Module 3.1
TMA 3


A.M.D.G.


1. What is the correct name for the text that appears exactly the same on all letters of a mail merge document.
(1)
     
2. Describe what is meant by variables in mailmerge? (1)
     
3. What type of linkage is used in mailmerge and why? (2)

 

   
4. List the steps involved in creating a mailmerge document (4)
     
5. 5. Mhairi is farmer who breeds cows and then sells them. She uses a spreadsheet
to work out the profit she will earn from each cow. The total costs for each cow
are calculated automatically using formulae. Part of the spreadsheet is given below:
(1)
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Cow No.   Feeding Costs Vet Costs Total Costs   Selling Price   Profit
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GGH123   105.85 34 139.85   285.5   145.65
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GGH142   95.5 0 95.5   155   59.5
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HHH160   115 34 149   265.5   116.5
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  (a) For each of the following write down a cell reference of a cell containing the object: label, value, formula
(3)
     
  (b) Write down a formula which uses a function to calculate the total profit on the three cows shown.
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  (c) Mhairi changes the value in cell D6 to 34. Name two other cells which will change.
(2)
     
  (d) Some of the entries for the costs, selling price and profit, do not look like amounts of money. Explain what Mhairi could do to solve this problem.
(2)
     
  (e) Cell I5 contains a formula to calculate the profit for cow number GGH123. What is this formula ?
(1)
     
  (f) Cell I6 and I7 also contain formulae. These formulae were not typed in at the keyboard. Describe how this could be done. (2)
     
 
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