1. Comp5 Software Product Homework Assignments
Word Assignment #1
As director of employee insurance and benefits, you are responsible for keeping all Employee Insurance
and Benefits staff members informed of changes in procedures or policies. You will be scheduling a meeting
on Thursday, September 15, at 8:30 a.m. in Conference Room G to discuss the new information system,
along with new claim forms and benefits. It is important all staff members attend. If they will be on vacation
or are unavailable, they need to contact you to arrange to receive the informational packet that will be
distributed at the meeting. You prepare a memorandum about the meeting. A copy of the memo should be
sent to Marsha Goldfarb. Use the Memo Wizard or a memo template, together with the concepts and
techniques presented in this project, to create and format the interoffice memorandum. Submit via
Blackboard.
Word Assignment #2
You are an estimator for Lorach Construction and have drafted an estimate for a home renovation project.
The draft estimate is in file WD C-3.doc which is a Word document. It is available from
www.cos.edu/sargent under Assignments Downloads. You need to format the document according to the
following instructions.
1. Format the company name in 24-point Arial Black and add a dotted underline under the name.
2. Format the next three lines in Arial 10-point and the center the first four lines of text.
3. Format the title “Proposal of Renovation” in 16-point Arial Black and center the title.
4. Change the date to the current date.
5. Use 12-point Arial Black for the following headings: “Date”, “Work to be performed for and at”,
“Scope of the work”, “Payment schedule”, and “Agreement”.
6. Select the 14-line list under “Scope of work” that begins with “Demo of all…” and set a right tab stop
at 5.75”. Insert a tab before every price in the list. Indent the list 0.5 inches to the right.
7. Apply bold to the two lines, “Total estimated job cost” and “Approximate job time”.
8. Replace “Your name” with your name. Add a fancy border (of your choosing) around your name.
9. Submit via Blackboard.
Word Assignment #3
The ever-increasing presence of computers in everyone's lives has generated an awareness of the need to
address computing requirements for those who have or may develop physical limitations. The Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires any company with 15 or more employees to make reasonable attempts
to accommodate the needs of physically challenged workers. Whether at work or at home, you may find it
necessary to acquire devices that address physical limitations. Using Word's Research task pane, the
school library, other textbooks, magazines, the Internet, friends and family, or other resources, research the
types of input and/or output devices designed for physically challenged computer users. Then, prepare a
brief research paper (at least 500 words) that discusses your findings. Include at least one explanatory note
and two references, one of which must be a Web site on the Internet. Use at least one clip art image and
one WordArt title. Research the conventions of using the Modern Language Association (MLA) rules for
margins, page numbering, spacing, footnotes, title, etc. Use those conventions for your paper. Submit your
paper via Blackboard.

2. Excel Assignment #1
You are a spreadsheet specialist consultant for Super Store Furniture. The owners of the store want to
know the total cost of their furniture inventory. The data and the format of the desired report are shown
below:
Item Units on Unit Cost Total Cost
Hand
Rugs 983 89.00
Sofas 1980 678.00
Loveseats 2187 189.00
End Tables 2354 65.45
Lamps 2346 23.85
Total
Instructions:
• Prepare a spreadsheet using the table above.
• Use a formula to calculate the total cost for each item. Total Cost = Units on Hand * Unit Cost. For
example, in cell D3 you might have the formula =B3*C3
• Use the SUM function to calculate the total units on hand as well as the total cost for all five items.
For example, =SUM(B3:B7)
• Submit your spreadsheet via Blackboard.
Excel Assignment #2
You are a spreadsheet specialist consultant for Super Store Furniture. The owners of the store want to
know the profit potential of their furniture inventory. The data and the format of the desired report are shown
below:
Item Units on Unit Cost Total Cost Average Total Value Potential
Hand Unit Price Profit
Rugs 983 89.00
Sofas 1980 678.00
Loveseats 2187 189.00
End Tables 2354 65.45
Lamps 2346 23.85
Total
Average
Lowest
Highest
Instructions:
• Prepare a spreadsheet using the table above. Be sure to use appropriate formatting.
• Compute “Total Cost”, “Average Unit Price”, “Total Value”, and “Profit Potential” by using the
following formulas:
o Total Cost = Units on Hand * Unit Cost
o Average Unit Price = Unit Cost * (1 / (1 - .65))
o Total Value = Units on Hand * Average Unit Price
o Profit Potential = Total Value – Total Cost
• Use the AVERAGE, MIN and MAX functions to determine the appropriate values for the “Unit
Cost”, “Total Cost”, “Average Unit Price”, “Total Value”, and “Profit Potential” columns (Rugs
through Lamps).

3. • Submit the spreadsheet via Blackboard.
Excel Assignment #3
Problem: Your supervisor in the Payroll department has asked you to modify a payroll workbook that can
be downloaded from www.cos.edu/sargent (Assignment Downloads), under Illiana Custom Homes. The
major modifications requested by your supervisor include: (1) reformatting the worksheet; (2) adding
computations of time-and-a-half for hours worked greater than 40; (3) removing the conditional formatting
assigned to the range B4:B9; (4) adding calculations to charge no federal tax in certain situations; (5)
adding Social Security and Medicare deductions; (6) adding and deleting employees; and (7) changing
employee information.
Instructions:
• Bold the entire worksheet.
• Enter column titles as follows: “YTD Soc. Sec.” in cell E3, “Gross Pay” in cell F3, “Soc. Sec.” in cell
G3, “Medicare” in cell H3, “Fed. Tax” in cell I3, “State Tax” in cell J3, “Net Pay” in cell K3, and “%
Taxes” in cell L3.
• Change the column widths as follows: A = 25.00; B = 9.43; C = 7.00; D = 6.00; E = 13.14; F through
K = 9.71; and L = 8.43. Change the row heights as follows: row 1 = 41.25; rows 2 and 3 = 18.00.
• Delete row 7 (Rifken, Felix). Change Hadef Kaden's (row 5) rate of pay to $8.00 and number of
dependents to 10.
• In column E, enter the YTD Soc. Sec. values listed in the table below:
Employee YTD Soc. Sec.
Jedi, Hubert 4,974.00
Kaden, Hadef 5,340.20
Pancer, Dion 4,254.00
Sanchez, Maria 5,393.00
Scarff, Heidi 4,825.50
• Add two new rows using the data in the table below:
Employee Rate Hours Dep. YTD Soc. Sec.
Ho, Lee 25.50 6.00 7 250.00
Mil, Tyrone 31.50 32.50 5 5,394.00
• Enter row headings as follows: “Totals” in cell A11, “Average” in cell A12, “Highest” in cell A13,
“Lowest” in cell A14, “Social Security Tax Rate” in cell A16, “Medicare Tax Rate” in cell A17,
Federal Tax Rate in cell A18, “State Tax Rate” in cell A19, and “Max. Social Security Tax” in cell
A20.
• Assign a Comma style with two decimal places to the ranges B4:C11, E4:K11, B12:C14, F12:F14,
and I12:K14. Assign a Percent style and two decimal places to the range L4:L14. Center the range
D4:D10.
• Enter a Social Security tax rate of 6.20% in cell B16, a Medicare tax rate of 1.45% in cell B17, a
Federal tax rate of 20% in cell B18, a State tax rate of 3.2% in cell B19, and a maximum Social
Security tax paid of $5,394.00 in cell B20.
• Add formulas to determine the gross pay in column F, the Federal tax in column I and the State tax
in column J as follows (use absolute cell referencing for the Federal tax rate and State tax rate):
o In cell F4, enter an IF function that applies the following logic and then copy it to the range
F5:F10.
 If Hours <= 40, then Gross Pay = Rate * Hours, otherwise Gross Pay = Rate *
Hours + 0.5 * Rate * (Hours - 40)
o In cell I4, enter the IF function that applies the following logic and then copy it to the range
I5:I10.

4. If (Gross Pay - Dependents * 38.46) > 0, then Federal Tax = Federal Tax Rate *

(Gross Pay - Dependents * 38.46), otherwise Federal Tax = 0
o In cell J4: State tax = State tax rate * Gross Pay and then copy this formula to the range
J5:J10.
• An employee pays Social Security tax only if his or her YTD Soc. Sec. in column E is less than the
Maximum Social Security in cell B20. Use the following logic to determine the Social Security tax for
Hubert Jedi in cell G4 and then copy it to the range G5:G10.
o If Social Security Tax * Gross Pay + YTD Soc. Sec. > Maximum Social Security, then
Maximum Social Security - YTD Soc. Sec., otherwise Social Security Tax * Gross Pay
o Use absolute cell references for the Social Security Tax and Maximum Social Security
values.
• In cell H4, enter the following formula and then copy it to the range H5:H10.
o Medicare = Medicare Tax * Gross Pay
o Use absolute cell referencing for the Medicare tax rate.
• In cell K4, enter the following formula and copy it to the range K5:K10.
o Gross Pay - (Soc. Sec. + Medicare + Fed. Tax + State Tax)
• In cell L4, enter the following formula and copy it to the range L5:Lll.
o (Soc. Sec. + Medicare + Fed. Tax + State Tax) / Gross Pay
• Calculate totals in row 11 for columns C, and E through L.
• Use the functions of Average, Max and Min for the range of cells B4:C10, F4:F10, I4:L10.
• Format the worksheet appropriately.
• Enter your name, course, and instructor name in the range A22:A24.
• Assign the NOW function to cell A25 and format it to the MM/DD/YYYY style.
• Submit your spreadsheet via Blackboard.
Excel Assignment #4
1. Use the spreadsheet from Homework Assignment #1 to create a pie chart showing the cost of each
item as a slice of the pie. Rename this worksheet “Cost”.
2. On a new worksheet, use the spreadsheet from Homework Assignment #2 to create a pie chart
showing the value of each item as a slice of the pie. Rename this worksheet “Value”.
3. Graph the following formula: Y = X2 – 3X + 7 in a new worksheet and rename it “Graph”. Use X
values of -40 through +40 in increments of 10.
4. Submit your spreadsheet workbook via Blackboard.
Access Assignment #1
1. Create a table as follows:
Label Data Type
Item Text
Units on Hand Number
Unit Cost Currency
Total Cost Currency
2. Enter the data for Item, Units on Hand and Unit Cost from Excel Homework Assignment #1 into the
table. Leave the Total Cost blank. Save the table as “Super Store”.
3. Submit your table via Blackboard.

5. Access Assignment #2
Download the Regional Books database from www.cos.edu/sargent (Assignment Downloads) and develop
the following queries.
a. List the book code, title, units on hand, and price of all books. Name the query A.
b. List the book code, title, and price of all paperback books. Name the query B.
c. List the book code, title, price, and publisher name for all books where there are less than 3
books on hand. Name the query C.
d. List the book code, title, and author for all books. Name the query D.
e. The bookstore has added a used book section. Add a field to the database to indicate whether a
book is used or new. All books currently in the database are new books.
f. The default sort order for the Books table should be by title rather than book code.
g. The title for the book 5890 actually is Great Regional Recipes and Food.
h. Add the used book, County Politics to the database and use 9867 as the book code. County
Politics was written by Estelle Dearling and published by VanNestor. The book is a hardback and
sells for $7.95. There is only one copy of the book.
i. Submit your database via Blackboard.
Access Assignment #3
As office manager of a cardiology clinic, you want to build a form that quickly calculates a height-to-weight
ratio value based on information in the Outcomes Data table which is a part of the Clinic-C database. You
can download Clinic-C from www.cos.edu/sargent under Assignment Downloads.
Using the Forms Wizard, create a form based on the Outcomes Data table with only the following fields:
MR#, Date, Height and Weight. Name the form: Initial Data.
1. Copy the form to a new one with the name: Height Weight Data.
2. In Design View, use the Text Box button to add a text box and accompanying label below the
weight box.
3. Enter the expression =[height]/[weight] in the unbound text box.
4. Change the associated label to “Ratio”.
5. Change the Format property of the calculated control to Fixed and the Decimal Places property to
2.
6. Modify the label “MR#” to “Medical Record Number”.
7. Copy the Height Weight Data form to a new form with the name: Last Data.
8. In Design View, drag the Chol, HDL and LDL fields from the field list and format in an appealing
way. Hint: on the Design tab, click on “Add Existing Fields” to get access to these items and then
double click on each field desired.
9. Submit your work via Blackboard.

6. Access Assignment #4
You have been hired to create a report for a physical therapy clinic. The database is available at
www.cos.edu/sargent and is named Therapy-D (from Assignment Downloads).
1. Use the Report Wizard to create a report using all of the fields from the Therapist Satisfaction
Query except for the Initials and First fields. Name the report: Initial Data.
2. Copy the report to a new report named: PT Satisfaction.
3. In Report Design View add a label that displays your name.
4. Click on the Group & Sort icon. Group on Last and add a footer section. Add a sort by PatientLast.
5. Add a text box to the Last footer section below the Courtesy text box in the Detail section. Change
the accompanying label to “Averages” and enter an expression to calculate the average value for
the Courtesy field. =avg([courtesy])
6. Add another text box to the Last footer section below the Knowledge text box in the Detail section.
Delete the accompanying label and enter an expression to calculate the average value for the
Knowledge field.
7. Modify the Format property of these two new fields to be Fixed with 1 decimal place.
8. Modify the label “Last” in the Page Header section to “Therapist”.
9. Submit your work via Blackboard.
PowerPoint Assignment #1
Search the Internet to learn how to make your PowerPoint presentation effective. Create a presentation that
incorporates what you learn. Your presentation must include at least 15 slides. Submit your presentation via
Blackboard.
PowerPoint Assignment #2
Create a PowerPoint presentation on a topic of your choice. Your presentation must include at least 15
slides which demonstrate your ability to use the drawing tools, AutoShapes, ClipArt, and SmartArt. Submit
your presentation via Blackboard.