ITQ LEVEL 1 WORD PROCESSING – EDITING CHALLENGE TASK  TD___

SCENARIO

You are working in an educational publisher.  Your duties include using a computer to edit various articles.  A colleague has provided you with a transcript of an online video.  The content of the transcript needs to be edited significantly to make the tone and layout suitable for a print article.  The author of the video has granted a license to your employer to make changes and publish the work in exchange for a small fee and attribution. 

TASK 1: 

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; open the file CMYKprinting_kavett.  The file is stored as a text (TXT) file.  You may need to adjust file type settings to make the file visible.

2.	At the beginning of the document delete all text before pre-press production for printing.

3.	Capitalise each word in the phrase pre-press production for printing

4.	Create a paragraph and clear line space after Pre-press Production For Printing;  This is a new heading
a.	make sure there is no period or comma after the word printing and 
b.	make sure there is a capital letter at the start of the new Paragraph

5.	Add paragraph breaks and clear line spaces at the following positions:

after very unpleasant surprise.
after die cuts
after  far away from it.
before Okay let's talk about spot colours
before Okay, finally let's talk about  different file types
before If you're just printing photos on your desktop printer,

6.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit1

7.	Close the software.

TASK 2 – Editing Paragraph 1:

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; Open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	Delete the section of text that begins which is completely different... and ends with It's time for Karen Kavett now.

3.	Delete the section of text that begins I put a link...  and ends with ...if you remember from my last video, and then  Capitailse the.

4.	Change Michael Buckley to a traffic light

5.	Delete the first sentence So, CMYK and replace it with the Heading CMYK

6.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit2

7.	Close the software.

TASK 3 – Editing the paragraph that discusses trim lines and bleed areas 

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; Open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	The second sentence must be changed to read: 

The trim line is where you plan for the commercial printer to cut the paper.

3.	Delete the sentence that begins: This Yule Ball invitation

4.	At the start of the paragraph add the heading Trim and Bleed

5.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit3

6.	Close the software.

TASK 4 – Editing the next paragraph

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; Open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	Change the second sentence to say: 

DPI stands for Dots Per Inch and is used describe how much detail there is in an image – a higher DPI indicates a more detailed image – this is because images on screen will have smaller pixels while images on desktop printers will be made of finer droplets of ink.    
 
3.	Change the word saved to be created.  Replace the word find with use

4.	Change the phrase off the internet to from a website

5.	Change the phrase try to print it, it'll come out really pixelated to try to make a large print, it may result in a visibly pixelated image

6.	After the word Photoshop replace the phrase by going to image size and then changing the resolution with or other image editing software 

7.	Remove the next sentence.

8.	The end of the sentence that begins with Basically; should say DPI can be.

9.	Change each instance of 300 to 300 DPI

10.	Remove the s from 20 DPIs

11.	Change the phrase since you're so far away to since the viewer will be quite far away

12.	Delete the first sentence Let's talk about DPI and replace it with the heading DPI  

13.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit4

14.	Close the software.

TASK 5 – Editing the 4th paragraph

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; Open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	After InDesign remove the comma and insert the phrase and other professional DTP 

3.	Remove like that

4.	Insert the word recommended before their own ratios

5.	Replace the sentence that begins: You don't want to with The commercial printer you send your finished file to may also have a recommendation. 

6.	Remove the word large from the phrase large blocks of text

7.	Insert the words blurred or smudgy looking before colored shadow

8.	Replace the words large area with filled black shape

9.	Delete the final sentence of the paragraph

10.	Add the paragraph heading Plain Black and Rich Black

11.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit5

12.	Close the software.

TASK 6 – Editing the 5th paragraph

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; Open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	The second sentence must be changed to read:
  
Spot colours are used when a limited number of specific colors and their tints are required for the publication

3.	Insert the words but it will be cheaper if there are less than 4 colours after job ends up being

4.	Remove the first sentence: Okay, let's talk about spot colors and Pantone colors and replace it with a new heading Spot Colours and Pantone Colours

5.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit6

6.	Close the software.

TASK 7 – Editing the 6th paragraph

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; Open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	In the second sentence add the word image before files.  In the third sentence change the word file to become image.

3.	Add the words , BMP, GIF, TIF after JPEG

4.	The next sentence should be changed to read:  

Vector images are constructed and stored by using mathematical formulas – there is no DPI involved and so vector images can be scaled as large as you need without losing any quality. 

5.	Remove all the remaining text of the paragraph and replace it with the following sentence: The most well known 2D vector formats are SVG, Adobe Illustrator and CGM. 

6.	Add the paragraph heading File Formats

7.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit7

8.	Close the software.

TASK 8 – General Changes

1.	Using a software application that is suitable for text editing; Open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	Delete all the words after come out the way you wanted.

3.	Change every occurrence of it’ll with it will

4.	Replace any occurrence of color with colour

5.	Replace any occurrence of colored with coloured

6.	Replace any occurrence of colors with colours

7.	Proof read the whole document for sense, capital letters, punctuation and consistent spacing.

8.	At the end of the article add a new paragraph to accredit the original author:  

Adapted from Intro to CMYK & Printing; a video by Karen Kavett [www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cOZv4AF4pc]

9.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_edit8

10.	Close the software.

TASK 9 – Document Formatting

1.	Use a software application that is suitable for text editing, applying text formatting and inserting headers / footers to open the file you saved in the previous task.

2.	To allow your editor to clearly make any extra notes on the print out; format the text of the whole document in double line spacing, size 14 and Times new Roman font.

3.	Centre Align the Heading.

4.	Add your name, centre number and date to the header on 3 separate lines with right alignment.

5.	Add page number and total pages fields to the footer formatted with centre alignment.  The footer should show something similar to Page 1 of  2

6.	Save the document using a file format that will preserve document formatting and Headers/footers – Do not save in txt format.

7.	Save your work using the file name:  CMYKprinting_kavett_final edit

8.	Print a copy of your final document.

9.	Close all software and log out of the system.