ENG 222 Week 4

#1

Find, with your partner, a short report online and print it out. Looking at it with your partner, document its style: use of fonts, color, lines, position of logos, use of headers, footers, borders, and so forth. Next, discuss whether the style is effective or not. If it could be improved, how would that be done?

Submit a summary to your instructor that describes the elements of style used in the report, if they are effective and how they may be improved.

#2

Refer to Ch. 4, 5, & Appendix A of your text for this assignment.

Write instructions for a 1- to 2-page handout that explains how to create a table in Microsoft^® Word (whatever version you have) and how to add and delete columns and rows from an existing table.

Include the following in your instructional handout:

• Summary of the program and version of the program you are using

• Design that reveals to the reader how your information is organized

• Effective use of blank space

• Organized and consistent design of active space

• Illustrations taken from screenshots or a snipping tool that are appropriately cited (Check the Microsoft^® website for the wording that must accompany the use of its software images.)

• Titled and numbered illustrations that are referred to in the instructions

Continue to develop the characteristics of good writing, and proofread your document for common errors using Appendix A as a guide.

Submit your assignment to your instructor as a Microsoft^® Word document.

#3

Refer to Ch. 5 of your text for this assignment.

Create a style sheet listing the type and sizes of font you are using in your final project manual.

Include the font type and size for the following in your style sheet list:

• Title
• Headers
• Footer
• Headings
• Text
• Other elements of your manual

Peer Review

Your instructor will assign you to a Learning Team for this Week Four assignment.

Submit your style sheet to your Learning Team.

Review three of your team member’s styles sheets by answering the following questions:

• Are styles of font and size present for all the elements of a manual such as title, headers, and so forth?
• Do the selected styles support the readability of the final document?

Provide feedback to your team members.

Incorporate feedback on your own stylesheet.

Submit your style sheet to your instructor as a Microsoft^® Word document.