Document production — IGCSE Information And Communication Technology (0417) questions by topic
Document production questions edit real documents to a house style: importing and reflecting an image, applying paragraph styles consistently through a marathon-themed article, or setting precise gridlines and borders on a table. Complete, produce and construct direct the editing steps, while explain and identify test short written points about formatting choices or file properties.
35 questions from 2023 to 2025 sit here, worth from 1 to 25 marks. Because house-style consistency is marked across the whole document rather than one paragraph, submitting a finished edit for instant marking shows whether a style applied early was actually carried through every heading and paragraph that needed it, not just the first one.
May–June 2025, Paper 11
Explain, giving examples, the purpose of a corporate house style.
Answer this question and get it marked →A student is typing a report for his biology coursework and needs to check his spelling for errors. The student could use spell check software. Explain how spell check software…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 21
You are going to edit a document about exams. The school uses a corporate house style for all its documents. Paragraph styles must be created and applied as instructed. Using a…
Answer this question and get it marked →Place in the ExamGuide document: - a centre-aligned header with automated page numbers - a right-aligned footer on a single line with the text: Produced by: followed by a space…
Answer this question and get it marked →Select the subheading General and the following text up to and including the paragraph ending '... the evidence provided'. Change the page layout so that only this text is…
Answer this question and get it marked →Apply a bulleted list to the text from 'mobile phones ...' to '... enabled electronic devices.' Format the bullets so that: - the bullets are indented 2.5 centimetres from the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Locate the table in the document. Delete the entire row and contents for the subject Business Unit 1.
Answer this question and get it marked →Sort all the data in the table from 'Maths Paper 1' to 'Combined Science Paper 3' into ascending order of Exam Date with data integrity maintained.
Answer this question and get it marked →Apply to the table: - 0.5-point gridlines to all cells - 3- to 4-point external black borders so that these are displayed when the table is printed.
Answer this question and get it marked →Format the first row of the table so that: - it becomes a single cell - the text in the cell is centred vertically and horizontally - it has a light grey (20-40%) background fill.
Answer this question and get it marked →Apply the EX-table style to rows 2 to 12 only.
Answer this question and get it marked →Format the table so that: - all text in each row displays on one line - the table borders and all data fit within the column width - there is a 6-point space after the table.
Answer this question and get it marked →Create and store the following style, basing it on the default/normal paragraph style: Style name Font style Font size (points) Alignment Enhancement Line spacing Space before…
Answer this question and get it marked →Identify the four subheadings in the document and apply the EX-subhead style to each one.
Answer this question and get it marked →In the last paragraph locate the text Results Nomination Form Format this text so that when clicked it opens the document with the file name j2521results.rtf Take screenshot…
Answer this question and get it marked →Spell check and proofread the document. Make sure that: - the list and table are not split over columns or pages - there are no widows or orphans - there are no blank pages - the…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 22
You are going to edit a document about marathons. The company uses a corporate house style for all its documents. Paragraph styles must be modified and applied as instructed.…
Answer this question and get it marked →Place in the header of the Marathon document your name, centre number and candidate number right aligned. Place in the footer automated page numbers right aligned. Make sure that:…
Answer this question and get it marked →At the start of the document on a new line, enter the title: Marathon Information
Answer this question and get it marked →Apply the TM-title style to the title text entered in Step 3.
Answer this question and get it marked →The style named TM-body has already been created, stored and applied to the text. Modify the TM-body style so only the following formatting is applied: Style name Font style Font…
Answer this question and get it marked →Locate the table in the document. Delete the entire column and contents with the heading Rating
Answer this question and get it marked →Format the left column of the table so that it looks like the left column of this table: The target table has two data columns headed 'Percentage' and 'Level' (rows: Above 100% /…
Answer this question and get it marked →Format the left column to have a width of 1.5 centimetres. Take screenshot evidence to show the column width set at 1.5 centimetres. Place this in your Evidence Document.
Answer this question and get it marked →Select the subheading History and the following text up to and including the paragraph ending ... their best performance. Change the page layout so that only this text is…
Answer this question and get it marked →Import the image j2522history.jpg and place it in the paragraph beginning Legend has it that ... Reflect the image so that the man faces the left.
Answer this question and get it marked →Format the image so that: - it is resized to a width of 3 centimetres with the aspect ratio maintained - it is aligned to the right-column guide and the top of the paragraph…
Answer this question and get it marked →Apply the TM-table style to only columns 2 and 3 of the table. Make sure that: - all the text of each row displays on one line - 1-point black internal and external gridlines are…
Answer this question and get it marked →Spell check and proofread the document. Make sure that: - the table is not split over columns or pages - there are no widows or orphans - there are no blank pages - the original…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 21
Task 2 - Document Production (Steps 1-10). Edit the Tawara Tots Childcare prospectus (j2421childcare.rtf), saved as NURSERY, applying a corporate house style. Steps: (1) save with…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 22
Task 2 - Document Production (Steps 1-12). Edit the Tawara Agricultural College pamphlet (j2422info.rtf), saved as PAMPHLET, applying a corporate house style. Steps: (1) save with…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 02
Task 2 - Document Production (Steps 1-13). Edit the Organic Farming document (n2402organic.rtf), saved as ORGANIC, applying a corporate house style. Steps: (1) save with evidence…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 21
Task 2 - Document Production (Steps 1-14). Edit the Tawara Cycling Festival document (j2321festival.rtf), saved as FESTIVAL, applying a corporate house style. Steps: (1) save with…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 22
Task 2 - Word Processing (Steps 1-14). Edit the Virtual Cycling document (saved as VCYCLING) applying a house style. Steps: (1) save with evidence of file type; (2) header 'Report…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 02
Task 2 - Word Processing (Steps 1-15). Edit the video games review document (saved as VGREVIEW). Steps: (1) save with evidence of file type; (2) remove two page breaks; (3) header…
Answer this question and get it marked →Other IGCSE Information And Communication Technology topics
- ICT applications (40)
- The systems life cycle (27)
- Types and components of computer systems (26)
- Safety and security (22)
- Data manipulation (databases) (20)
- Spreadsheets (17)
- Presentations (15)
- Website authoring (15)
- The effects of using IT (health and safety) (14)
- Storage devices and media (12)
- Input and output devices (11)
- Networks (10)
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