Since the data will b mainly text I will use a package that has a different formatting options.
INPUT
Before my data is input it will need to be checked to make sure it is comprehensible and easy to follow.
To dot hat I will show it to different people to see what they think, and then make correction if needed.
Once my data is input I will use my chosen software to prepare my finished work.
PROCESS
Once my data is input I will use the different facilities of word2000 to make corrections eg:
- Spelling corrections.
- resizing pictures
- Putting back ground and text colours
- Page numbering
OUTPUT
I expect my out put to consist hundreds of small but informative magazines which then will be given to the people for free at the local news agent, shopping malls,
Train Station etc
BACKUP/SECURITY
I will save my work in every ten minutes in to my floppy disk and also in to my computer hard disk.
This moth’s Issue:
Did you know one in everyfive child dies of a second-hand smoking related deceases every month!?
Know how to protect your family against this academicFacts you should know about second-hand smoke
Some of the key facts about second-hand tobacco smoke and its dangers are summarized below. Use them to inform your family and friends and to work for smoke-free policies in your community.
Diseases caused by second-hand-smoking
Would you want your lung to look like this??
General facts about second-hand smoke
Second-hand smoke is a cause of disease, including lung cancer in healthy non-smokers. Each year second-hand smoke kills an estimated 3,000 adult non-smokers from lung cancer.
Second-hand smoke causes 30 times as many lung cancer deaths as all regulated air pollutants combined.
Other respiratory problems in non-smokers; coughing, phlegm, chest discomfort, and reduced lung function.
More than 4,000 chemical compounds have been identified in tobacco smoke. Of these, at least 43 are known to cause cancer in humans or animals.
At high exposure levels, nicotine is a potent and potentially lethal poison. Second-hand smoke is the only source of nicotine in the air.
Non-smokers exposed to cigarette smoke have in the body fluids significant amounts of nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other evidence of second-hand smoke.
More than 80 percent of British favour restricting or banning smoking in public places.
Five boroughs in some manner restrict smoking in public places. These laws range from limited prohibitions, such as no smoking on school buses, to comprehensive clean indoor air laws that limit or ban smoking in virtually all public places.
Laws restricting smoking in public places have been implemented with few problems and at little cost to state and local government. Smoking policies may have multiple benefits. Besides reducing exposure to second-hand smoke, such policies may alter smoking behaviour and public attitudes about tobacco use. Over time, these changes may contribute to a significant reduction in London smoking rates.
Second-hand smoke and children
each year exposure to second-hand smoke causes 150,000 to 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections (such as pneumonia and bronchitis) in U.S. infants and children younger than 18 months. These infections result in 7,500 to 15,000 hospitalizations each year.
Chronic cough, wheezing, and phlegm are more frequent in children whose parents smoke.
Children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are more likely to have middle-ear disease and reduced lung function.
Second-hand smoke increases the number of asthma attacks and the severity of asthma in about 20 percent of this country’s two million to five million asthmatic children.
Each year, british mothers who smoke at least 10 cigarettes a day can actually cause between 8,000 and 26,000 new cases of asthma among their children.
A recent study found that infants are three times more likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) if their mothers smoke during and after pregnancy. Infants are
twice as likely to die from SIDS if their mothers stop during pregnancy and then resume following birth.
…for the unborn baby?
Carbon monoxide may reduce the unborn baby’s oxygen supply by 25% or more, retarding growth.
Nicotine reduces fetal nourishment by narrowing placental blood vessels.
for young children?
Compared with children of non-smoking parents, children whose parents smoke are more susceptible to middle ear infections; have more respiratory problems and increased hospital visits for asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia.
Second-hand smoke and the workplace
Workers exposed to second-hand smoke on the job are 34 percent more likely to get lung cancer.
The simple separation of smokers from non-smokers within the same airspace may reduce, but cannot eliminate, the exposure of non-smokers to second-hand smoke.
There is no safe level of exposure to a cancer-causing substance.
Survey responses indicate that at least 4.5 million British workers experience great discomfort from exposure to second-hand smoke.
The best method for controlling worker exposure to second-hand smoke is to eliminate tobacco use from the workplace and implement a smoking cessation program to support smokers who decide to quit.
- Second-hand smoke in restaurants
When eating out, you want to be comfortable and enjoy your food. You certainly don’t want your dining spoiled by toxic chemicals floating around in the air. Yet, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, that’s exactly what happens when someone lights a cigarette.
Restaurants that allow smoking can have six times the pollution of a busy highway. Second-hand smoke has many of the same poisons as the air around toxic waste dumps.
Restaurants that have separate smoking and non-smoking sections cannot eliminate your exposure to the toxins from second-hand smoke. Ventilation systems designed to efficiently circulate air within an enclosed environment is like trying to have a chlorine-free section of a swimming pool
What You Can Do to Reduce the Health Risks of Passive Smoking
In the Home:
Don't smoke in your house or permit others to do so, If a family member insists on smoking indoors, increase ventilation in the area where smoking takes place. Open windows or use exhaust fans.
Do not smoke if children are present, particularly infants and toddlers. They are particularly susceptible to the effects of passive smoking.
Don't allow baby-sitters or others who work in your home to smoke in the house or near your children.
Where Children Spend Time:
If there are designated outdoor smoking areas, smoking should not be permitted right outside the doors (or near building ventilation system air intakes) where non-smokers may have to pass through smoke from smokers congregated near doorways. Some employers have set up outdoor areas equipped with shelters and ashtrays to accommodate smokers.
In Restaurants and Bars
Know the law concerning smoking in your community. Some communities have banned smoking in places such as restaurants entirely. Others require separate smoking areas in restaurants, although most rely on simply separating smokers and non-smokers within the same space, which may reduce but not eliminate involuntary exposure to ETS.
If smoking is permitted, placement of smoking areas should be determined with some knowledge of the ventilation characteristics of the space to minimize non-smoker exposure. For example, non-smoking areas should be near air supply ducts while smoking areas should be near return registers or exhausts.
Ask to be seated in non-smoking areas as far from smokers as possible.
If your community does not have a smoking control ordinance, urge that one be enacted. If your local ordinances are not sufficiently protective, urge your local government officials to take action.
Few restrictions have been imposed in bars where drinking and smoking seem to go together. In the absence of state or local laws restricting smoking in bars, encourage the proprietor to consider his or her non-smoking clientele, and frequent places that do so.
Does your state or community have laws addressing smoking in public spaces? Many states have laws prohibiting smoking in public facilities such as schools, hospitals, airports, bus terminals, and other public laws designed to protect you. Federal laws now prohibit smoking on all airline flights of six hours or less within the U.S. and on all interstate bus travel.
EVALUATE
I have achieved most of my objectives which were (a) to gather accurate information for my research, (b) to make my magazine simple to read for every one by using comprehensive font style and colours (c) to make my magazine attractive by putting eye catching pictures.
I have achieved these objectives by
- Using internet search engines to find information relating to my subject
- Using word formatting options in the word process to choose simple and clear font-sizes and font colours
- I have downloaded pictures from the internet and I have also used scanner to input more pictures
I believe the software I have used was the right one for my work, Although I had some problem with rotating text and fitting it in to small space at the front cover, I had overcame this by using WARD ART instead which is more easy to rotate.
If I had to do this work again, I would have put more pictures to make it more attractive. And I would’ve also put graphs and tables using Excel2000.
If I had more time I would have used more facilities of Word2000 eg: Indexing, Mail merging, Different font colours to create better quality magazine.
I have showed my user to my final product and he was satisfied, but also told me that
- I would have put more pictures to catch the reader’s eyes
- That my text style was more like a business like and that I would’ve used more informal text styles
Using formatting facility in the Word2000 for font sizing, styling, Character spacing.
Inserting Page numbers.
Inserting Columns, spacing text..
I have used picture formatting facility to make the pictures in to the right size, put it in the right position, choose a layout, put back ground colour….
Inserting Pictures from Files, Clip Art, Scanner
EVALUATE
I have achieved most of my objectives which were (a) to gather accurate information for my research, (b) to make my magazine simple to read for every one by using comprehensive font style and colours (c) to make my magazine attractive by putting eye catching pictures.
I have achieved these objectives by
- Using internet search engines to find information relating to my subject
- Using word formatting options in the word process to choose simple and clear font-sizes and font colours
- I have downloaded pictures from the internet and I have also used scanner to input more pictures
I believe the software I have used was the right one for my work, Although I had some problem with rotating text and fitting it in to small space at the front cover, I had overcome this by using WARD ART instead which is more easy to rotate .