Computer Boot Up Camp

Week Four Class Notes-

Using Advanced Word Processing Tools and Features

 

 

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EXERCISE 1-Go to the “R: Drive …into our class folder and open up the file called Ex4-1.

 

Save it to your personal folder and call it Fitness.

 

 

1. Borders

 

There are two kinds of borders that we will work on today. One is the kind that goes all around the whole page. The other is the kind that just goes around some text.

 

 

EXERCISE 2-PAGE BORDERS-Using your fitness document, go to FORMAT…Borders. Click on the Page Borders Tab.  You can choose from one of the lines. Try a few. You can also click on the Art box and choose from art borders…Like the one on this document. Try a few of these, as well. You can experiment with the width of the border. You can also see how you might apply it to some or all of the document with the Apply to box.

 

EXERCISE 3-TEXT BORDERS-First you have to select some text that you want in a box or border…like the one around this paragraph. Then you select the style and width. Play with these features until you get the style you like.

 

 

 

2. Bullets

 

(    There are two kinds of bullets. Numbers and symbols. Bullets are used to list stuff in your document. Let’s first put some number bullets in your document.

 

I    EXERCISE 4-We are going to bullet the bold questions in the document. There are four of them. Highlight the first question. There is a little button on the task bar that has 12 3 on it. Click on it and it will add the number 1 to your document. Then highlight the second question and click the bullet button again. It SHOULD put a number 2 next to that. Do the other 2 questions.

 

(    After you finish that, press the undo button 4 times to get rid of these bullets. Then try the same thing with the symbols button…which is right next to the numbered button.

 

I    Let’s say that you want a different symbol for your bullet…like the one at the beginning of these paragraphs. Go to FORMAT…BULLETS…Customize…Bullet. This will bring up all the symbols fonts on the computer, and you can choose any of these symbols for your bullet. Then you can use your selected for the lists you make.

 

 

 

3. Columns-You can put any text into columns. You can even tell the computer which text should be in the column, and which should not.

 

 

 

 

 

EXERCISE 5-In your document, select and highlight from the fourth paragraph to the end of the document. Click on FORMAT…COLUMNS. Choose 2 columns. See how just that text is put into two columns, but the top is the same.

 

 

 

4. Tables-Tables help to organize information so that it is easy to read.

 

We will make a table at the bottom of your document. Put your cursor there.

 

EXERCISE 6-Go to TABLE…in the menu bar. Click on INSERT…Table. Select three columns and three rows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type the following words into your table. Use the TAB key to move from cell to cell. Don’t include the commas.

 

Row 1: OVERLOAD, Body works harder, Muscles become stronger

Row 2: HIGH INTENSITY, Improve current fitness, High heart rates

Row 3: INTERVAL TRAINING, High intensity, Low intensity

 

You can add extra rows or columns by clicking at the very end of the table outside the last cell, then going to TABLE…INSERT ROW BELOW.

 

5. Inserting headers

 

Many papers call for headers. These will be located at the top of every page in your document. Headers contain your name and the page numbers (which are numbered automatically and change automatically if you add or delete stuff.)

 

EXERCISE 7-You will probably have to delete your page border if you want the header. They usually don’t go together. Go to FORMAT…BORDERS…PAGE BORDERS. Choose NONE.

 

NOW, go to VIEW…HEADERS…Find the button that says show/hide document text. Click on it. Your document goes away. Choose Insert Auto Text and choose the one with author, page, and date. This will appear on all your pages with different page numbers for each.

 

 

7. Page breaks

 

Page Breaks are places that you put in where you always what the next text to be forced to the next page.

 

EXERCISE 8-Click on your document where you would like to see a page break.

 

Then go to INSERT…Break…PAGE. You can also do this for columns. This is helpful for science reports when you want each section on a different page.

 

Save your work and print it out.