LAB MANUAL

Name: QURAT UL AIN

Registration no.: 2023-BS-DS-025
Department: BS DERMAL SCIENCES (2ND SEMESTER)
Course title: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Submitted to: MAM SOBIA RIAZ
 LAB TOPIC
NO.

LAB 1 Working with folders and Windows utility

LAB 2 Introducing Microsoft Word
Applying Basic Formatting on Text: Bold, Italic, Underline, Font
size, Font style, Align text, Strike through

LAB 3 Subscription, Superscription, Bullets, Numbering, Text effects,

Line spacing

LAB 4 Change case, Font Color, Text highlights, Text shading, Find and
Replace

LAB 5 How to Insert and Format: Table, Table tools

LAB 6 How to Insert and Format: Picture, Clip Art, Smart Art, Chart
LAB 7 How to Insert and Format: Equation, Equation Tools, Symbols,
Header/Footer, Text Box

LAB 8 Page Layout: Margin, Orientation, Page size, Text Wrap

LAB 9 Introducing Microsoft Power Point
Insert Slide, Layout, Font, Design, Insert Image, Insert Video

LAB 10 Applying: Animations, Transition, Slideshow

Table of Contents
 Lab 1
Working with folders and Window Utility
In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure which contains
references to other computer files, and possibly other directories. On many
computers, directories are known as folders, or drawers.
How to create a folder?
On the location where you want to create a new folder,
1. Right click.
2. Select New and Select Folder.
3. Name the folder and press enter.

How to rename folder?

1. Right click on the folder you want to rename.
2. Select Rename.
3. Type a new name and press enter.
 Lab 2
Introducing Microsoft Word; Applying Basic
Formatting on Text: Bold, Italic, Underline, Style,
Align Tex, Strike Through

“Microsoft Word is word processing software developed by Microsoft. It was first

released on October 25, 1983, under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix
systems.”

Basic Formatting:

1. Format text

i. Select the text you want to format.

ii. To select a single word, double-click it. To select a line of text, click to the
left of it.
iii. Select an option to change the font, font size, font color, or make the text
bold, italic, or underline.
To change the font size:
i. Select the text you want to modify.
ii. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Font Size box on the Home tab.
A drop-down menu appears.
iii. Select the desired font size from the menu. Alternatively, you can type
the value you want and then press Enter on your keyboard.
iv. Changing the font size
v. You can also use the Grow Font and Shrink Font commands to change
the size.
To change the font:

i. Select the text you want to modify.

ii. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Font box on the Home tab. The
Font drop-down menu appears.
iii. Move the mouse pointer over the various fonts. A live preview of the
font will appear in the document.
iv. Changing the font
v. Select the font you want to use. The font will change in the document.
 To use the bold, italic, and underline commands:

i. Select the text you want to modify.

ii. Click the Bold, Italic, or Underline command in the Font group on the
Home tab.
iii. Making text bold, italic and underlined.

To change text alignment:

i. Select the text you want to modify.

ii. Select one of the four alignment options from the Paragraph group
on the Home tab.
 Align Text Left: Aligns all selected text to the left margin.
Center: Aligns text an equal distance from the left and right margins.
Align Text Right: Aligns all selected text to the right margin.
Justify: Aligns text equally on both sides and lines up equally to the right and
left margins; used by many newspapers and magazines.

Lab 3
Subscription, Superscription, Bullets, Numbering, Text
Effects, Line Spacing.
Subscription:
To change text into subscript,
i. Select the text, character or letter which you want to change
ii. From Home tab, in Font group, click Subscript button.
Superscription:
For changing into superscript repeat the procedure,
i. Select the text
ii. In Font group, click Superscript button.
 USE OF BULLETS

1. Using Dotted Bullets

In order to create a list with the help of bullets, firstly
i. Select the text they would like to create a list of
ii. Then click on the drop down menu of the option titled ‘Bullets’
located in the top menu in the Paragraph section.
iii. From the various given bullets here, you must now click on the
dot like bullets.

2. Using Arrow shaped bullets

You furthermore, may want to add a different kind of bullet to your
document, for which all you must do is
 i. Go to the same drop down menu, used in the previous step.
ii. Click on the arrow shaped bullet.

3. Using Numbers as Bullets

i. Go to the same drop down menu, used in the previous step.

ii. Click on the arrow shaped bullet

Lab 4

Change Case, Font Color, Text Highlights, Text

Shading, Find and Replace.

To change text case:

i. Select the text you want to modify.
ii. Click the Change Case command in the Font group on the Home tab.
iii. Select the desired case option from the list.
iv. Changing the text case
To change the font color:

i. Select the text you want to modify.

ii. Click the Font Color drop-down arrow on the Home tab. The Font
Color menu appears.
iii. Move the mouse pointer over the various font colors. A live preview of
the color will appear in the document.
iv. Changing the font color
v. Select the font color you want to use. The font color will change in the
document.
To highlight text:

i. From the Home tab, click the Text Highlight Color drop-down arrow.
The Highlight Color menu appears.
ii. Choosing a highlight color
iii. Select the desired highlight color.
iv. Select the text you want to modify. It will then be highlighted.
v. Highlighting text
vi. To switch back to the normal cursor, click the Text Highlight Color
command.
To Apply Shading:
i. Select the word or paragraph that you want to apply shading to.

ii. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the arrow next to
Shading.

iii. Under Theme Colors, click the color that you want to use to shade your
selection.
Find And Replace:

i. Go to Home > Replace or press Ctrl+H.

ii. Enter the word or phrase you want to locate in the Find box.

iii. Enter your new text in the Replace box.

iv. Select Find Next until you come to the word you want to update.

v. Choose Replace. To update all instances at once, choose Replace All.

 vi. To specify only upper or lowercase in your search, select More > Match
case.

Lab 5
How to Insert and format: Table,
Table tools.
A table is a grid of cells arranged in rows and
columns.

To insert a blank table:

i. Place your insertion point in the document where you want the table to
appear.
ii. Select the Insert tab.
iii. Click the Table command.
iv. Hover your mouse over the diagram squares to select the number of columns
and rows in the table.
v. Click your mouse and table appears in the document.
In the table you can add or remove a row or column.

To apply a table style:

1. Click anywhere on the table.

2. The Design tab will appear on the Ribbon.
3. Select the Design tab and locate the Table Styles.
4. Click the More drop-down arrow to see all of the table styles.
5. Hover the mouse over the various styles to see a live preview.
6. Select the desired style.
7. The table style will appear in the document.
 Lab 6
How to Insert and Format: Picture, Clip Art, Smart
Art, and Chart.
There are built-in clip art images for just about every topic, so you may be able to
find a perfect clip art image for your document. If you have a more specific image
in mind, you can insert a picture from a file.

How to Insert clip Art?

i. Select the Insert tab.
ii. Click the Clip Art command in the Illustrations group.
iii. The clip art options appear in the task pane to the right of the document.
iv. Enter keywords in the Search for: fields that are related to the image you
want to insert.
v. Click the drop-down arrow in the Results should be: field.
vi. Deselect any types of media you do not want to see.
vii. Choosing which media types to display.
To insert a picture from a file:
i. Place your insertion point where you want the image to appear.
ii. Select the Insert tab.
iii. Click the Picture command in the Illustrations group. The Insert Picture
dialog box appears.
iv. Inserting a picture from a file
v. Select the desired image file, and then click Insert to add it to your
document.

To insert a SmartArt illustration:

i. Place the insertion point in the document where you want the graphic to
appear.
ii. Select the Insert tab.
iii. Select the SmartArt command in the Illustrations group. A dialog box
appears.
iv. Select a category to the left of the dialog box, and review the SmartArt
graphics that appear in the center.
v. Select the desired SmartArt graphic, then click OK.
How to add Chart:
i. Click Insert Chart.

ii. Click the chart type and then double-click the chart you want.

iii. In the spreadsheet that appears, replace the default data with your
own information.
 Lab 7
How to insert and format: Equation Tools, Symbols,
Header/Footers, and Text Box.
Insert Equation and Symbols:
i. On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, click the arrow under Equation,
and then click Insert New Equation.

ii. Under Equation Tools, on the Design tab, in the Symbols group, click
the More arrow.
iii. Click the arrow next to the name of the symbol set, and then select the
symbol set that you want to display.

iv. Click the symbol that you want to insert.

How to Insert Header/Footer?

i. Go to Insert > Header or Footer.

ii. Choose the header style you want to use.
iii. Add or change text for the header or footer. For more info on things you
can do with headers, see Edit your existing headers and footers. To edit a
header or footer that's been already created, double-click on it.
iv. To eliminate a header--like deleting it on the title page--select it and then
check the Different First Page box.
v. Select Close Header and Footer or press Esc to exit.
vi. To delete, select Insert > Header (or Footer) > Remove Header (or
Remove Footer).

How to add Text Box?

i. Select the Insert tab on the Ribbon.

ii. Click the Text Box command in the Text group. A drop-down menu will
appear.
iii. Select Draw Text Box.
 iv. Creating a blank text box
v. Click and drag on the document to create the text box.
vi. Drawing the text box
vii. You can now start typing to create text inside the text box.

Lab 8
Page Layout: Margin, Orientation,
Page Size, Text Wrap
You may find that the default page layout settings in
Word are not sufficient for the document you want to
create, in which case you will want to modify those
settings. For example, if you are printing on a different
paper size, you'll want to change the document page size to match the paper. In
addition, you may want to change page formatting
depending on the type of document you are creating.

To format page margins:

i. Select the Page Layout tab.
ii. Click the Margins command. A menu of options
appears. Normal is selected by default.
iii. Click the predefined margin size you want.

To use custom margins:

i. From the Page Layout tab, click Margins.
 ii. Select Custom Margins. This will
take you to the Page Setup dialog
box.
iii. Adjust the margin sizes for each
side of the page, then click OK.

To change page orientation:

i. Select the Page Layout tab.
ii. Click the Orientation command in the Page Setup group.
iii. Changing the page orientation
iv. Click either Portrait or Landscape to change the page orientation.

To change page size:

i. Select the Page Layout tab.
ii. Click the Size command, and a drop-down menu
will appear. The current page size is highlighted.
iii. Changing the page size
iv. Click the size option you want. The page size of the
document changes.
To wrap text:

i. Open your document in Word 2010.

ii. Locate the image in the document, then click it once to select it.
 iii. Click the Format tab under Picture Tools at the top of the window.

iv. Click the Wrap Text button in the Arrange section of the window, then
click the style of text-wrapping that you want to use. My preferred
method is the Square option, but if you hover on a choice you can see a
preview in your document of how the wrapped text will look.

Lab 9
Introducing Microsoft Power Point; Insert Slide,
Layout, Font, Design, Insert Image, Insert Video.

Power Point:
 Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, created by Robert
Gaskins and Dennis Austin at a software company named Forethought, Inc. It was
released on April 20, 1987, initially for Macintosh computers only. Microsoft
acquired PowerPoint for about $14 million three months after it appeared.

Insert Slide:
i. Select the slide you want your new slide to follow.
ii. Select Home > New Slide.
iii. Select a layout.
iv. Select the text box and type.
Layout:
i. On the View tab, click Slide Master.
ii. In the thumbnail pane that contains the slide
masters and layouts, pick the layout that has
closest arrangement of placeholders to how you
want your slide to look.
iii. To rename the layout, in the thumbnail list of
layouts, right-click the layout that you
customized, and then click Rename Layout.
iv. In the Rename Layout dialog box, type a new
name that describes the layout you’ve just created, and then
click Rename.
v. On the Slide Master tab, click Close Master View.
Font:
The default font in PowerPoint 2010 is Calibri.
i. To change the text font, select that portion of text the font of which needs to
be changed. If you select the entire text box or shape, the changes will
apply to all the text in the selection. If you select specific text, the changes
will apply to selection only.
ii. In the Font group, under the Home ribbon, click on the font face dropdown.
iii. Scroll through the list of font faces to pick the one that suits your needs. As
you move your cursor over the fonts, the selection will change accordingly
to give you a preview.

Inserting Image:
i. Select the Insert tab.
ii. Click the Picture command in the Images group.
The Insert Picture dialog box appears.
iii. S elect the desired image file, then click Insert.
iv. The picture will appear in your slide.
 Inserting Video:
i. From the Insert tab, click the Video drop-down
arrow and select Video from File.
ii. Inserting a video from a file
iii. Locate and select the desired video file, then click Insert.
iv. The Insert Video dialog box
v. The video will be added to the slide.

Lab 10
Applying Animations, Transitions, Slide show.

Applying Animations:
i. Select an object.
 ii. Click the Animations tab.
iii. In the Animation group, click the More drop-down arrow to view the
available animations.

iv. The More drop-down arrow

v. Select the desired animation effect.

vi. Selecting an effect

vii. The object will now have a small number next to it to show that it has an
animation. Also, in the Slide pane, the slide will now have a star symbol next
to it.
Applying Transition:
 i. Select the slide you want to modify.
ii. Click the Transitions tab.
iii. Locate the Transition to This Slide group. By default, None is applied to
each slide.

iv. Transition to This Slide group.

v. Click the More drop-down arrow to display all of the transitions.
vi. Click a transition to apply it to the selected slide. This will automatically
preview the transition as well.

Applying Slideshow:
i. Select the Slide Show tab.
ii. Click the From Beginning command in the Start Slide Show group to start
the slide show with the first slide.