Formatting Fun

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 MARGINS! Change

all the PAGE margins [NOT THE

GUTTERS!] to .9

FIRST: File Save As Click

Documents Save

That is called the ribbon.

It has all the tools you need!

Margin

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2. Click in the white space just below

these directions and insert your first

name using Word Art. Change the color!

Change the design! 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 tiptoes. 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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7. Page Layout will lead you to page

borders. 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!]

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Have a good day!

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

Franklin Gothic Heavy Italics

Lucida Calligraphy Blue Underlined

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.

My knee hurts. :p

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Explore & see what else you can

do!

Surprise me!

* Show an image and its flipped version.

Find FLIP on the ribbon.

Move the image. It doesn’t move, does

it?!? TRY THIS: Right click on it Wrap

Text Tight. Now move it where you

want it to be!

* Insert an image from the Internet. Try

moving it around! DOES it move? If not, right

click on the image Wrap text Tight

* 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!