Allisons Microsoft Word Lesson

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Allisons Microsoft Word Lesson ?

• For CGS 2100
• Textbook pages WD 148-172

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Welcome to my Word lesson!

• When you have completed this tutorial, you should
  have all the information you need to complete
  Assignment 3.
• (Please be aware that this is just a lesson, not
  the actual assignment. The instructions for the
  assignment you need to submit are on the course
  website under Lab Assignments.)

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Open the newsletter document

• If you are at home, please download the
  Prevention.docx data file from my website.
• If you are at school, read on!
• Open the Start menu
• Go to Programs, choose To Students
• Open CGS 2100 Data Files
• Open 90577-6_Word
• Open Tutorial.04, then Tutorial
• Finally, open Prevention.docx

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Do you see this?

• If so, good! Move on to the next step.
• If not, review the last slide and locate the
  appropriate file.

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Using WordArt to Create a Headline

• Place your insertion point at the beginning of
  the document. (In other words, click before
  Preventing so you see your little flashing bar
  there.)
• Click the Insert tab.
• In the Text group, click the WordArt button. You
  should see this

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Using WordArt to Create a Headline

• 4. Choose a WordArt style that you like. An Edit
  WordArt dialog box will open.
• 5. Type Healthy Living to replace the Your
  Text Here text.
• Side note you can also change the font and size
  here. You will need to know this for the
  assignment.
• 6. Click OK.

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Edit text and formatting of WordArt

• You should now see this
• For future reference, when you have the WordArt
  selected, a WordArt Tools tab will appear on
  the ribbon. You can use this to edit the WordArt
  further.
• Go to the next step.

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Centering the WordArt

• Click directly after your WordArt graphic, and
  press ENTER.
• You should now see this
• Now click on the WordArt graphic to select it.
• Click on the Home tab (if you are not there
  already).
• In the Paragraph group, click on the Center
  button.

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Adding newspaper-style columns to the body of the
newsletter

• Click to the left of Preventing Type II
  Diabetes.
• Click the Page Layout tab.
• In the Page Setup group, click the Columns
  button.
• Choose More Columns

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Adding newspaper-style columns to the body of the
newsletter

• Set your dialog box to look like mine
• Select Two
• Check Line between
• Select This point forward
• from the dropdown menu
• Click OK.

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What we have so far

• Your page should look similar to the one on the
  right (you may have different WordArt or sizing.)
  If so, go to the next step.
• If it looks dramatically different, you can press
  CTRLZ (Ctrl and Z at the same time) to undo your
  last several steps so that you can re-try them.
  (CTRLY is redo.)

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Inserting Clipart

• Click at the beginning of the paragraph below
  Get Moving (right before The surgeon).
• Click the Insert tab.
• In the Illustrations group, click the Clip Art
  button.
• A search bar will pop up on the right of the
  screen.
• Type running in the Search for
• field.

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Inserting Clipart

• Many images will come up. Browse for a simple one
  that you like, and click it once. It will appear
  in your document.
• By default, both the image and the Picture Tools
  format tab should
• be selected. If not, first
• select the image, then
• the Picture Tools format
• tab from the ribbon.

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Formatting Clipart

• From the Arrange group, click the Text Wrapping
  button.
• This forces the text to wrap around
• your picture. Select Tight.
• The text should now wrap around
• your image like this

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Inserting Drop Caps

• Click in the paragraph below the heading
  Preventing Type II Diabetes.
• Click the Insert tab.
• In the Text group, click the Drop Cap button.
• Choose Dropped.
• Once youve deselected the drop
• cap, you should see this

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Inserting a Border Around the Page

• If you cant see the whole page, change the view
  by
• Clicking the View tab
• In the Zoom group, click One Page
• Click the Page Layout tab.
• In the Page Background group, click the Page
  Borders button. A dialog box will appear

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Inserting a Border Around the Page

• Edit your settings so that they are like mine
• Choose the Box setting
• Scroll down and select the line style shown at
  right
• Make sure Apply to is set to Whole document
• Click OK.

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Fin! ?

• Your page should look similar to this
• Youre done! ?