Olson$-$Browne Insurance

PREPARING A RESEARCH PAPER

GETTING STARTED

$$ Open the file NP$\_$WD$19\_$EOM$2-1\_$FirstLastName$\_1.$docx, available for download from the SAM website.

$$ Save the file as NP$\_$WD$19\_$EOM$2-1\_$FirstLastName$\_2.$docx by changing the $1$ to a $2.$

o If you do not see the $.$docx file extension in the Save As dialog box, do not type it$.$ The program will add the file extension for you automatically.

$$ To complete this SAM Project, you will also need to download and save the following data files from the SAM website onto your computer:

o Support$\_$WD$19\_$EOM$2-1\_$Microlearning.docx

$$ With the file NP$\_$WD$19\_$EOM$2-1\_$FirstLastName$\_2.$docx still open, ensure that your first and last name is displayed in the footer.

o If the footer does not display your name, delete the file and download a new copy from the SAM website.

PROJECT STEPS

$1.$ You work for Olson$-$Browne Insurance in the Services Development Department and prepared a draft of a report on employee learning programs. After reviewing the draft, your manager has asked you to complete the document.

Change the paragraph spacing of the title paragraph $("$Employee Learning Programs: Designing Innovative Solutions"$)$ to $6$ point before and $6$ point after the paragraph.

$2.$ Read the first comment from your manager, Andre Jamali, and then delete it$.$ Change $$10,000$ to $$15,000$ in the first sentence as Andre requested.

$3.$ Apply lowercase to the text "ATTRACTIVE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TOOLS" at the end of the first body paragraph.

$4.$ Create a bulleted list from the four paragraphs beginning with "Microlearning..." and ending with "Gamification...", and then decrease the indent by one level.

$5.$ Move the bulleted paragraph beginning "Mobile learning..." so that it becomes the third bulleted paragraph in the list.

$6.$ Read the comment attached to the heading "Microlearning", and then reply to it with the text:

I inserted an example.

$7.$ Open the document Support$\_$WD$19\_$EOM$2-1\_$Microlearning.docx, available for download from the SAM website. Copy only the text $($not the paragraph mark$)$ in the support document, and then paste the text in the blank paragraph in the "Microlearning" section.

$8.$ Go to the next comment in the document, read the comment, and then delete it$.$

$9.$ Find the sentence "Blended learning also considers shortened attention spans by allowing learners to train at their own pace and convenience." Insert the following footnote in the proper position at the end of the sentence:

Blended learning combines online media with traditional methods.

$10.$ Find each instance of the word "worker" in the document and use employee to replace it$.($Hint: You should make four replacements.$)$

$11.$ Insert the Plain Number $3$ page header from the Top of Page gallery, and then close the Header & Footer Tools. $[$Mac Hint: Insert a Top of page $($Header$)$ page number with Right alignment.$]$

$12.$ At the beginning of the document, insert a comment with the following text:

This is the final draft for your review.

Your document should look like the Final Figure on the following pages. Save your changes, close the document, and then exit Word. Follow the directions on the SAM website to submit your completed project.