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In this chapter, you will lay out a professional-looking letter and work with techniques and features that will make your letter stand out from the crowd. Then you will use Word’s table feature to create a well-organized, eye-catching résumé. Finally, you will print your documents and create an envelope for mailing your letter and résumé .  \nLEARNING OBJECTIVES  \n■ Work with spacing and AutoComplete  \n■ Use Word Wrap and the [Enter] key to layout paragraphs  \n■ Use bullet points and create a table  \n■ Save and print documents  \n■ Type an envelope  \n\n| 􀄔 | Project: Crafting a Cover Letter and a Résumé\u003Cbr>Victor Gomez just completed his degree in sales and marketing. He is now ready to begin his career! He is interested in applying for a Customer Support position at Goodspeed Industries. Using Word 2016, Victor creates a professional-looking cover letter and uses Word’s Bullets feature to point out pertinent information he wants to draw the hiring manager’s attention to. He then uses a table to organize his résumé .\u003Cbr>|\n| --- | --- |\n\n24 Chapter 2 | Writing a Letter and a Résumé  \nTyping a Cover Letter  \nIn this part ofthe chapter, you will type a cover letter. Later you will create a résumé and an envelope.  \nTip! If you google cover letter, you will find many websites that provide good ideas for cover letters designed to grab the attention of a hiring manager.  \nText is always typed at the flashing insertion point; therefore, you must position the insertion point at the desired location before typing. As you type, the insertion point moves along in front of the text.  \nLine and Paragraph Spacing  \nThe default line spacing in Word 2016 is 1.08 rather than 1.0. This adds an extra 8% more space between lines than regular single spacing. It also adds 8 points of space after paragraphs. Therefore, rather than tapping [Enter] twice at the end ofa paragraph, you just tap [Enter] once and Word adds the extra spacing.  \nWhen you choose the Blank Document template on the Word Start screen or on the New screen in Backstage view, you are using the default 1.08 spacing.  \nSome documents typically require single spacing, such as business letters, reports, and proposals. Word offers these methods for applying single spacing:  \n■ Single Spaced (blank) template  \n■ Line and Paragraph Spacing button  \nSingle-Spaced Template  \nChoosing the Single Spaced (blank) template from the Word Start screen or from the New screen in Backstage view opens a single-spaced document.  \nThis is a good choice if the majority of your document will be single spaced. If you will use single spacing in only part of your document, the Line and Paragraph Spacing button is a good choice.  \nTyping a Cover Letter 25  \nLine and Paragraph Spacing Button  \nIf you start a new document using 1.08 spacing and then decide you want to apply single spacing to a portion of the document, you can choose the options indicated in the following illustration. You must select (highlight) the text tobe single spaced.  \nThis applies single spacing.  \nThis removes the extra 8 points of space following a paragraph.  \nApply these settings when you wish to type with more compact, traditional spacing.  \nTip! Another way to eliminate extra spacing at the end of a paragraph is to press [Shift]+[Enter] rather than just [Enter] .  \nNonprinting Characters  \nWord has a number of nonprinting characters that are not visible unless you turn on the Show/Hide feature. Nonprinting characters do not appear on the printed page even when the characters appear on the screen. The Show/Hide button on the Ribbon displays nonprinting characters.  \n26 Chapter 2 | Writing a Letter and a Résumé  \nThe [Enter] and [Spacebar] keys, as well as several others, create nonprinting characters. Being able to see these characters can help you make sure the spacing is correct in your document.  \nParagraph symbols","cbCaikEaxx0PcQIs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikEaxx0PcQIs","pdf",2753720,"English","# Learning Objectives\n# Project: Crafting a Cover Letter and a Résumé\n# Typing a Cover Letter\n# Line and Paragraph Spacing\n## Single Spaced Template\n## Line and Paragraph Spacing Button\n# Nonprinting Characters\n# AutoComplete\n# Hands-On 2.1 Set Up a Document","[{\"question\":\"What skills does Chapter 2 target when writing a letter and résumé in Word?\",\"answer\":\"The chapter trains spacing and AutoComplete usage, paragraph layout with the Enter key, bullet points and table creation, document saving/printing, and typing an envelope.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Word 2016 handle line and paragraph spacing by default?\",\"answer\":\"Word 2016 uses default line spacing of 1.08 and adds extra space after paragraphs, so pressing Enter once provides the additional spacing that would otherwise require multiple enters.\"},{\"question\":\"What are nonprinting characters and why do they matter for formatting?\",\"answer\":\"Nonprinting characters are hidden on the printed page but visible when Show/Hide is enabled. 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