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Formatting A Word Document

This document provides instructions for formatting and styling text using various tools in Microsoft Word. It includes tasks like changing margins and font sizes, inserting images and shapes, creating tables and text boxes, and experimenting with other formatting options like borders, bullets, colors, and text effects. The instructions are broken into 11 numbered sections detailing specific formatting challenges to complete.

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Formatting A Word Document

This document provides instructions for formatting and styling text using various tools in Microsoft Word. It includes tasks like changing margins and font sizes, inserting images and shapes, creating tables and text boxes, and experimenting with other formatting options like borders, bullets, colors, and text effects. The instructions are broken into 11 numbered sections detailing specific formatting challenges to complete.

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That is called the ribbon.

It has all the tools you need!

Formatting Fun

FIRST:

File Save As ID# (J:)

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
MARGINS! Change all the PAGE margins
[NOT THE GUTTERS!] to .9

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 these words to the places that
match their meaning NO Tab, NO space
bar!!! [HINT: Home tab Paragraph box]
Left Center Right

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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. Make it a bulleted 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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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:

Hi
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 B. and


insert a text box. Type something in it.
B. Click on it Format Decorate it,
play with text box styles, add text, change the
text direction, etc.
C. Right click on it
Text Wrapping Tight
Grab the
to the very

[Type a quote from


the document or the
summary of an

[Type a quote from the


interesting point. You
anywhere in the
Tools tab to change
text box.]

interesting point.
You can position the
text box anywhere in

box and slide it


bottom of this
assignment!
document or the summary of an
can position the text box
document. Use the Drawing
the formatting of the pull quote

the document. Use

Blogs:
Paste the
address of
here:

the Drawing Tools


tab to change the
formatting of the
pull quote text box.]

home page web


your blog web

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Explore & see what else you can do!


Surprise me!

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Show an image and its flipped version.
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Insert an image from the Internet.
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Try Shapes!
*
Can you put text in an AutoShape?
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Can you insert & decorate a cube or other 3dimensional shape?
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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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