You work with the XYZ Corporation Charitable Trust allows you to demonstrate your expertise with Excel. The trust is sponsoring an auction, and you have received a list of all donors who have contributed to this auction. The list was pulled from the Corporation’s database as a comma separated text file. You have been asked to create a letter that will go out to each of the contributors that will accept their donation. Tickets to the event will be enclosed. The letter requires that you provide the following pieces of information:
Full Name and Address
First Name
Donated Item
Value
Number of tickets requested
Deliverables
Your will turn in one Excel spreadsheet and two Word documents. You will locate the following files in DocSharing (Lab Materials folder): wk4_trust.txt and wk4_trust_letter.docx. You will submit the following three items: one Excel spreadsheet (Lab4_yourlastname.xlsx), one Word document showing 25 letters (Lab4_yourlastname.docx), and one Word document showing 25 labels (Lab4_yourlastname_labels.docx). When submitting the Excel workbook and the Word documents, provide a comment in the Dropbox comments area explaining what you learned from completing this lab activity.
iLAB STEPS
STEP 1: Import text file into a spreadsheet and clean up data (20 points)
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Import the text file into Excel and save as lab4_yourlastname.xlsx. Import only the data you will need for your letter.
Separate the first and last names into two columns so that you may use the first name in a Mail Merge. Make sure the fields are named LastName and FirstName.
Check the accuracy of all data by using the Spelling tool in the Proofing group.
Add a documentation sheet that provides a spreadsheet title, author, date, and purpose. Format the documentation sheet by applying a professional color scheme to the text. Ensure that the sheet tab is named Documentation and that the documentation sheet is the first sheet in the workbook.
(To get help on creating a documentation sheet, refer to Lab 1, Step 1.)
How to use the lab videos
Please donotrely solely on the videos to complete this week’s lab.The videos may not exactly match the official lab instructions, and may not show all the steps required.
For full credit, follow the written instructions on the main iLab page and the linked Step-By-Step guides. Check your work against the screen shots in the written instructions and the Lab and Project Grading Criteria provided in Doc Sharing. The videos can still help you, by showing operations that are similar to, but not exactly the same as, those needed for the lab. Use the videos as a rough visual guide, but not as your only source of directions.
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