Microsoft Word test

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Important Tip: read the poem out loud and you will know what words are wrong !!!

1. Open a new blank document

2. Copy and paste the following text:

Alcohol (C2H5OH)

Archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest wine production came from sites in
Georgia and Iran, dating from 6000 to 5000 BC.[11][12] The archaeological evidence becomes
clearer, and points to domestication of grapevine, in Early Bronze Age sites of the Near East,
Sumer and Egypt from around the third millennium BC.[13]

Wine boy at a symposium.

The very oldest known evidence suggesting wine production in Europe and second oldest in
the world comes from archaeological sites in Greece and is dated to 6,500 years ago.[14][15][16]
The same archaeological sites in Greece also contain remnants of the world’s earliest
evidence of crushed grapes.[17] In fact, Greek sources as well as Pliny the Elder describe how
the ancient Greeks used partly dehydrated gypsum before fermentation and some type of lime
after fermentation to reduce acidity. The Greek writer Theophrastus is actually the oldest
known source to describe this aspect of Greek wine making.[18][19]

In Egypt, wine became a part of recorded history, playing an important role in ancient
ceremonial life. Wine was possibly introduced into Egypt by the Ancient Greeks.[20] Traces of
wine were also found in China, dating from the second and first millennium BC[21]

Wine was common in classical Greece and Rome.[22] The Ancient Greeks introduced vines
such as Vitis vinifera[23] and made wine in their numerous colonies in Italy,[24] Sicily,[25] southern
France,[26] and Spain.[23] Dionysos was the Greek god of wine and revelry, and wine was
frequently referred to in the works of Homer and Aesop. The Romans established many of the
major wine-producing regions of Western Europe. Wine making technology improved
considerably during the time of the Roman Empire. Many grape varieties and cultivation
techniques were known, and barrels were developed for storing and shipping wine.[27]

Since Roman times, wine (potentialy mixed with herbs and minerals) was assumed to serve
medicinal purposes as well. During Roman times it was not uncommon to dissolve pearls in
wine for better health. Cleopatra created her own legend by promising Marc Anthony she
would "drink the value of a province" in one cup of wine, after which she drank an expensive
pearl with a cup of wine.[19] Another medieval application was the use of snake-stones
(banded Agate resembling the figural rings on a snake) dissolved in wine against snake bites,
which shows an early understanding of the effects of alcohol on the central nervous system in
such situations.[19]

In medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church was a staunch supporter of wine which was
necessary for the celebration of Mass. In places such as Germany, beer was banned and
considered pagan and barbaric while wine consumption was viewed as civilized and a sign of
conversion.[28] Wine was also forbidden in the Islamic civilization, but after Geber and other
 Muslim chemists pioneered the distillation of wine, it was used for other purposes, including
cosmetic and medical uses.[29] In fact the 10th century Persian philosopher and scientist Al
Biruni described recipes where herbs, minerals and even gemstones are mixed with wine for
medicinal purposes. Wine was so revered and its effect so feared that elaborate theories were
developed which gemstone-cups would best counteract its negative side effects.[19]

3. Put the text into two columns

4. Change the font to Garamond, 10 points, black

5. The chemical formula for alcohol should have the numbers in subscript. Make
it so.

6. Open the Spellcheck Puzzle

7. Change the color of all misspelled words to red.

8. Change the last line of every stanza to italics.

9. Correct the spelling of each misspelled word.

10. Delete the author’s name and type your own name beneath the poem.

11. Mail both documents as an attachment to me (jge@pontes.nl) with your

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