Week 3 · Answer and observation guide

Part 1 · Microsoft Word: Make a handout with real headings

Goal 1 (post-test item 9): Make headings Word can find, using Heading 1 and Heading 2, not just bold.

Evidence: Headings: in Word, each learner types the seven handout lines, applies Heading 1 to the title and Heading 2 to Who it helps and Steps, numbers the three steps, and shows all three headings in the Navigation Pane. No heading made with bold alone.

Check: Bold text looks like a heading. What proves it is a real heading? It shows in the Navigation Pane. A heading style tells Word the line is a title, so Word lists it in the Navigation Pane. Size and color alone do not.

Common problems

• A box asks you to sign in? Close it with the X. You do not need an account tonight.
• Made a typing mistake? Press Backspace to erase the letter before the blinking line.
• A heading is missing from the Navigation Pane? Click in that line, then click Heading 1 or Heading 2 on the Home tab.

Part 2 · Microsoft Word: Save your handout as a PDF

Goal 2 (post-test item 12): Save a handout as a PDF, so it looks the same on any computer or printer.

Evidence: PDF: each learner saves the handout as a PDF in the Resource pack folder, opens it, and says why a neighbor without Word should get the PDF.

Check: You email your handout as a PDF. What will your neighbor see? Your same headings and layout. A PDF keeps your layout on any computer, even one without Word.

Common problems

• The Save As box is not in Resource pack? Click Documents on the left, then double-click Resource pack.
• Cannot find PDF in the list? Click the Save as type box. PDF is about halfway down the list.

Part 3 · Microsoft Excel: Add costs with a total that updates

Goal 3 (post-test item 10): Add costs with a formula that updates by itself when a cost changes.

Evidence: Formula: in Excel, each learner types the supply list, enters =SUM(B2:B4) in B5 (25), writes a prediction, changes Paper to 15, sees 28, and saves Supply list as an Excel workbook.

Check: B5 has =SUM(B2:B4) and shows 28. You change Pens from 5 to 7. What will B5 show? 30. The formula adds the cells again: 15 + 8 + 7 = 30.

Common problems

• B5 shows the letters you typed? It must start with =. Click B5 and type =SUM(B2:B4) again.
• Typed in the wrong cell? Click that cell and press Delete, then type in the right cell.

Part 4 · Microsoft PowerPoint: Use a photo the right way

Goal 4 (post-test item 11): Use a photo the right way: crop it, and give the credit its permission asks for.

Evidence: Photo: in PowerPoint, each learner picks a theme, types the title and the credit line, inserts the practice photo, crops it, and saves Flyer; they can say why the credit line is there.

Check: Why does the flyer have a photo credit line? The photo's permission asks for it. The photo's permission says: use it if you give credit.

Common problems

• A Designer panel opened on the right? Click the X at the top of that panel to close it.
• No Picture Format tab? Click once on the photo. The tab appears only while the photo is selected.
• No practice-photo in Downloads? In Edge, click Download the practice photo again.

End-of-class check

• the Navigation Pane in Word listing your three headings
• your PDF
• B5 showing 28 and the formula bar showing =SUM(B2:B4)
• your flyer with the credit line

Record Independent, With prompt or Needs practice for each. Re-show only the missing step.