Grade: 7 Lesson name: Creating a School News Letter Microsoft Word 2007

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1 Grade: 7 Lesson name: Creating a School News Letter Microsoft Word Open Microsoft Word Word will start up as a blank document. 2. Change the margins by clicking the Page Layout tab and clicking on Margins. Select Narrow. 3. Add this title to your Word document: {Your School Name} News a. The text will be at the left, and will be the default size and style. b. At this point you need to correct the spacing. On the Page Layout tab set the after to 0 pt. c. Press the Enter Key for a new line. d. Type: By: (your first and last name) e. Press enter

2 4. Changing the look of the Font: a. Highlight Your Title text by clicking and dragging the cursor over the text. Select the Home Tab (if not already selected) and change the font to Arial Rounded MT Bold size 36 by selecting the pull down arrows. 5. With the text still highlighted, click the center align button and the bold button found on the Home Tab. 6. Select the font on the second line (By: (yourname)). And change it to the same font style as the title size 26 bold - and centered.

3 7. Adding a border around the title: a. Click on the Insert Tab. b. Select Shapes. Chose the square (fourth one from the left in Recently Used Shapes). Draw the square around the text by using the click and drag method. c. Your screen will now look like this. Don t worry!!! First, click on Send Behind Text. (Format tab) See, it s still there! d. Explore: Chose a shadow and change the line width on your own! It may look something like this:

4 8. Saving your document. Now is a great time to start saving what you started! To save: a. Click on the Microsoft Icon on the top left of your Word Document: b. Go to Save As. c. You will see the above appear. Select Word Document. (Please note: If you have an earlier version of Word, you might want to save in due to different file extensions. For class, you will save in Word Document.). d. Find your folder on the network e. Name it School Newsletter and click save. 9. Now we need to add a Continuous Break. a. Click underneath the outlined Title box. (the box in which your title and name resides) b. Click on the Page Layout Tab in the top ribbon. c. Select Breaks under Page Setup. d. Select Continuous Break

5 e. 10. Save Your Work or by pressing ctrl + S. 11. Adding Text. a. Minimize you newsletter by selecting minimize in the top right corner of Microsoft Word Open your Web Browser. a. Go to your school s Web site and find newsworthy news about your school. b. Highlight the news that you find interesting. c. Copy; (You can do this by 1. Holding down the control key and pressing the letter c. or 2. Right click the mouse and select copy). d. Exit out of your Web Browser. e. Open your Newsletter back up by clicking on it in the tray of the computer. f. Click to the line where you would like to start your text and paste. (This can be done by either 1. Holding down the control key and pressing the letter v. or 2. Right click in the area where you want your text to appear and select paste). g. You ve now entered text! 13. Inserting a graphic. a. Click the insert Tab in the top ribbon. b. Click Clip Art. c. A new window opens to the right. d. Search for school. e. Make sure your cursor is at the end of your body of text. Select an image by clicking on it. f. It is now added to your newsletter. 14. Save Your Work or by pressing ctrl + S. 15. Adding columns to our newspaper.

6 a. Select the body of the text. b. Click on the Page Layout Tab in the top ribbon. c. Click Columns and select two. d. Now, change the alignment (Must be back on the Home Tab) to justify: e. Click off of the text.

7 16. Inserting more text and table. a. Click just after the last period in the newsletter on the right side of the column. b. Hit enter. c. Type: {Your School Name) s Population highlight and bold this heading. d. Hit enter. e. Click Insert select table and chose two columns and three rows f. Click the cursor inside the top row in the left column type: School Year g. Click the cursor inside the top row in the right column type: Population h. Complete the following table as you see it here: School Year Population Adding color to the table

8 a. While the table is selected, a hidden tab appears entitled Table Tools. Click on that tab. b. Click the bottom arrow in the design template under Table Styles. This will open a window that allows you to chose a design using WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get, and yes, this is a true tech term.) c. Select a style of your choice and click! 18. Adding a Bulleted List a. Place your cursor at the end of the table and press enter to start a new line. b. Add the title: Reasons to attend our school highlight the text to make it bold- and press enter. c. List three reasons why you would attend your school. Each thought on one line. Example: Small class sizes. Awesome teachers. And a really great computer teacher. d. Highlight your three reasons and press the Bulleted List button located in the Home Tab. 19. Save Your Work or by pressing ctrl + S. 20. Congratulations! You just completed a newsletter using Microsoft Word 2007!!!

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