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Handbook Capstone
Assemble the complete Northgate handbook — cover, styles, TOC, tables, review, PDF, and sign-off.
Final assembly checklist
Work through every numbered step below. This capstone uses skills from all fifty-seven mastery sections.
- Cover — title, logo, welcome callout, section break after cover.
- Styles — Heading 1 on Uniform, Behaviour, Open Day; Normal body at 11 pt.
- Table of contents — automatic TOC, three levels, updated field.
- Open-day table — schedule with repeated header row.
- Headers and footers — school name, city, page numbers; Roman then Arabic if used.
- Images and SmartArt — compressed photos, alt text, process diagram.
- References — captions and cross-references where used.
- Review — Track Changes off, comments resolved, Editor clean.
- Accessibility — Accessibility Checker passes; heading order correct.
- Export — PDF with bookmarks; Document Inspector run.
- Print — proof five pages; then full run.
Capstone steps
Goal
Deliver the finished NorthgateHandbook.docx for Saturday 14 March 2026.
James Okonkwo delivers one file the whole school trusts — the goal of every lesson since section 1.
Open and save master file
Where
Do this
You should see
- Title bar shows the handbook filename.
Verification
Check your work
You are correct if all of these are true:
- Table of contents page numbers match Print Layout.
- Document Inspector removed comments and hidden metadata.
- Accessible PDF opens with bookmarks and correct school branding.
- Dr. Helen Marsh signed off pages 1–10 for Main Hall and Sports Block.
Northgate sign-off
When Dr. Helen Marsh nods, print the foyer copies. File a backup NorthgateHandbookCapstoneDone.docx for next year's team.
You have completed the Microsoft Word — Complete Mastery roadmap if every sidebar lesson and this capstone are done.
Practice
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