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This document provides instructions for formatting text and inserting various design elements in a word processing program. It lists 11 steps including changing margins and font sizes, inserting bullets, tables, borders, clipart, text boxes, and more. The instructions encourage exploration of different formatting options and challenge the user to make creative design choices.

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This document provides instructions for formatting text and inserting various design elements in a word processing program. It lists 11 steps including changing margins and font sizes, inserting bullets, tables, borders, clipart, text boxes, and more. The instructions encourage exploration of different formatting options and challenge the user to make creative design choices.

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Kevin B Wright
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That is called the ribbon.

It has all the tools you need!

Formatting Fun

FIRST: File Save As Click


Documents Save

1. Page margins are the white space on the left


and right and top and bottom of all the words/text.
This PAGE LAYOUT needs some CUSTOM Margin
MARGINS! Change all the PAGE margins [NOT
THE GUTTERS!] to .9

2. Click in the white sp


ace just below these directions and insert your
first name using the color! Change the n! JAZZ it
up!!!
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3. Make the text of these words the color of their
names:
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange

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4. Move the words to the places that match their
meaning NO Tab, NO space bar!!! [HINT: Home tab
Paragraph box]

Right
Left
Center

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5. Many cannot do this. CAN YOU?
Correctly space these words:
Bob was a frog. He did not like to hop. Bob liked to
walk on his tip toes. Silly Bob!

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6. FONTS & BULLETS
A. Change the font sizes of each line below to
match the numbers
Make this size 12

Make this size 24


Make this size 36

B. INSERT BULLETS ON THIS LIST:


Highlight all three lines Click the bullets icon [in
Home] Can you find cool characters for your
bullets?? [You can even IMPORT an image to use as
a bullet!]
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Add a page border (anything you like). Your
choice. [For fun click Art]!

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8. CLIPART
A. Insert a Clipart picture of a person.
B. Find Callout Shapes and insert a design. In
the shape, type something that person would say.
C. CHALLENGE: Shade the speech bubble and
change its border! [HINT: right click!]
Clme

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9. TABLE CHALLENGE:
A. In the white space under B. insert a 3 by 3
table.
B. Make the OUTSIDE BORDER (not inside
cell borders) of the table look like this:

Try different things to make it work! Explore!


HINT:
C. Make each row of the table a different
color. [Highlight the row right click Borders &
Shading.]

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10. FONTS, BOLD, ITALICS


Make each one the font and size it says.
Arial 10
Chiller 12
Courier Bold
Euphemia Purple Italics
Your own choice (type what you did!)
Your own choice (type what you did!)

11. TEXT BOXES


A. Click in the white space below and insert a
text box. Type something in it.
B. Right click on the edge Format
Decorate it, play with text box styles, add text,
change the text direction, etc.

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Explore & see what else you can do!


Surprise me!

* Insert an image and then make a flipped version


next to it. Find FLIP on the ribbon.
Move the image. It doesnt move, does it?!? TRY
THIS: Right click on it Wrap Text Tight. Now
move it where you want it to be!

* Try Shapes!
* Can you put text in a shape?
* Can you insert & decorate a cube or other 3-
dimensional shape?
* Type two paragraphs about
anything appropriate. Highlight
one and click Drop Cap! Repeat
with the other paragraph.
BYE!
HOPE YOU
HAD FUN!

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