P840/2
Computer Studies
Practice Questions
30 minutes
Mail Merge
Mrs. Luutu is a house teacher in Hilltop College. Her school will be holding its inter-house MDD
competition soon: Being a Day School, Mrs. Luutu needs to put in extra time to perfect most of
the activities. She intends to send special letters requesting parents to release their children on a
non-schooling day for practice
The contents of the letter will be the same for all parents except for the parents’ personal details
and titles;
Below is the letter to be sent and a table showing the personal details of the different parents
Hilltop College
P.O.Box 124,
NATETE
13th November 2012
THRU: THE HEADTEACHER
TO: Parent/Guardian of: STUDENT’S NAME
PARENT’S NAME
PHONE NUMBER
Dear TITLE
RE: REQUEST TO RELEASE YOUR CHILD ON SAT 16TH NOVEMBER
As the annual Inter-House MDD competitions draw nearer, our house is devising means of
increasing time for practice.
I hereby request you to release your GENDER on the above mentioned date, to enable us polish
his/her performance as a CATEGORY.
We will be grateful for your positive response.
Yours faithfully,
……………………………
Mrs. Luutu Betty
HOUSE MISTRESS – MBOIZI HOUSE
Student's Name Parent's Name Phone Number Title Gender Category
1 Okech Kate Mr. Okech Moses 0703-232 522 Sir Daughter Dancer
2 Kale Angel Ms. Nankya Percy 0772-545 333 Madam Daughter Actress
3 Ssali Ben Mr. Ssali James 0752-562 418 Sir Son Actor
4 Bbaale Tonny Mr. Bbuye Bob 0712-214 555 Sir Son Singer
5 Nambi Annet Ms. Sonko Sally 0783-655 631 Madam Daughter Actress
6 Ladli Robert Mr. Okidi Fred 0752-989 536 Sir Son Drummer
(a) Type the letter and save it as Permit Letter-Your name. (05 Marks)
(b) Create the table and save it as Permit table-Your Name (02 Marks)
(c) Include a footer of your name and index No on the letter (02 Marks)
(d) Using an appropriate Word Processing feature link the table to the letter so as to generate
6 letters to be the respective parents of the participants in Mr. Lubanga’s House.
(06 Marks)
(e) Print all the 6 letters. (03 Marks)
(f) Set the left and right page margins to 1.5 inches. (01 Marks)
(g) Insert a printed watermark of the name of your school in the entire document.
(01 Marks)