Lab Assignment #2
20 points

Use WordPro to write a headline for the following story from USA Today.

Alter the type so that one line is regular, one line is italic, one line is bold, and one line is both italic and bold.

Example:

Visual Communication is a great class.
Visual Communication is a great class.
Visual Communication is a great class.
Visual Communication is a great class.

Use 5 different typefaces. You should have five sets of headlines like the one above. Remember that not all typefaces have a bold and italic font, so be sure that there is a discernable difference in the lines. If not, choose another typeface.

Save the file as lab2 plus your initials. (Ex: lab2ttp) WordPro will add the .lwp extension.  Save to the F: drive, (YOUR FOLDER!) and then use the file manager to move the file to the dropoff (I:) drive. It must be dropped off on the I: drive to receive credit. You should also copy the file to your A: drive so that you have a copy to take with you.

WASHINGTON - Cars are increasingly colliding with light trucks and the result is more passengers killed in the cars, according to a government study released Tuesday.

Light trucks - sport utilities, pickups and vans - on average weigh 900 pounds more than passenger cars. And in collisions between cars and light trucks, 80% of the deaths are occupants in the cars, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.

The report comes as consumers are demanding more and even bigger light trucks while environmental and safety groups express concerns about fuel efficiency and safety.

Since 1985, the number of light trucks on the road has increased by more than 50%. They now account for more than 40% of new vehicle sales in the United States and their market share is still growing.

Meanwhile, by 1992 the death toll from crashes involving a car and light truck had passed the number of deaths from two-car crashes, according to the report.

The report, which is based on six studies, confirmed that when it comes to safety, a vehicle's size and weight matters.

Phil Recht, NHTSA's deputy administrator, said, "We find if you reduce the weight of passenger cars, you would have more fatalities, and if you reduce the weight of light trucks, you would save some lives."

When cars are reduced in weight by 100 pounds on average, there are an additional 302 traffic deaths each year, the report said.

More than 40% of those deaths were attributed to a car's collision with a light truck.

However, if light-truck weight is reduced by 100 pounds, on balance 40 more lives are saved each year in traffic accidents, the study found.

The study concludes that "a reduction in truck weight is likely to generate significant benefits for pedestrians and car occupants that might exceed the added risk for the occupants of the trucks."

Auto safety advocates and environmentalists argued that the fuel efficiency standard for light trucks should be raised from 20.7 mpg. That would force manufacturers to build lighter or smaller trucks.

But Diane Steed, president of the Coalition for Vehicle Choice, said the report confirms "larger vehicles are safer than smaller ones."

By The Associated Press