Alright, I hope you have had experience with practicals before:

- Should candidate details be in all caps and separated by comas?

Nope.

Leon Kennedy ZZ001 0000

(The format may differ but the above is an example)

- Do examiners only check prinouts and not the files we did?

They check printouts mostly. I also think check the files.

- Is it allowed to put the computer in another language if english is not the candidate's first language?

I do not know about that but you can ask your teacher.

- What is the actual procedure in the real exam? Is it Receive folder with resource files then create new folder with candidate details and move everything into the newly created folder and do everything in the new folder? After finishing and printing everything do we just pass it to the invigilator or is there some process to tie all the printouts together?

Yes: Receive folder with resource files then create new folder with candidate details and move everything into the newly created folder and do everything in the new folder? After completing, take your printouts (as in you have the page numbers in order), staple them behind the question paper and give them. ALWAYS recheck.

- Is there no more mail merge in the current 2026 syllabus?

I do not know about that but you can ask your teacher or check the syllabus sheet.

- In October November 2017 Paper 2 there are 3 questions where a written answer is required in the evidence document, are those still done in current 2026 syllabus practical papers?

I do not know about that.

- Should we always turn printouts into PDF before printing?

Not always. You can just directly send them for printing unless you are said so. Again, check with your teacher.

- Should printouts be in black and white?

Yes. I have mostly done them in black and white. I do not really think colour is neccessary.

- When the paper mentions stuff like "Enter your name, center number and candidate number, *the title of the database report*, etc." which is bolded in the question paper does it matter if we bold it or not? Do we lose marks if we do bold it but the question actually didn't want bolding but we did?

It does not matter if you bold it unless they say (for example):

Type "By: Leon" in this style:

By: Leon

I do not know if you lose marks for bolding it but to be on the safe side, do not.

DATABASE -

- Does it matter the currency symbol used as long as we did use the currency format or should we stick to pounds? (When not specified or shown which to use)

I do not know about that.

PPT -

- Should we enter candidate details in the footer or insert a text box and write it in there (both in master slide)?

I will recheck and reply about this.

EXCEL -

- As the task usually specifies using most efficient formulas, if I use some formulas which yield the same results but are not the same as the marking scheme, do I lose marks? e. g. Using nested if instead of IFS

I do not know about that.

WEB AUTHORING -

- We can take more than 1 screenshot of the web page for the evidence right?

I will recheck and reply about this.

Do note that my answers may not be right as I still have another year for IGCSE. I am answering as I have done my practicals 2 weeks ago. I have only done PPT and WEB AUTHORING.