Layout: tables, text wrap, headers and footers Cambridge IGCSE Information & Communication Technology revision
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In plain words
Layout is where things sit on the page: how text flows round a picture, how a table holds data in line, and what repeats at the top and bottom of every page.
6 things to know
- Editing tools: highlight, delete, cut, copy, paste, move, and drag and drop.
- Text wrap controls how text flows round an image, table or chart. Square: the text keeps to a box around the object. Tight: the text follows the object's outline. Above and below: the text stops above the object and carries on beneath it.
- A table is made of rows and columns of cells. Rows and columns can be inserted or deleted, and cells can be merged into one.
- Cells can be aligned horizontally (left, right, centre or fully justified) and vertically (top, middle or bottom). Gridlines can be shown or hidden, cells can be shaded, and row heights and column widths adjusted.
- A header is an area at the top of every page, and a footer is an area at the bottom.
- Headers and footers show the same information on every page, such as the title, the author's name, the date and page numbers. Automated fields, such as the page number, the total number of pages, the date and the file name, are filled in and updated by the software.
Worked example
A ten-page report must show the author's name at the top of every page and "Page 3 of 10" at the bottom. How is this done efficiently?
- Type the name once in the header. It then appears on every page.
- Put automated fields for the page number and the total number of pages in the footer.
- The software works out the numbers for each page, and updates them if pages are added.
Tips and tricks
- The purpose of a header or footer: the same information on every page, entered once.
- Automated fields update themselves. Typing "Page 1" by hand is not an automated page number.
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Layout: tables, text wrap, headers and footers: 5 questions and answers
These are the quiz’s questions. Do the quiz first, then come back here for the ones that got you.
Where does a footer appear?
A header is at the top.
Which would be placed in a footer as an automated field?
The software fills it in on every page.
What does merging cells do?
It is often used for a heading across a table.
Which text wrap makes text follow the outline of an image?
Square wrap keeps to a box.
Which is a vertical alignment within a table cell?
Top, middle and bottom are vertical. The others are horizontal.
Quiz
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Worksheet
2 questions, 4 marks. Write your answers on paper, then check them.
Layout: tables, text wrap, headers and footers
Cambridge IGCSE Information & Communication Technology 0417 · 4 marks · papermunch.org
Name ______________________________ Date ______________
Explain the purpose of headers and footers in a document.[2]
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They display information, such as page numbers or the author's name, on every page. The information only has to be entered once.
Describe the difference between square and tight text wrapping.[2]
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With square wrapping, the text flows round a rectangular box around the image. With tight wrapping, the text follows the outline of the image itself.
Answers: Layout: tables, text wrap, headers and footers
- 1. They display information, such as page numbers or the author's name, on every page. The information only has to be entered once.
- 2. With square wrapping, the text flows round a rectangular box around the image. With tight wrapping, the text follows the outline of the image itself.