This is A Tach Writing Writing Collaboratively Complete the exercises 1-6. 1. Ex

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This is A Tach Writing

Writing Collaboratively

Complete the exercises 1-6.

1. Experiment with the comment, revision, and highlighting features of your word processor. Using online help if necessary, learn how to make, revise, and delete comments; make, undo, and accept revisions; and add and delete highlights.

2. Locate free videoconferencing software on the Internet. Download the software, and install it on your computer at home. Learn how to use the feature that lets you send attached files.

3. Using a wiki site such as wikiHow.com, find a set of instructions on a technical process that interests you. Study one of the revisions to the instructions, noting the types of changes made. Do the changes relate to the content of the instructions, to the use of graphics, or to the correctness of the writing? Be prepared to share your findings with the class.

4. Sign up for a free account on Second Life. Choose an avatar, learn how to navigate on the site, and see whether your university has any academic offerings on the grid. If not, learn how you and a few members of the class could use Second Life to meet and work as a team.

5. TEAM ExErCiSE If you are enrolled in a technicalcommunication course that calls for you to do a large collaborative project, such as a recommendation report or an oral presentation, meet with your team members. Study the assignment for the project, and then fill out the work-schedule form. (You can download the form from macmillanhighered.com/launchpad /techcomm11e.) Be prepared to share your completed form with the class.

6. You have probably had a lot of experience working in collaborative teams in previous courses or on the job. Brainstorm for five minutes, listing some of your best and worst experiences participating in collaborative teams. Choose one positive experience and one negative experience. Think about why the positive experience went well. Was there a technique that a team member used that accounted for the positive experience? Think about why the negative experience went wrong. Was there a technique or action that

accounted for the negative experience? How might the negative experience have been prevented—or fixed? Be prepared to share your responses with the class.

Explanation / Answer

Ans:-
a) To add a comment in word->

-Just highlight some part of a text or you can also place the cursor where you want the comment to be displayed.
-Then click on the Review tab and click the option "New Comment".
-Now you can type your comment there in the dialog box.

b) To delete the comment->

-Select the balloon box the you need to delete.
-Click on the Review tab then, click the "Delete" command.

c) In order to delete al comments->

-Click on the Review tab then, click the Delete drop-down arrow.
-There you will find one option "Delete All Comments in Document", click on it.

d) To show revisions->

To make the document easier to read, we can show revisions which are shown in a balloon shaped boxes.
-Goto the Review tab.
-click Show Markup drop down menu.
-Then click Balloons.
-Show Revisions in Balloons.

e) To accept or reject the changes->

Sometimes the author of the content might disagree with some of the tracked changes and thus, can reject them.
So, to make them permanent, they have to be accepted.
-Select the change that you want to accept or reject.
-Goto the Review tab, click the Accept or Reject command.
-If accepting of the changeis successful, the markup will disappear and the text will look like a normal text.

f) To accept all changes->

-Goto Review tab.
-click the Accept drop-down arrow
-Then Select Accept All Changes in Document.

g) To Highlight text->

-Select the text that you want to highlight.
-Goto Home tab.
-In the Font group, click the arrow next to Text Highlight Color.
-Choose the color you want.

h) To Remove the highlighted part of document.

-Select the text that you want to remove highlighting from.
-Goto Home tab.
-In the Font group, click the arrow next to Text Highlight Color.
-Click No color.

i) To Undo an action->

Three ways to undo an action:-
-Press Ctrl+Z keys simultaneously.
-press Alt+Backspace keys simultaneously.
-click Undo on the Quick Access Toolbar.

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