Class 9 Information Technology – Solution of Sumita Arora
Session 2: Setting up Writer and Formatting Documents
Q1. Write short notes on features of paragraph formatting in Writer.
Ans:- (i) Text alignment
(ii) Tab stops
(iii) Paragraph indentation
(iv) Line spacing
(v) Spacing between paragraph
(vi) Border and shading.
Q2. Explain the difference between Left, Centre, Right and Justified alignments. When you do think left justification is preferable over justified alignment?
Ans:- Left alignment is used to align the text on left side.
Right alignment is used to align the text on right side.
Centre alignment is used to align the text at the center of the page.
Justified alignment joins the text with both the left and right margins.
When we want to scan and comprehend sentences quickly and efficiently then left Justification is preferable over justified alignment.
Q3. How useful is setting up Writer options?
Ans:-We set up Writer by setting up the default values for common features. These
Settings will affect the text documents that we create in Writer.
Q4- Which command should you use to setup Writer options?
Ans:- By using Tools menu -Options command, we can setup Writer options.
Q5. What is the default measurement unit in Writer?
Ans:- Inch.
Q6. Write the procedure to change the default measurement unit in Writer?
Ans:- (i) Click on Tools menu -> Options command.
(ii) Click on General option.
(iii) Click on Settings.
(iv) Select unit from Measurement unit.
Q7- You want that gridlines should appear on your text document background. What process should you follow to achieve this?
Ans- (i) Click on Tools menu- Options command. Click on Grid option.
(ii) Check Visible Grid box.
Q8. Even after following the correct process, the gridlines are not visible in text documents. What process should you follow to achieve this?
Ans:- (i) Select Tools-Options command.
(ii) Click on OpenOffice group’s plus icon to expand it.
(iii) Click Appearance and then from the right pane, under Text Document, click the colour menu next to Grid.
(iv) Select a darker colour for grid.
Q9-Tick the odd option out of the following: Bold, Italics, Font colour, Line spacing.
Ans- Line spacing.
Q10. What is formatting?
Ans:- The general arrangement of text is called formatting.
Q11. What is character formatting?
Ans:-Character formatting is concerned about making decisions regarding the fonts and font sizes, text attributes and text positioning.
Q12. How is paragraph formatting different from character formatting?
Ans:- Paragraph formatting controls the formatting of paragraphs whereas character Formatting is used for text formatting within paragraphs.
Session 3: Formatting Pages, Spell Check and Autocorrect Utilities