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Discussion Board 1

Answer BOTH of the following:

Tell us about yourself so you can meet and greet other fellow Grantham University students within your course. Include what you believe to be your current knowledge level of this course topic and what you hope to learn before the course is over.

Microsoft Word is used to create many types of documents. List and describe at least two types of documents it can be used to create that would be useful in your future career. Also discuss at least two tools (found in ribbons and tabs) or two shortcuts that you might find useful when working with documents.

Discussion Board 2: Organizing Files

Organization is important in both our lives and the files on our computer. Discuss best practices for organizing files on your computer as well as give an example of a folder structure of three levels which you use or plan to use.

A best practice is a way to do something which most people consider a good way to do it. There are best practices in many fields, and you will see this term often in a work setting.

Assignment 1: "Write a Business Letter"

Write a Business Letter using Microsoft Word asking a local business (real or imagined) to hold an event or to donate funds for your charity (real or imagined). In the body of the letter ensure you name your charity, what the donation will be used for, the benefits your charity offers to the local community and your contact information. Please read through the remaining directions and information. View the following links to learn about the setup up of a business letter

NOTE: No templates are to be used for this assignment

1. The content (body) of the letter is two paragraphs. The second paragraph would include contact information.

2. No templates can be used for this assignment. You need to start from a blank word document and complete the letter without the use of a template.

3. Include sender's address, date, inside address (is the address for the person to whom you are sending the letter and is right before the salutation - see the links above), salutation, body of the letter, and signature block.

4. Include a bulleted or numbered list of at least three items in the body of the letter. For instance, this could be for how the donation will be used, benefits of your charity, or ideas for an event.

5. Change the font of the signature in the signature block of the letter so that it is a different font than that used in the rest of the letter.

6. Use at least two other font features like font size, bold, or underline in the letter. For instance, you might italicize the signature or contact information, change the font size of the bulleted list, underline the phone number, bold the name of the charity, etc.

Assignment 2 "Computer Organization"

For this assignment, create a CS105*firstinitialyourlastname* folder. For examples, if my name was Andrew Jones my folder name would be CS105AJones and then download this sample zip file into the CS105 folder and unzip it there. The files must be directly in the CS 105 folder and no longer in the Zip folder.

Then, take a screenshot showing the folder you created with the files within CS105.

Then, in one or two paragraphs, explain what the benefit is of folders when working with files.

Attachment:- SampleZipFile.zip