c. word processing d. presentation

15. Activity carried out using a computer and suitable software to create, view, edit,

manipulate, transmit, store, retrieve and print documents.

a. Spreadsheet b. database c. word processing d. presentation

16. Which of the following is a word processor


17. Which of the following is not a commercially available word processing package

a. Lotus 1-2-3 b. Lotus Amipro c. MS Word d. Star Office Writer

18. Which of the following is not a commercially available word processing package.

a. Lotus amipro b. notepad c. MS word d. Star Office Writer

19. ____ may contain text, tables, graphs, charts, equations, pictures and drawings

a. Worksheet b. report c. document d. presentation

20. Command used to open a new document or create a new document.

a. File New

b. File New Document

c. File New Text Document

d. File Text Document

21. Most of the elements of star office writer window are similar to the ____ environment.

a. Integrated b. window applications c. virtual d. OS

22. The text of the document can be typed in ____ area of the screen.

a. Header b. Footer c. Big blank d. empty

23. A flashing vertical bar in Star Writer is called

a. End of document marker b. cell pointer c. cursor d. insertion point

24. As the characters are typed Insertion point moves to the

a. Left b. right c. end of document d. beginning of document

25. Which always indicate where the new text will appear

a. End of document marker b. indentation c. cursor d. insertion point

26. When the text being typed reaches the end of the line Star office writer will automatically

____ text to the next line.

a. Copy b. aligns c. wrap d. indents

27. Which key must not be pressed at the end of each line

a. Escape b. enter c. backspace d. delete

28. Which key should be pressed only at the end of a paragraph


29. Which key should be pressed when s blank line is to be inserted.


30. When a page is filled up Star Office Writer automatically creates a ___

a. Word wrap b. new page c. new line d. new paragraph

31. The first time the document is saved Star Writer prompts for a ___

a. Folder b. drive c. name d. title

32. Which will enable the user to find and open that file again

a. Moving b. copying c. find & replace d. naming

33. Command used to save a file

a. Ctrl+S b. File Save c. File Autosave d. File Ctrl+S

34. File save opens ___ dialog box

a. Autosave b. Save as c. open d. close

35. Icon used to select a drive while saving a document

a. Save as b. extension c. files of type d. up one level

36. While saving a document, clicking __ icon will display a list of drives.

a. Up one drive b. up one level c. file drive d. folder drive

37. While saving a document double clicking on a required drive displays a list of ____

a. Levels b. files c. folders d. documents

38. While saving a document file name is given in the ____ list box

a. Filename b. name c. save name d. file list

39. While saving a document choose the required document type from ___ list box.

a. File type b. extension c. file name d. save as type

40. ____ button is clicked to save the file .

a. Save as b. Ctrl+S c. Save d. File Save

41. When the document is saved the filename appears in the ____

a. Menu bar b. status bar c. title bar d. scroll bar

42. __________ need not be entered again once a file is saved under a name

a. Folder b. drive c. data d. name

43. Keyboard shortcut for saving the document

a. Ctrl+S b. Ctrl+C c. Ctrl+X d. Ctrl+A

44. When the work with the document is finished user should ____ the document.

a. Save b. open c .close d. save and close

45. Command used to close the document one by one

a. Edit Close b. File Close c. File Quit d. File Exit

46. Command used to reopen a document (or open existing document)

a. File New Text Document

b. File Open

c. File Open Text Document

d. File Open Document

47. ___ command will open a dialog box very similar to save as dialog box.

a. File Open b. File Save c. Format Paragraph d. Edit

Find&Replace

48. An alternate method of opening files

a. File Open b. Open file icon c. Ctrl +O d. File New Text

Document

49. In Star Writer we can switch between the documents in __ ways.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

50. Which menu is used to work with multiple documents

a. Document b. edit c. file d. window

51. Clicking on the __ button on the task bar helps to work with multiple documents

a. Window b. document c. file d. folder

52. Which can be used to move the insertion point to anywhere in the document.

a. Mouse b. keyboard c. a or b d. none

53. The thick horizontal line in the page area is called as

a. Insertion point b. paragraph marker c. end of document marker d.cursor

54. Which cannot be moved beyond the end of document marker

a. Document b. insertion point c. paragraph d. scroll bar

55. Which is moved to the required spot to move the insertion point with the mouse

a. Cell pointer b. document marker c. mouse pointer d. cursor

56. ___ is different from the insertion point

a. Cell pointer b. document marker c. mouse pointer d. cursor

57. ___ is used to move the insertion point with the keyboard combination.

a. Enter key b. shift key c. arrow keys d. Ctrl keys

58. If the key combination is joined with a ___the first key must be pressed, held down and

second key is pressed.

a. Plus sign(+) b. minus sign (-) c. & d.

59. Keyboard movement key to move one character to the left

a. Ctrl+ Left arrow b. Left arrow c. Ctrl + right arrow d. tab

60. Keyboard movement key to move one character to the right

a. Right arrow b. ctrl + right arrow c. left arrow d. shift + tab

61. Keyboard movement key to move one word to the left

a. Left arrow b. right arrow c. Ctrl+left arrow d. backspace

62. Keyboard movement key to move one word to the right

a. Right arrow b. Ctrl + right arrow c. Ctrl + tab d. Shift + right arrow

63. Keyboard movement key to move one cell to the left in a table

a. Shift + left arrow b. left arrow c. shift + tab d. tab

64. Keyboard movement key to move one cell to the right in a table

a. Shift + tab b. ctrl + tab c. tab d. ctrl + right arrow

65. Keyboard movement key to move up one line

a. Page up b. home c. ctrl + up arrow d. up arrow

66. Keyboard movement key to move down one line

a. Down arrow b. page down c. shift + down arrow d. end

67. Keyboard movement key to move end of line

a. Page down b. down arrow c. ctrl +end d. end

68. Keyboard movement key to move to the beginning of the line

a. Page up b. ctrl + home c. home d. ctrl + up arrow

69. Keyboard movement key to move up one screen or scroll up one screen

a. Up arrow b. ctrl + home c. page up d. ctrl +up arrow

70. Keyboard movement key to move down one screen or scroll down one screen

a. Page down b. down arrow c. ctrl + end d. ctrl + down arrow

71. Keyboard movement key to move to the end of a document

a. End b. page down c. ctrl + end d. ctrl + page down

72. Keyboard movement key to move to the beginning of the document

a. Home b. tab c. ctrl +page up d. ctrl + home

73. If the document is long text can be scrolled without moving the ___

a. Document b. mouse pointer c. insertion point d. data

74. ___ can be used for the purpose of scrolling the document

a. Scroll bar b. insertion point c. scroll arrows d. a and c

75. There are ___ sets of scroll arrows for scrolling a document

a. 2 (one for up and down, and the other for left and right movement)

b. 3 c. 1 d. 4

76. __ is clicked to scroll left and right of the document

a. Up and down arrow b. left and right arrow c. left arrow d. right arrow

77. ___ is clicked to scroll up and down of the movement

a. Up arrow b. scroll box c. up and down arrow d. left and right arrow

78. ___ is used to scroll a relative distance in the document

a. Up/down arrow b. left/right arrow c. scroll box d. insertion point

79. User can know the current page number at the___ that appears next to the scroll bar.

a. Pop up page number b. document button c. scroll box d. taskbar

80. Scrolling does not move the ___

a. Document b. mouse pointer c. insertion point d. end of document

marker

81. Mouse click should be used to get the ____ at the required place.

a. Paragraph b. document marker c. cursor d. I – beam

82. Keys used for correcting mistakes

a. Backspace and shift b. alt and delete c. shift and delete d. backspace

and delete

83. ___ key deletes the characters to the left of the insertion point

a. Delete b. F7 c. backspace d. ctrl + left arrow

84. ___ key deletes the character to the right of the insertion point

a. Delete b. backspace c. F7 d. ctrl + del

85. In which mode the new text will be inserted moving the existing text right

a. Type over b. insert type c. inert d. insert right

86. In which mode the existing text disappears while typing a new text

a. Delete b. overwrite c. insert d. type over

87. Which key is pressed to toggle between the insert and type over mode

a. Enter b. esc c. shift d. insert

88. Which gives the information about the current mode

a. Task bar b. scroll bar c. status bar d. insert key

89. Changes can be made to the text once the text is ____

a. Copied b. saved c. moved d. selected

90. ____ is used for selecting the text.

a. Mouse b. keyboard c. a or b d. none

91. While selecting the text ___ is moved to the start of the text to be selected

a. Cursor b. arrow key c. insertion point d. mouse pointer

92. ____ button is clicked, held down and dragged across the text to be selected

a. Shift b. Ctrl c. arrow d. left mouse

93. To select a wrongly selected text a click is made ____

a. Inside the selected b. outside the selected text c. scroll bar d. document

button

94. ___ key along with the movement key is used to highlight the required text

a. Arrow b. enter c. shift d. ctrl

95. To select a particular word

a. Click on a word b. double click on a word c. click once next to the line d.

double click on the line

96. What should be done to select the particular line

a. Double click on a word

b. Double click next to the line

c. Click once next to the line

d. Double click on the line

97. ____ is used to select the entire document

a. Shift + A b. Ctrl + S c. Ctrl + V d. Ctrl + A

98. Command used to move the selected text

a. Ctrl + X b. Edit move c. Edit cut d. Edit copy

99. Command used to copy the selected text

a. Edit cut b. edit copy c. File copy d. Ctrl + C

100. Command used to paste the selected text

a. Find paste b. Edit paste c. View paste d. Tools paste

101. Keyboard combination to move the selected text

a. Ctrl + A b. Ctrl + C c. Ctrl + X d. Ctrl + E

102. Keyboard combination to copy the selected text

a. Ctrl + A b. Ctrl + C c. Ctrl + X d. Ctrl + E

103. Keyboard combination to paste the selected text

a. Ctrl + A b. Ctrl + C c. Ctrl + P d. Ctrl + E

104. The feature used in Star Office Writer to search for and to replace words in a text

document.

a. Format Find and Replace

b. Edit Find and Replace

c. Edit Find & Replace

d. Edit Search and Replace

105. Command used to Find and Replace text

a. Format Find and Replace

b. Edit Find and Replace

c. Edit Find & Replace

d. Edit Search and Replace

106. Dialog box used to Find and Replace text

a. Find & Replace b. Search and Replace c. Search for d. Replace with

107. Text to be found is typed in the ___ box of Find & Replace dialog box

a. Replace b. Replace all c. Search for d. Replace with

108. Replacement word or phrase is entered in ___ box.

a. Replace b. Replace all c. Search for d. Replace with

109. Which button is clicked to start search

a. Replace b. Replace all c. Search for d. Find

110. ___ replaces the found instance of the text with what is entered in Replace with

box

a. Change b. change all c. replace d. replace all

111. _____ replaces all the instances of the text with what is entered in Replace with

box.

a. Change b. change all c. replace d. replace all

112. ___ is clicked to skip the found text and to continue search

a. Search b. find c. replace d. close

113. ____ is clicked when search is finished

a. OK b. finish c. Close d. cancel

114. Entering a new text or modifying the existing text in a document is known as

a. Formatting b. Indenting c. Aligning d. Text Editing

115. Commonly used editing functions

a. Copy, cut b. paste c. Find & Replace d. all the above

116. Default name given while saving document in Star Writer

a. Untitled1 b. Untitled c. Document1 d. Text1

117. There are __ check boxes in the Find & Replace dialog box

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

KEY FOR ONE MARK

1.b 2.a 3.b 4.c 5.a 6.b 7.c 8.b 9.d 10.b

11.d 12.a 13.d 14.c 15.c 16.a 17.a 18.b 19.c 20.c

21.b 22.c 23.d 24.b 25.d 26.c 27.b 28.b 29.b 30.b

31.c 32.d 33.b 34.b 35.d 36.b 37.c 38.a 39.d 40.c

41.c 42.d 43.a 44.d 45.b 46.b 47.a 48.b 49.a 50.d

51.b 52.c 53.c 54.b 55.c 56.c 57.c 58.a 59.b 60.a

61.c 62.b 63.c 64.c 65.d 66.a 67.d 68.c 69.c 70.a

71.c 72.d 73.c 74.d 75.a 76.b 77.c 78.c 79.a 80.c

81.d 82.d 83.c 84.a 85.c 86.d 87.d 88.c 89.d 90.c

91.c 92.d 93.b 94.c 95.b 96.c 97.d 98.c 99.d 100.b

101.c 102.b 103.d 104.c 105.c 106.a 107.c 108.d 109.d 110.c

111.d 112.b 113.c 114.d 115.d 116.a 117.b

CHAPTER -2

TEXT FORMATTING

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOR TWO MARKS

1. What is Text Formatting?

i) A text without any special formatting havemonotonous appearance.

ii) To outline text, highlight individual words or to separate certain parts of the text

various types of formatting can be applied.

iii) There are two types of formatting. They are hard formatting and soft

formatting.

iv) Star Writer offers number of choices for formatting like bold or italics, defining

font type, size and color.

v) Almost all formatting options are available under Format menu.

2. What is the difference between Hard return and Soft return? (or)

What is the difference between Hard Formatting and Soft Formatting? (or)

What are the different types of Formatting?(***)

i) A text without any special formatting havemonotonous appearance.

ii) There are two types of formatting. They are hard formatting and soft

formatting.

iii) A Hard return is inserted every time when Enter key is pressed.

iv) Soft returns are inserted as line breaks by Star Office Writer and are adjusted

when text is added or deleted.

3. What are the formatting changes that can be made with respect to Fonts?(***)

A Font is a set of characters and numbers in a certain style.

i) Bold, italic or underlined are the most common types of text formatting. It is

achieved by clicking Format Character and then selecting an option from

Typeface list box. Alternatively Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+Ukeys are used to make

selected text bold, italic and underlined respectively.

ii) Changing the font type size and colour by clicking Format Character.

4. What is a Font?(***)

i) A font is a set of characters and numbers in a certain style.

ii) Each font looks different from other fonts.

iii) Fonts like Times New Roman looks professional and suited for business

documents.

iv) Fonts like Fajita are decorative. Symbols and Wingdings are set of symbols

used to insert special characters in the document.

5. How do you change the Font type?(***)

A font is a set of characters and numbers in a certain style. To change the font type

i) Select the text.

ii) Use Format Character to open Character dialog box.

iii) Click Font tab. Click the down arrow in Fonts Combo Box.

iv) From the list of available fonts, click the required one.

6. How do you change the Font size?

Size of the text is also important. Same size cannot be used for the legal document and an

advertisement.

i) Size of the font is measured in points and there are 72 points to an inch.

ii) To change the Font size select the text.

iii) Use Format Character to open Character dialog box.

iv) Click Font tab. Click the down arrow in Size Combo box.

v) From the list of available font size, click the required one. Text changes to

the required font size.

7. How do you change the Font colour?(***)

With the help of color printer some splash can be added to the documents.

i) To use a different text colour, Select the text.

ii) Click the arrow in the Font colour icon.

iii) A color palette is displayed from which the required color is selected.

iv) Alternatively select the text and click on the Font colour icon to apply the current

color of the Font color.

8. What is Highlighting?(***)

i) Highlighting is used to call attention to key ideas or points in a document. These

highlighted sections are used to review or find keypoints.

ii) To highlight the selected text Highlighting icon is selected. A colour palette is

displayed from which required colour is selected.

iii) To remove highlighting select the text and select No Fillfrom the colour palette.

9. What is a paragraph?

i) A paragraph is any text followed by a hard return.

ii) A single line can be a paragraph. Each paragraph can give different tab settings.

iii) Formatting option can be applied to a single paragraph or to a several paragraphs.

iv) Each time enter key is pressed the paragraph options for the paragraph are carried

to the next paragraph.

v) Paragraph marker is the Storehouse for all formatting options for the paragraph.

10. What are the various types of Paragraph alignments?(***)

One of the most common change is to change the alignment of a paragraph.

i) The four types of paragraph alignments are Left, Right, Centered and Justified.

ii) By default all text is left aligned and right margin is ragged or uneven. Justified

keeps both margins even.

iii) Best way to make alignment change is to use icons on Formatting toolbar or

Keyboard Shortcuts.

Allignment Using keyboard shortcuts

Left-aligned Ctrl+L

Right-aligned Ctrl+R

Centered Ctrl+E

Justified Ctrl+J

11. What is Indentation?(***)

i) Alignment changes are most appropriate for headings or other special

paragraphs.

ii) To make along document easy and inviting to read indents can be used.

iii) It is a visual clue that helps the reader to see how the document is divided into

paragraphs.

iv) Text can be intended from left or right using toolbar or paragraph dialog box.

v) A special kind of indent called hanging indent is used for numbered list.

12. What is first line option?(***)

i) An option in paragraph dialog box that can be used to indent the line of the

paragraph.

ii) Using spin arrows if a positive value is specified the first line will be indented.

iii) A negative value will result in hanging indent. That is first line will hang outside

the paragraph.

iv) Hanging indent is a special kind of indent used for numbered list.

13. How do you modify the line spacing?

i) By default Star Office Writer single spaces the text.

ii) The seven different Line spacing values are Single line, 1.4 lines, Double,

Proportional, Atleast, Leading and Fixed.

iii) To change line spacing select the paragraph.

iv) Select Format Paragraph.

v) Click Indents&Spacing tab from Paragraph dialog box.

vi) Click Line spacing drop down list box and select required line spacing option.

14. What is the purpose of Bullets and Numbered list?

i) Bullets and numbers are used to list important points and messages.

ii) One way to set off a list of points or topics in a document is to create bulleted

list.

iii) A bullet precedes each item in the list and the text is indented.

iv) Numbered list work well for directions or other points to be presented in sequence

such as series of steps.

15. How to create a bulleted list in Star Writer?

i) Bulleted list is used to set off a list of pints or topics in a document.

ii) The faster way to create a Bulleted list is to use Bullets button on the Formatting

toolbar.

iii) Select the text to which bullets are to be added. Click on the Bullets icon from the

formatting tool bar.

iv) Star writer adds bullets to each paragraph within the selection and not to each

line. Star Writer add bullets to any blank lines within the selection.

16. How to create a Numbered list?

i) Numbered list is used for items that appear in a specific order such as series of

steps.

ii) To create a numbered list select the text to be numbered. Click on the Numbering

icon from the formatting toolbar.

iii) Star writer will number each paragraph. Blank lines within the selection will be

numbered.

iv) If one adds or deletes an item within the list Star Writer renumbers the list.

17. How do you remove the bullets or numbers?

i) To remove bullets from the list, the list is selected and the Bullets button is

clicked again.

ii) To remove numbers for a list, the list is selected and the Numbering button is

clicked again.

18. How do you apply different Styles for Bullets and Numbers?

i) Star Writer provide various styles for bullets and numbers.

ii) Select Format Bullets and Numbering

iii) Bullets and Numbering Dialog box appears.

iv) Select the desired one from various options available for bullets and numbers.

19. What are Styles? (or) how do you format the text using Styles?

i) Styles are Alternative way of formatting text.

ii) Named set of defaults for formatting text.

iii) Easier when format has to be used for several pages and at several points within

the text.

iv) Styles require more advanced planning.

v) Created initially and then applied using Typeface list.

vi) Used in making Extensive Formatting changes.

20. What are the help systems provided by Star Office 8? (or)

What are the different ways in accessing Star Office Help?

Star Office 8 provides several help systems

Online help

Help agent

Help tips

Extended help tip

i) Help Star Office Help or F1. Opens Star Office Help to search for a help

topic.

ii) Click Help button in any dialog to open help topic for that dialog.

iii) Click Help Agent that appears automatically while performing complex task and

open help topic for the task. Help Agent is displayed in a small window and its

contents changes on what is being done in main window.

iv) Rest mouse pointer over menu command or icon to display Help tip.

v) Press Shift+F1 to display Extended Tipi.e brief description of what a command

or icon does,

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOR 5 MARKS:

1. What are the Formatting changes made with respect to Fonts?

2. What are the various types of paragraph alignments that can be made?

3. What are the different ways of Indenting the text in Star Writer?

4. How do you create Bullets and Numbered List?

5. What are the different help systems available in Star Office 8?

FREQUENTLY ASKED BOARD QUESTIONS

2 MARKS:

1. What are the steps in creating a Bulleted list in Star Office Writer (March 2007)

2. What are the steps in creating a Numbered list in Star Office Writer ( March 2008, June

2009)

3. What are the various types of Paragraph alignment in Star Office Writer ( Oct 2008)

5 MARKS:

1. What are the various types of Paragraph alignment that can be made. Explain (Oct 2007)

2. How will you indent the text using Paragraph dialog box ( March 2009)

3. How to create Bullets and Numbered list (March 2010, June 2010, Oct 2010)

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

1. A text without any special formatting can have ___ appearance.

a. Unique b. monotonous c. normal d. special

2. Which of the following are the most common type of text formatting

a. Bold b. italics c. underline d. all the above

3. Keys to make the selected text italics

a. Ctrl + B b. Ctrl + I c. Ctrl + U d. Ctrl + A

4. Which of the following font are used for business documents

a. Fajitia b. Times New Roman c. Symbols d. Wingdings

5. Which packages add other font choices to system

a. Formatting b. Highlighting c. Style d. Font

6. Which of the following tab in character dialog box is used to change the font style

a. Page b. sheet c. font d. size

7. Icon used to change the font color

a. Font b. size c. font color d. color

8. Command used to achieve highlighting

a. Format highlighting

b. Format character

c. Format page

d. Format fill

9. Each paragraph can have different ___ settings

a. Alignment b. Tab c. Margin d. Indentation

10. Default alignment is __

a. Left b. right c. centered d. justified

11. Best way to make alignment change is using

a. Paragraph dialog box b. Page style dialog box c. Formatting toolbar d.

styles

12. Keyboard shortcut for left alignment

a. Ctrl +E b. Ctrl +L c. Ctrl +R d. Ctrl +J

13. Which is used to make long document easy and inviting to read

a. Indentation b. Margin c. Line spacing d. Alignment

14. Which indentation sets off a paragraph from the main body text

a. Left indent b. decrease indent c. both a and b d. hanging indent

15. There are ___ methods to change the indentation

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

16. Icon used to undo indent

a. Increase indent b. decrease indent c. left indent d. right indent

17. To indent from left amount to be indented is typed in ___ spin box

a. After text b. before text c. first line d. indents & spacing

18. ___ value will result in hanging indent

a. Positive value b. negative value c. hanging value d. before text value

19. Which line spacing works well for short documents

a. Single b. 1.5 c. double d. fixed

20. Dialog box used to change line spacing

a. Indents and spacing b. paragraph c. page style d. page format

21. One way to set off a list of points or topics in a document is to create

a. Numbered list b. style list c. bulleted list d. highlighting

22. Star writer add bullets to each ___ and not to each ___

a. Line, paragraph b. list, paragraph c. paragraph, line d. paragraph, list

23. If one adds or deleted item within numbered list star writer ___ the list

a. Deletes b. hides c. renumbers d. overwrite

24. Dialog box that provides various styles for bullets and numbers

a. Bullets and Numbering b. Bullets & Numbering c. bullets d. numbering

25. Formatting method suitable for several documents running into several pages

a. Format menu b. formatting toolbar c. styles d. typeface list

26. ___ requires advanced planning

a. Indentation b. bullets and numbers c. alignment d. styles

27. Which of the following is not a help system of Star Office 8

a. Online help b. Help Agent c. Extended Help Tip d. Knowledge base

28. Button to open the help topic in any dialog box

a. Help file b. help tip c. help d. help agent

29. Key combination to view a brief description of what the command or icon does

a. F1 b. Shift+F2 c. F2 d. Shift+F1

30. Alternate method of formatting text

a. Fonts b. Paragraph c. page style d. styles

31. There are ___ types of formatting

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

32. Almost all formatting options are available under ___ menu

a. File b. Edit c. Format d. Insert

33. Keys to make selected text bold

a. Ctrl+B b. Ctrl+I c. Ctrl+U d. Ctrl+A

34. Which of the following font looks professional


35. Which of the following fonts are decorative


36. Combo box used to change text to selected font

a. Character b. size c. fonts d. color

37. How many points are there to an inch

a. 70 b. 73 c. 72 d. 74

38. Clicking on font color icon will display a ___

a. Font b. size c. color d. colour palette

39. Clicking on the highlighting icon displays a ____

a. Keypoints b. nofill c. colour palette d. bulletes

40. Which of the following is not true

a. Paragraph is a text followed by hard return

b. A single line cannot be a paragraph.

c. Hard return is inserted when enter key is pressed

d. Soft returns are inserted as line breaks

41. Which is the text followed by a Hard return

a. Font b. Style c. Paragraph d. line break

42. Star Office Writer Provides ____ for the most commonly used options

a. Icons b. menus c. tools d. buttons

43. Set of characters and numbers in certain style

a. Style b. Formatting c. Font d. Highlighting

44. The options used to open Character dialog box

a. Format Paragraph

b. Format Page

c. Format Character

d. File Character

45. With the help of ___ some splash can be added to the document

a. Bullets b. numbers c. colour printer d. highlighting

46. Which is used to review key ideas or points in the document

a. Fonts b. styles c. bullets d. highlighting

47. Which is inserted as line breaks by Star Office Writer

a. Hard return b. soft return c. spacing d. indentation

48. Soft returns are inserted as ___ and are adjusted when text is added or deleted

a. Paragraphs b. lines c. pages d. line breaks

49. When ____ is deleted paragraph takes on the formatting of the following paragraph

a. Hard return b. soft return c. paragraph marker d. document marker

50. Alignment in which both the margins are even

a. Left b. right c. centered d. justified

51. Special kind of indent

a. Increase indent b. decrease indent c. both a and b d. hanging indent

52. Icon used to indent the paragraph from the left margin

a. Increase indent b. decrease indent c. hanging indent d. left indent

53. Command used to open Paragraph dialog box

a. Tools Paragraph

b. Format Page

c. Format Paragraph

d. Insert Paragraph

54. Which of the following is not a line spacing

a. Fixed b. lead c. proportional d. atleast

55. Which line spacing works for the letters and memos


56. ___ value will indent the first line

a. Negative value b. positive value c. hanging value d. before text value

57. The option used for formatting the text

a. Format Page

b. Format Paragraph

c. Format Character

d. Tools Character

58. Which of the following font are set of symbols

a. Fajita b. symbols c. wingdings d. both b and c

59. Size of the font is measure in ___

a. Pixel b. inches c. points d. units

60. Icon used to highlight the selected text

a. Highlight b. bullet c. highlighting d. no fill

61. Which is inserted every time when Enter key is pressed

a. Soft return b. hard return c. spacing d. line break

62. Paragraph option for a paragraph carried down to next paragraph by pressing

a. Esc b. Enter c. delete d. backspace

63. There are __ types of alignment

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

64. __ indent is used for numbered list.

a. Increase indent b. decrease indent c. both a and b d. hanging indent

65. Keyboard shortcut for justified alignment

a. Ctrl + E b. Ctrl +L c. Ctrl +R d. Ctrl +J

66. Which of the following changes are appropriate for headings or special paragraphs

a. Indentation b. margin c. line spacing d. alignment

67. Formatting option is selected from ___ list box

a. Page style b. Page format c. format d. type face

68. Keys to make selected text underline

a. Ctrl+B b. Ctrl+ U c. Ctrl+I d. Ctrl+L

69. Combo box used to change the font size in a character dialog box

a. Font b. size c. sheet d. type

70. Which key is pressed to insert a hard return

a. Esc b. Enter c. Delete d. Back space

71. Keyboard shortcut for centered alignment


72. Hanging indentation is used for

a. Bulleted list b. numbered list c. highlighting d. headings

73. Method used to indent the text from left to right or for special kind of indent

a. Increase indent b. decrease indent c. formatting toolbar d. paragraph dialog

box

74. Which of the following are used to list important points and messages

a. Highlighting b. bullets c. numbers d. both b and c

75. Command used to change line spacing

a. File page set up

b. Format Paragraph

c. Format Page

d. Format indents & spacing

76. In which indentation first line will hang outside the paragraph

a. After text b. before text c. hanging indent d. spacing indent

77. Which of the following font are used to insert special characters in the document

a. Fajita b. Times New Roman c. symbols and wingdings d. Arial

78. Which is used to remove highlighting

a. Highlighting b. no fill c. no highlighting d. fill

79. Which is the store house for all formatting options for that paragraph

a. End of document marker b. styles c. font d. Paragraph marker

80. Visual clue that helps the reader to see how the document is divided into paragraphs

a. Indentation b. styles c. line spacing d. alignment

81. The tab used for indentation in Paragraph dialog box

a. Paragraph b. spacing c. indents & spacing d. before text

82. Default line spacing


83. The required line spacing is entered in __ list box

a. Indents & spacing b. line format c. spacing d. line spacing

84. Bullets button is in ___ toolbar.

a. Standard b. formatting c. floating d. drawing

85. Icon used to create numbered list

a. Number icon b. numbered icon c. bullets & numbering icon d. numbering

icon

86. Command that provides various styles for bullets and numbers

a. Tools Bullets and Numbering

b. Inset Bullets and Numbering

c. Format Bullets and Numbering

d. Format Bullets & Numbering

87. Dialog box used to change font type

a. Paragraph b. page style c. character d. fonts

88. In left alignment __ margin is ragged or uneven

a. Right b. centered c. justified d. left

89. Which method is used for left indentation

a. Formatting tool bar b. Paragraph dialog box c. ruler d. Page style

dialog box

90. There are __ types of Line spacing

a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8

91. Which button is clicked again to remove numbers from list

a. Bullets and numbering b. bullets c. numbering d. format

92. Star Writer adds bullets to any ___ within the selection.

a. Text b. single line c. multiple lines d. blank lines

93. Star writer automatically numbers all items in a list and the text is __

a. Aligned b. spaced c. intended d. wrapped

94. Keyboard shortcut for right alignment


95. Which is used to call attention to key ideas or points in the document

a. Font b. styles c. bullets d. highlighting

96. Options used to indent the line of the paragraph


97. Which of the following list work well for directions or other points presented in sequence

a. Numbered list b. style list c. bulleted list d. highlighting

98. Online help facility can be used by clicking on ___ menu

a. Insert b. edit c. file d. help

99. Which of the following in Star writer document can be easily changed

a. Indentation b. alignment c. styles d. line spacing

100. Alternative way of formatting text

a. Format menu b. formatting tool bar c. styles d. typeface list

101. Tab used to change line spacing

a. Page b. spacing c. indent d. indents & spacing

102. Formatting type that is easier for formatting several points within the text

a. Format menu b. formatting tool bar c. styles d. typeface list

103. Star writer provides ___ types of help systems

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

104. Which appears automatically when you perform a complex task

a. Choose help file b. help tip c. help agent d. extended help tip

105. Viewing a brief description of what the command or icon does is __

a. Choose help file b. help tip c. help agent d. extended tip

106. Content of __ window changes depending on what is being done in main window

a. Find & replace b. paragraph c. page style d. help agent

107. Printer required to get hard copy of the document in color

a. Grey b. black and white c. color d. monochrome

108. One of the most common change is to change __ of the paragraph

a. Indentation b. margin c. alignment d. line spacing

109. Fastest way to create a bulleted list is to use

a. Numbering button b. bullets button c. bullets & numbering button

d. tab key

110. Which button is clicked again to remove bullets from the list

a. Bullets and numbering b. bullets c. numbering d. no fill

111. Command to open star office help

a. Help Star office

b. Help Star OfficeHelp

c. Help Choose Help File

d. Help Help Tip

112. Which is displayed on the screen in a small window

a. Choose help file b. help tip c. help agent d. extended tip

113. Feature used to mark important portions of the document

a. Bullets b. numbering c. styles d. highlighting

114. Resting the mouse pointer over a menu command or over any icon display

a. Star office help b. help button c. help agent d. help tip

115. Which works in extensive formatting changes

a. Indentation b. formatting c. styles d. alignment

116. Key used to search for a help topic

a. F1 b. F2 c. F5 d. F7

117. Which of the following list is created for items that appear in a specific order

a. Numbered list b. style list c. bulleted list d. highlighting list

118. Each time increase indent button is clicked paragraph is indented by __ inch.

a. 1 inch b. 1.25 inches c. ½ inch d. 1.5 inches

119. Named set of defaults for formatting text

a. Font b. indentation c. styles d. fills

120. Star office has a/an ___help facility

a. Built in b. interactive c. online d. inline

121. Which opens the help topic for the task.

a. Star office help b. help button c. help agent d. help tip

122. Which of the following provides more readability to the document

a. Alignment b. bullets and numbering c. indentation d. line spacing

123. Which is used for extensive formatting changes

a. Indentation b. formatting c. styles d. alignment

124. To indent from right amount to be indented is typed in _ spin box


125. Which of the following list is created for items that appear in series of steps

a. Numbered list b. style list c. bulleted list d. typeface list

126. Styles are applied to the text using ___ list

a. Numbered list b. style list c. bulleted list d. typeface list

127. Which of the following is used to search for help on other Star Office Elements

a. Online help b. help agent c. extended help tip d. choose help file

128. Paragraph alignments are of ___ types.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

KEY FOR ONE MARK

1.b 2.d 3.b 4. b 5.d 6.c 7.c 8.b 9.b 10.a

11.c 12.b 13.a 14.a 15.b 16.b 17.b 18.b 19.a 20.b

21.c 22.c 23.c 24.a 25.c 26.d 27.d 28.c 29.d 30.d

31.a 32.c 33.a 34.b 35.a 36.c 37.c 38.d 39.c 40.b

41.c 42.d 43.c 44.c 45.c 46.d 47.b 48.d 49.c 50.d

51.d 52.a 53.c 54.b 55.a 56.b 57.c 58.d 59.c 60.c

61.b 62.b 63.c 64.d 65.d 66.d 67.d 68.b 69.b 70.b

71.a 72.b 73.d 74.b 75.b 76.c 77.c 78.b 79.d 80.a

81.c 82.a 83.d 84.b 85.d 86.c 87.c 88.a 89.a 90.c

91.c 92.d 93.c 94.c 95.d 96.c 97.a 98.d 99.d 100.c

101.d 102.c 103.c 104.c 105.d 106.d 107.c 108.c 109.b 110.b

111.b 112.c 113.d 114.d 115.c 116.a 117.a 118.c 119.c 120.c

121.c 122.c 123.c 124.a 125.a 126.d 127.d 128.c

.

CHAPTER 3

CORRECTING SPELLING MISTAKES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOR TWO MARKS:

1. What does automatic spell-check feature mean? (or)

How does Star Writer check for spelling mistakes while typing a document? (or)

What does Automatic Spelling correction mean?

i) Star Office Writer has an automatic spell check feature that can check for

possible spelling mistakes even as the document is being typed.

ii) This feature is turned ON or OFF by clicking Auto Spell Check icon.

iii) When Auto spell check feature is ON star office writer compares each word

typed with the words in the dictionary and underlined words that do not match

with squiggly red line. Mistakes are corrected in two ways.

a. Backspace key is pressed to delete a misspelled word and the word is

retyped

b. If the right spelling is not known the misspelled word is right clicked. A pop

up menu appears on the screen. If the correct spelling is shown click is made

on the word. Star office writer makes the replacement.

2. Write a note on Auto correct.(***)

i) In addition to flagging some words Star Office Writer will automatically correct

some spelling mistakes.

ii) Star office Writer recognizes some common misspellings and typographical

mistakes and makes the replacement automatically.

iii) For instance if a word is typed as “teh”, Star office writer automatically replaces

this with the correct word “the”.

iv) The command for creating Autocorrect Entry is Tools Autocorrect.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN DETAIL:

1. How would you carry out the spell check after the entire document is typed?

2. How would you add a word in the Auto correct list of the Star office writer?


2 MARKS:

1. How does Star Office Writer check spelling while typing? (Oct 2007)

2. What is the use of Autocorrect? (June 2008)

5 MARKS:

1. How would you carry out the spell check after the entire document?

(June 2007, June 2009, Oct 2010)

2. How will you add an entry to the Autocorrect list in Star Office Writer? (March 2008)

MCQ

1. Documents prepared using ______ should be without any spelling mistake.

a. Word processing software b. starwriter c. MS Word d. Star Office

2. Star office writer includes a ____ to identify spelling mistakes.

a. Dictionary b. spell check program c. both a and b d. software

3. Star office writer has a/an ____ feature that can check for possible spelling mistakes as

the document is being typed.

a. Spell check b. automatic spell check c. spelling d. autocorrect

4. Automatic spell check feature is turned on or off by clicking on the ___ icon.

a. Spell check b. Auto spell check icon c. autocorrect d.spelling

5. When auto spell check feature is on Star writer compares each word typed with the words

in the ____

a. Table b. database c. dictionary d. autocorrect list

6. Star writer underlines the word that do not match with the squiggly ___ line

a. Blue b. green c. yellow d. red

7. Mistakes can be corrected in ___ ways.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. many

8. ___ key is pressed to delete a misspelled word and the word is retyped.

a. Backspace b. tab c. delete d. shift

9. When a misspelled word is right clicked a ___ appears.

a. Dictionary b. dialog box c. pop up menu d. spelling list

10. The option used to check the spelling after the document is typed is ___

a. Edit spelling check

b. Tools spelling check

c. Tools spell check

d. Tools autocorrect

11. ___ key is pressed to select the spelling command.

a. F2 b. F11 c. F5 d. F7

12. ___ Text area displays the misspelled word.

a. Not in dictionary b. suggestions c. replace d. with

13. ___ list displays any alternative spelling.

a. Not in dictionary b. suggestions c. replace d. with

14. ___ button is clicked to skip this occurrence but stop on the next one.

a. Ignore once b. ignore all c. ignore d. change all

15. ____ button is clicked to ignore all the occurrences of the word.


16. _____ button is clicked to replace the word with one of the selected spellings.


17. _____ button is clicked to replace all the occurrences of the word.


18. If none of the replacement is correct correction can be made manually in the __ text area

a. Suggestions b. not in dictionary c. replace d. replace with

19. ___ button is clicked to add a word to the dictionary.

a. Replace b. change c. include d. add

20. In addition to flagging some words ___ will automatically correct spelling mistakes.

a. Spell check b. star office writer c. star office d. dictionary

21. _____ will commonly recognize common misspelling and typographical mistakes.

a. Spell check b. star office writer c. star office d. dictionary

22. Error and its correction is added in Autocorrect entry using

a. Edit autocorrect

b. Tools autocorrect

c. Tools autocorrection

d. Tools auto spell check

23. To add error and its correction using Autocorrect __ tab is clicked.

a. Replace b. change c. add d. replacement

24. In Autocorrect the word to be replaced is typed in the ___ text box.

a. With b. replace c. replace all d. replace with

25. In Autocorrect the replacement word is typed in the ___ text box.

a. With b. replace c. replace all d. replace with

26. ___ Feature corrects some of the misspelled words.

a. Autocorrect b. automatic spelling correction c. auto spell check d. spell

check

27. ____ Option is very useful for correcting the spelling of commonly misspelled words.

a. Autocorrect b. automatic spelling correction c. auto spell check d. spell

check

28. There are __ tabs in the Autocorrect dialog box.

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

29. The only check box in the Autocorrect dialog box is ___.

a. Match case b. options c. text only d. whole words only

30. Which of the following includes the dictionary and spell check program?

a. Star office b. Star Office Calc c. Star Office Writer d. Star Office Base

31. Spelling mistakes can be corrected

a. While typing b. after typing c. both a and b d. none

32. The menu that opens spell check dialog box

a. Tools b. format c. edit d. file

33. In spell check dialog box one of the selected spelling to be replaced is available in

a. Not in dictionary b. suggestion list c. replace text box d. with text

box

34. Star office writer automatically corrects spelling mistakes is called

a. Auto spell check b. spell check c. automatic correction d. autocorrect

35. The error and its correction are added to

a. Auto correct list b. dictionary c. suggestions list d. replace with

KEY FOR ONE MARK CAPSULE

1.a 2.c 3.b 4.b 5.c 6.d 7.a 8.a 9.c 10.b

11.d 12.a 13.b 14.a 15.b 16.c 17.d 18.b 19.d 20.b

21.b 22.b 23.a 24.b 25.a 26.b 27.a 28.c 29.c 30.c

31.c 32.a 33.b 34.d 35.a

CHAPTER 4

WORKING WITH TABLES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOR TWO MARKS:

1. How will you create a table in a document?(***)

Method 1:

i) Select Table Insert Table

ii) Insert Table dialog box appears.

iii) In Name text box name of table is given.

iv) Using spin arrows in Columns and Rows text box number of columns and rows

are entered.

Method 2:

i) Select View Insert

ii) Floating toolbar for insertion function opens

iii) The first icon is the Insert table icon.

iv) Clicking on this icon displays Insert Table Dialog Box.

2. How does Star Writer display a table?

i) Start writer displays the table as a grid with specified number of columns and

rows.

ii) A cell is an intersection of column and row.

iii) By default each cell includes a border

iv) Table can be easily inserted at any point in a document.

v) Once the table is created Star writer places the insertion point in the first cell of

the table.

3. How do you enter data in a table?

i) Insertion point is moved to required cell by clicking inside the cell or using arrow

keys.

ii) Required data is typed in it.

iii) Tab key is used to move forward through the cell and Shift+Tabto move

backward through the cell.

iv) For long entry text is wrappedto next line expanding the cell taller and not

wider.

4. How will you add required number of rows or columns in a Table?(***)

i) Simplest way to add a row is to press Tab in the last row of the table.

ii) To insert a row select the row icon. New row is inserted below present row.

iii) To insert a column select column icon. New column is inserted to the right of

thepresent column.

iv) To insert more than one row or column: Table Insert Rows or

Table Insert columns.

v) Insert Rows or Insert Columns dialog box appears to select required quantity of

rows or columns.

5. How will you delete rows and columns in a table? (***)

To delete rows or columns:

i) Select the rows or columns to be deleted.

ii) Select Table Delete Rows or Table Delete Columns

To delete only the entries in a table:

Select entire table, Press delete key

To delete the entire table:

i) Select entire table by Edit Select All

ii) Select Table Delete Table.

6. How do you change the row/column width in a Table? (or)

How do you resize a row/column? (***)

i) To resize a column: Place the cursor in a table cell. Hold down Alt and then press

left or right arrow.

ii) To resize column without changing the width of the table: Hold down Alt+Ctrl

and press left or right arrows.

iii) To resize a row: Place the cursor in the row. Hold down Alt and then press up or

down arrows.

iv) Alternatively select Table Table Properties to open Table Format dialog

box. Choose Columns tab and type column size in Column Width spin box.

7. How to make selected rows/columns of the same size? (***)

i) Select the rows and columns to be resized.

ii) To make all columns even right click inside the Table and select Column

Space Equally in the pop up menu.

iii) To make all rows even right click inside the table and select Row Space

Equally in the pop up menu.

ANSWER IN DETAIL:

1. What are the various functions of the icons in the Table Formatting Toolbar? (***)

2. How will you add and delete required number of rows and columns in table?


2 MARKS:

1. How will you make the selected rows and columns of the same size in star office writer

document? (June 2007, Oct 2010)

2. How will you insert columns in Star writer table? (Oct 2009)

3. How will you change the width of the column in a table? (June 2009)

4. How will you delete a entire table in Star Office Writer (Oct 2009)

5 MARKS:

1. Draw and explain the various icons available in Table formatting toolbar.

MCQ

1. Command used to create a simple table

a. Insert Table

b. Table Insert Table

c. Table Insert table

d. Table Insert

2. Text box used to specify the name of the table

a. Table name b. table c. name d. rows

3. Number of rows to be entered are specified in ___ text box.

a. Rows b. insert table c. name d. size

4. Number of columns to be entered are specified in ___ text box.

a. Insert table b. columns c. name d. size

5. Dialog box used to insert a table

a. Table format b. table properties c. table insert d. insert table

6. Which is displayed as a grid with specified number of rows and columns

a. Margin b. paragraph c. table d. cell

7. By default each cell includes a ____

a. Data b. border color c. line style d. border

8. ____ opens the floating toolbar for insertion function.

a. Insert Toolbar

b. View Toolbar

c. View Insert

d. View Table

9. The first icon in the floating toolbar is

a. Insert row b. insert column c. table format d. insert table

10. Clicking on the arrow in the Insert Table icon display a __

a. Cell b. Table c. Grid d. toolbar

11. Clicking on the insert table icon display a __ dialog box.

a. Table format b. table properties c. table insert d. insert table

12. Once the table is created Insertion point is placed in

a. First cell b. last cell c. row d. column

13. Intersection of row and column

a. Table b. grid c. cell d. border

14. Key used to move forward through the cells

a. Alt+Tab b. Ctrl+Tab c. Tab d. Shift+Tab

15. Key used to move backward through the cells

a. Alt+Tab b. Ctrl+Tab c. Tab d. Shift+Tab

16. When the text reaches the cell border, writer will ___ the text

a. Delete b. overwrites c. wrap d.expand

17. If the entry typed is long one writer expands the cell making it

a. Wider b. broader c. taller d. smaller

18. Which can be formatted and edited in a cell?

a. Data b. labels c. contents d. numbers

19. Simplest way to add a row

a. Insert row icon b. tab c. shift+tab d. Table Insert Table

20. To insert more than one row

a. Insert Rows

b. Insert Table Rows

c. Table Rows

d. Table Insert Rows

21. To insert more than one column

a. Insert Columns

b. Insert Table Columns

c. Table Columns

d. Table Insert Columns

22. Dialog box used to insert more than one row

a. Insert Table b. Insert Rows c. Insert Columns d. Table Format

23. Dialog box used to insert more than one column

a. Insert Table b. Insert Rows c. Insert Columns d. Table Format

24. Spin box used to select the required number of columns in Insert columns Dialog box

a. Columns b. column width c. amount d. column size

25. Command used to delete rows in a table

a. Table Rows Delete

b. Delete Table Rows

c. Rows Table Delete

d. Table Delete Rows

26. Command used to delete selected column

a. Table columns Delete

b. Delete table columns

c. Columns table delete

d. Table delete columns

27. ____ deletes only the entries in the table.

a. Table delete Table

b. Table delete

c. Delete key

d. Backspace key

28. Command used to select the entire table

a. Table Select all

b. Table Select

c. Edit Select

d. Edit Select all

29. Command used to delete the selected table

a. Table delete

b. Delete table

c. Edit Delete all

d. Table delete table

30. To resize a column in a table

a. Alt+left/right arrow

b. Ctrl+ left/right arrow

c. Alt+Ctrl+left/right arrow

d. Alt+up/down arrow

31. To resize the column without changing the width of the table

a. Alt+left/right arrow

b. Ctrl+ left/right arrow

c. Alt+Ctrl+left/right arrow

d. Alt+up/down arrow

32. Key combinations used to resize a row

a. Alt+up/down arrow

b. Ctrl+up/down arrow

c. Alt+Ctrl+up/down arrow

d. Alt+left/right arrow

33. Command used to change column width

a. Table Column Width

b. Table Table format

c. Table Space equally

d. Table Table properties

34. Dialog box used to change the width of the column to an exact size

a. Table Properties b. Table format c. Column width d. Page style

35. Which tab in Table format dialog box changes the column width

a. Table b. Amount c. Columns d. Width

36. Spin box used to specify the column size in a Table Format dialog box

a. Column size b. Amount c. Columns d. Column Width

37. Which method is used when precise measurement for each column are known or needed

a. Table Table Format

b. Column Space equally

c. Format Column width


38. Command used to make all columns even/selected columns of same size


b. Column Space equally

c. Format Column width


39. Command used to make all rows even/selected rows of same size.


b. Row Space equally

c. Format Row Height

d. Row Space Equally

40. Floating toolbar for tables contains various functions related to __

a. Formatting b. Insertion c. Tables d. Alignment

41. There are __ icons in the Table Formatting tool bar

a. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14

42. Icon used to combine two or more cell into a single cell

a. Merge cells b. Split cells c. Optimize d. Insert cells

43. Icon used to split a cell into two or more cells

a. Merge cells b. Split cells c. Optimize d. Delete cells

44. Which of the following icon is used to space rows/columns equally

a. Merge cells b. Split cells c. Optimize d. Optimum row

45. Icon used to insert a row below the current row

a. Insert row b. inserting row c. add row d. table row

46. Icon used to insert a column to the right of the current column

a. Insert column b. inserting column c. add column d. table column

47. Icon used to delete the current row from the Star writer table

a. Delete all b. Delete contents c. Delete row d. Delete table

48. Icon used to delete the current column from the Star writer table

a. Delete all b. Delete contents c. Delete column d. Delete table

49. Icon that displays a floating toolbar with different border option for the table

a. Border b. Line style c. Border color d. Border Style

50. Icon used to chose the style of line to be used for the border


51. Icon that displays a color palette to be used as border color


52. Which can be easily inserted at any point in the document

a. Margin b. alignment c. line spacing d. tables

53. Rows and columns can be added and deleted at ___ of the table.

a. Beginning b. middle c. end d. a, b or c

54. Toolbar that contains a number of icons used for various functions related to tables

a. Insert function b. Page formatting c. Table formatting d. Text formatting

55. Table is a grid with specified number of ____

a. Cells b. border c. Rows d. Rows and columns

56. Toolbar used to change the border of the table

a. Table Border b. Table format c. Table properties d. Table Function

KEY FOR ONE MARK

1.b 2.c 3.a 4.b 5.d 6.c 7.d 8.c 9.d 10.c

11.d 12.a 13.c 14.c 15.d 16.c 17.c 18.c 19.b 20.d

21.d 22.b 23.c 24.c 25.d 26.d 27.c 28.d 29.d 30.a

31.c 32.a 33.d 34.b 35.c 36.d 37.d 38.b 39.b 40.c

41.c 42.a 43.b 44.c 45.b 46.b 47.c 48.c 49.a 50.b

51.c 52.d 53.d 54.c 55.d 56.b