GETTING STARTED
Open the file SC_WD19_CS1-3a_FirstLastName_1.docx, available for download from the
SAM website.
Save the file as SC_WD19_CS1-3a_FirstLastName_2.docx by changing the “1” to a “2”.
If you do not see the .docx file extension in the Save As dialog box, do not type it. The program
will add the file extension for you automatically.
To complete this SAM Project, you will also need to download and save the following data files
from the SAM website onto your computer:
Support_WD19_CS1-3a_Quotation.docx
With the file SC_WD19_CS1-3a_FirstLastName_2.docx still open, ensure that your first and
last name is displayed in the footer.
If the footer does not display your name, delete the file and download a new copy from the SAM
website.
PROJECT STEPS
You are an associate consultant for Devon & Company, a major consulting firm located in
Montreal, Canada, and are completing a report for a client on trends in grocery stores. At the
bottom of page 1, align the tops of the “Analysis” and “Direction” pictures with the top of the
“Insight” picture.
Change the theme colors to Green to coordinate with the company logo.
Add a shape to balance the page as follows:
Near the bottom of page 1, insert a Rectangle from the Rectangles section of the Shapes
gallery.
Bring the “Insight”, “Analysis”, and “Direction” pictures to the front.
Resize the new rectangle to a height of 1″ and a width of 6.5″.
Apply the Subtle Effect – Dark Teal, Accent 4 shape style to the rectangle.
Remove the outline from the rectangle.
Drag the rectangle so that its top edge is flush with the bottom edge of the “Trends Analysis” green rectangle on the page and its left and right edges are aligned with the other objects, as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Position of the New Rectangle
On page 2, apply the Fill: Green, Accent color 1; Shadow text effect to the heading paragraph
“Overview”.
Illustrate the suggested strategies for Green Market Grocery as follows:
In the blank paragraph in the “Overview” section, insert a Grid Matrix SmartArt from the Matrix
section of the SmartArt gallery.
Enter the following text in the shapes:
Upper-left shape: Local and fresh
Upper-right shape: E-commerce

Lower-left shape: Shopping and more
Lower-right shape: Meal kits
Format the SmartArt as follows to suit the appearance of the document:
Change the SmartArt colors to Colored Fill – Accent 2.
Change the SmartArt style to Subtle Effect.
Provide more detailed information about a statistic as follows:
Find the sentence “Today, small producers…branded goods market.”
After the period at the end of the sentence, insert a footnote with the following text:
Small producers are those ranked below the top 100 producers.
On page 3, format the picture of the grocery store as follows to improve its appearance:
Flip the picture vertically so that it appears with the correct orientation.
Resize the picture to a width of 6″.
Format the paragraphs in the “Online Grocery Shopping” section as follows:
Create a bulleted list beginning with the paragraph “Add online shopping and delivery services.”
and ending with the paragraph “In-house farmers markets”.
Increase the indent of the paragraphs “Fresh and prepared foods”, “Specialty and local brands”,
“Cooking demonstrations”, and “In-house farmers markets” by one level.
Draw and format a text box as follows to include a quotation about online grocery shopping:
Draw a text box to the right of the paragraph “While investing…realm of grocery store
offerings.” in the “Online Grocery Shopping” section.
Resize the text box to a height of 1.6″ and a width of 2.5″.
Position the text box using the Bottom Right with Square Text Wrapping option.
Copy and paste the paragraph in the document Support_WD19_CS1-3a_Quotation.docx into
the new text box.
Apply the Colored Outline, Green, Accent 1 shape style to the text box.
Apply the Offset: Center shadow from the Outer section of the Shadow Shape Effects gallery.
On page 4, copy the formatting from the text “Dining” to the text “Payment services” to use
consistent font formats in the “In-Store Experiences” section.
Insert a Continuous section break in each of the following locations on page 4 to prepare for
inserting columns and balancing them:
At the beginning of the paragraph “Along with addressing…physical stores.”
At the beginning of the “Subscription Meal Kits” heading paragraph
Format the section you created (beginning “Along with addressing…” and ending “…particular
product traveled.”) into two columns.
Format the picture of the meal kit as follows to improve its layout on the page:
Add a border to the picture of the meal kit using the Green, Accent 1 border color.
Position the picture so that all the body text in the “Subscription Meal Kits” section appears to
the right of the picture and the heading “Subscription Meal Kits” appears above it.
Change the text wrapping to Tight.
Format the table on page 4 in the “Research” section as follows to make it easier to interpret
and to match the formatting of the other tables in the document:
Sort the table in descending order based on the numbers in the Percentage (%) column, noting
that the table has a header row.
AutoFit the table to the window.

Merge the cells in the first column.
Change the direction of the text in the merged cell so that it reads from bottom to top.
Resize the merged cell to a width of 1.2″.
Apply the List Table 3 – Accent 6 table style.
Apply the Align Center alignment to the merged cell.
Modify the first table on page 5 as follows to add new information and to coordinate with the
other tables in the document:
Remove the special formatting for the first column.
Insert a new row at the end of the table.
Enter 2021 in the first cell of the new row, and enter 1.5 in the second cell of the new row.
In the blank cell of the second table on page 5 (cell B6), insert a formula that sums the values
above the cell.
Apply 36 point spacing before the paragraph beginning “For more survey results…” to separate
the paragraph from the rest of the document.
At the end of the “For more survey results…” paragraph, enter [email protected] and
press SPACEBAR to format the email address as a hyperlink.
In the last paragraph in the document (“Devon & Company…devon.cengage.com”), replace the
text “[insert square bullet]” with a filled square symbol (Wingdings: 110) from the Symbol gallery.
In the same paragraph, remove the hyperlink from the web address “devon.cengage.com” to
format it as regular text.
Add Outside Borders to the last three paragraphs in the document (beginning “For more
survey results…” and ending “Devon & Company…devon.cengage.com”), and then change the
border color to Dark Green, Text 2, Darker 25% to separate the paragraphs from the rest of the
document.
Find all instances of the word “shops” and replace it with the word stores to use the correct
term.
Check the Spelling & Grammar in the document to identify and correct any spelling errors. (Hint:
Ignore names and grammar suggestions.)
Your document should look like the Final Figure on the following pages. Save your changes,
close the document, and then exit Word. Follow the directions on the SAM website to submit
your completed project.