Exercise
6: Tables
 Position
your mouse cursor where you wish to place the table. Click on
the Insert Table icon (illustrated left) and the diagram shown
below will appear:
In
order to create a table for the following exercise, you will need
to shade the above diagram so that it appears as shown below.
To shade the squares, place your cursor in the top left-hand square
and, holding down the left mouse button, drag your mouse across
until you have selected the required number - in the case of this
exercise, two columns by seven rows. Once you release the mouse
button, the table will appear in your document.
Type
the following text, noting the instructions about font size and
style and then create a table as shown above.
Nutrients
(Arial size 18, bold, centred and underlined)
(The
following in Arial size 12):
Nutrients are an essential part of the diet. They are necessary
for chemical reactions to take place in your cells. Nutrients
are contained in the food you eat. The table lists the types of
nutrients you must have in your diet and the functions they perform
inside your body.
(Table
headings are Arial size 14 bold. All table body text is Arial
size 12)
| Nutrients |
Importance
to Body Function |
| Carbohydrates
such as starch and sugars |
Provide
energy. |
| Fats
and oils |
Provide
energy and insulate the body. They are necessary for growth. |
| Proteins
and amino acids |
Enzyme
and antibody production. Also necessary for growth. |
| Vitamins
A, D, E, K, B and C |
Have
various uses such as blood cell production, nerve action,
blood clotting and vision. |
| Minerals
such as sodium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, calcium, zinc,
iodine and fluoride |
Needed
for nerve and muscle action, haemoglobin production, hormone
activity and development of bone and teeth. |
| Fibre |
Helps
the action of the digestive system. |
(Indent the next paragraph by 1cm from both left and right margins,
then justify the paragraph).
Inorganic
minerals that must be in the diet in relatively large amounts
are called macronutrients. Examples include sodium, potassium,
phosphorus and calcium. Minerals that are essential only in very
small amounts and are called trace elements. Large amounts of
trace elements are usually poisonous.
Instructions
- Spell-check,
then save your work.
- Put
gridlines around the table. (Hint: place your cursor within
the table then click the Table menu and select Table AutoFormat.
Scroll through the list of formats, choose Grid 8, then click
OK).
- Select
the last paragraph (Inorganic materials that...). Change the
format to double line spacing - click the Format menu, then
select Paragraph and click in the box below Line Spacing and
change to Double, then click OK.
- Print
out the document.
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Word Processing
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