lesson ms word

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Lesson One

Creative Writing

Open Microsoft Word.

Write a creative paragraph of at least 150 words about a recent

news article.

Give it a title. Center and underlinethe title.

Within the paragraph, put ten different fonts.

Highlight one or more words in your paragraph and change the size

of the words. Change at least 10 words in the paragraph.

Put a border around your paragraph.

As well, run spell checkand word count on your document.

At the bottom of your document, type in how many words are in

your document.

Lesson Two

A Story to Remember

You must create a short story with at least three separate pages.

Insert a graphic into each of the pages. Once the graphic is inserted,

resize and centre the picture. Under each graphic, insert a text box

into the document. Type at least 50 words tying your picture into

your complete story. Make the text box bigger if you need to.

Change or add a border to your text box.

Each page must have a page number, date and time. The page

number must be in the bottom right of the footer. The date must bein the header on the right side of the page. The time must be in the

header on the left side of the page

Do a spell checkand word count. Type the word count at the bottom

of the page.
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Please type your name and word count at the bottom of the page.

Lesson 3

From Rags to Riches

Use the internet, newspaper, or magazine to research at least 3 celebrities

from the entertainment world. NOTE: On your Microsoft Word

document, check to see that the margin measurements are incentimeters. If not, go to the following link to learn how to change

them to centimetres.

Changing to centimetres

The following is to completed for each of the three celebrities:

Write a short biography about your celebrity

List three movies they have been in. Students must

demonstrate that they have used the "Tab" feature or the"Bullet" feature.

o The first celebrity's movies must be three (3)

centimetres from the margin using only the tab

function.

o The second celebrity's movies must be 6 centimetres

from the left margin with the same "Bullet" beginning

each line.

o The third celebrity's movies must be 9 centimetres

from the left margin with a different bullet beginning

each line.

Below is an example of what each celebrities biography should look like.
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The following are a few sites that have celebrity biographies and their

entertainment contribution.

International Movie DataBase

Biography

Example
http://www.imdb.com/http://www.biography.com/http://www.imdb.com/http://www.biography.com/


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Lesson Four

Let's Decorate

Open Microsoft Word

1. You need a border around the entire page.

Open Format menu and select Borders and Shading

Click the "Page Border Tab"

Click the drop arrow beside "Art" which located near the

bottom of the page.

Choose one of the page borders and click OK.

2. Give your page a title from Word Art.

Open Insert menu and select Pictures.

Beside pictures choose a "Word Art".

Choose one design and give your page a title.

3. Insert a graphic

Copy one from the internet or

Open the Insert menu


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Choose picture From File or Clip Art

4. Write 150 words about the graphic.

The font must have at least 10 different colours.

5. Insert a Horizontal line at the bottom of the page.

Open the Format Menu / Borders and Shading /

Horizontal Line (Found at the bottom of the page).

6. Show that you did a word count.

7. Do a spell check.

Lesson Five

Lets Sell Something

1) Open Microsoft Word

2) Open File and New.

3) If the window below does not appear, look for General Templates whichis found on the right side of the screen on the Dell computers.

Choose the "Publication" Tab


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4) Choose "Brochure" and click OK


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5) Read the tips and replace the text. Be sure to read the tips on page two.

The text on the brochure must be replaced by text you created.

Pictures can be replaced by pictures from Microsoft Word or from

the internet. Where the side is blank may remain blank or you may

add text, symbols, or graphics.

Lesson Six

Using Images in Word Documents

In this lesson you will learn:

more than one way to import images to your Microsoft Word document.

to put a caption under a image.

When reading the assignment below, click the coloured words to open a

"How to" window. This will give you some instruction on how to do the

specific task. Be sure to include your name near the bottom of the page.

Check the dictionary below if you have any problems with the

vocabulary.

dictionary

Assignment

Pick a ClipArt picture. Put a caption under it which briefly

describes the picture. Type a fifty word detailed story about the

picture. Next, find a picture from the internet and insert it into your

document. Add a caption to it. Give a fifty word detailed story about

the image. Both pictures should be centered on the page.
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Lesson Seven

Columns

In this lesson you will:

insert columns in a designated part of your document.

copy and paste text.

When reading the assignment below, click the coloured words to open a

"How to" window. This will give you some instruction on how to do

the specific task. As well, if you have any problems with the

vocabulary, you can use the dictionary below to help you with it's

meaning. After you have looked up the word, click the "Back"

button until you return to the lesson.

dictionary

Assignment
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All Recipes

Lesson Eight

In this lesson you will:

o insert a table and configure the number of columns and rows.

o change the background of the table and the page.

When reading the assignment below, click the coloured words to

open a "How to" window. This will give you some instruction on

how to do the specific task. Be sure to include your name near the

bottom of the page.Check the dictionary below if you have any

problems with the vocabulary.

dictionary
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Assignment

The first thing you must do is open up Microsoft Word. Next is to

insert a table with 3 columns and 12 rows. In the center cell on top,

place the title "Top Ten Your Choice." In the second row, place theword "Rank" in the first column, the word "Description" in the

second column, and the word "Why?" in the third column. Under

Rankcolumn put the number "1" in the third row, "2" in the fourth

row, "3" in the fifth row, and so on until you get to the number 10.

Under theDescription column, describe what is your favourite of the

heading you chose. Under the Why column, tell why you like it.Change the background colour of your table and the colour of your

page. Be sure to type your name on the bottom of the page.

Lesson Nine

Internet Pictures

When reading the assignment below, click on the coloured words to open a

"How to" window. This will give you some instruction on how to

complete the specific task. Be sure to add your name to your
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assignment. Check the dictionary below if you have any problems

with the vocabulary.

dictionary

Assignment

o Open a new document in Microsoft Word.

o Give your page a title.

o Divide your page into three columns. Your page should have a title

centered at the top and the three columns below it.

o Open Internet Explorer.

o Find an appropriate image from the internet.

o Paste your image in the first column. Write a short description of your

image.

o

Repeat the procedure, and paste a picture in each column with adescription below each..

Be sure to type your name at the bottom of the assignment.

Lesson 10

For this last lesson, you must combine all the skills from lessons 1 to 9 and

create an attractive front page of a newspaper page. If you need a

review on any of the skills, the lessons can be navigated through by

the buttons on the left. In your newspaper you must have:
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1. a title or name of your newspaper which will be centred on top.

2. three columns beneath the title.

3. one section or text box with a different background than the rest of the

paper.

4. five different types of fonts.

5. three different sizes of fonts.

6. an index to what could be in your newspaper done by inserting a 2

columned table within a frame.

7. at least two pictures, one must have a caption.

8. a text written ad placed in the header or footer.

9. an indented part of the page where a tab was used.

10. a border around one textbox.

11. a date placed in the upper right corner of the header.

12. at least 200 words long. This should be indicated in the bottom left of the

footer.