Chapter 12: Practical task

1. The front garden.

a) Using the file ‘Asset 12.04.docx’ from the CD, place the image from the file ‘Asset
12.05.jpg’ at the start of the sentence that begins, ‘Five years ago …’. Align it with the
top line of the paragraph and the left margin of the column.
b) Resize the image to 4 cm high and maintain the aspect ratio. Flip the image
horizontally. Make sure the text wraps around and below the image.
It may look like this:

c) Place the image from the file ‘Asset 12.06.jpg’ at the beginning of the paragraph
that begins, ‘Today, my garden looks …’. Align it with the top line of the paragraph
and the left margin.
d) Crop the image so that only the plants are visible. There should be no parts of any
buildings or roads visible. Resize the image to 3 cm high and maintain the aspect
ratio. Make sure the text wraps around and below the image.
It may look like this:

2. The shipwreck.
a) Create a new DTP document in which you are required to edit and manipulate
images of the sea creatures in the folder ‘Sea creatures’ on the CD such that the
document has:
 a relevant title that uses ‘WordArt’ and is curved in some way
 a shipwreck as the central image (see the file ‘Asset 12.07.jpg’) with the
creatures positioned on the shipwreck’s cabin window frames.

b) Edit each window frame to ensure it is transparent and has an appropriate border.
c) Edit some images to ensure they are cropped, rotated and resized in order to fit into
the window frames.
d) Adjust the colour depth of the sea water where the shipwreck is to ensure that the
seabed is clearly visible.
e) Adjust the colour brightness of the sea creatures to ensure they stand out, and
balance the contrast appropriately.

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 f) Save the document in the most appropriate file format to prepare it to be sent as an
attachment to the web master, who will upload this image onto the website. Explain
the need to reduce the image resolution in order to increase the transmission speed.

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