Practice Exercise
This exercise will give you a chance to change the line spacing before you type a new
document file. It will also show you how to change the line spacing and reformat the
file with the new line spacing.
Many studies have been made on what can. be done to make a document
easy for people to read.
Results have shown that double line spacing and short line lengths seem to
help people read text quickly and easily. Double spacing a document also
makes it appear less "heavy."
MAKE sure your training disk is in the B Disk Drive
IF the B Directory is not displayed, change to drive B
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Press B
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Type B:
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Press RETURN
CHECK the number of files on the B disk
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Count the files (if the disk has the maximum number of files, delete
several of the files, using the instructions on page 3-2)
CHECK the disk space on the B disk
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Press the H key
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Type STAT
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Press RETURN
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Check the "Bytes Remaining On B:" message (if it is less than 4K,
delete several of the files, using the instructions on page 3-2)
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Press any key to return to the Directory
START a new document file named SPACING
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Pre ss the A key
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Type SPACING
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Press RETURN
CHANGE the line spacing to double
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Press CTRL & 4
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Pre ss the L key
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Type the number 2
NOnCE the message LINE SPACING 2 appears at the top of the screen
FORMATTING
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