DESKTOP PUBLISHING Word v2010

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WordArt 1. Insert tab Word Art button on the Text group. 2. A WordArt drop down box will appear (as shown above) asking which style of writing you would like. Select one. 3.

1 WordArt 1. Insert tab Word Art button on the Text group. 2. A WordArt drop down box will appear (as shown above) asking which style of writing you would like. Select one. 3. A text placeholder box will appear saying your text here. Type your text. Hit Enter. 4. To move the Word Art text, right click on an edge of it to select it (should be a solid line) and choose Wrap Text. Click Tight, now drag to new location. 5. OR click on the Word Art to select it and then go to the Drawing Tools format tab. Choose WrapText and tight. 6. Now click on the WordArt and drag it to its location. 7. To add change colors of the text, add a Shadow or 3D Style, click on the WordArt and then click on Drawing Tools format tab. Select the shape fill or outline, shadow effects or 3D effects buttons choose the style you want. TEXT BOX This is a sample text box. 1. Click on the Insert tab, Text Box button. Choose either Simple Text Box or Draw Text Box. 2. A text box will appear that you can now type in. 3. You can adjust the size of the text box by clicking and dragging the handles around the outside of it. 4. To move the Text Box, click on it and drag it 5. To change the fill color, stroke color, etc. click on the text box to select it, then click on the Drawing Tools tab on the ribbon. You can also right click on an outside edge of the text box, and choose Format Shape options. 1

2 AUTOSHAPES 1. Click on the Insert tab, Shapes button on the ribbon. 2. Choose the shape you want. 3. Click and drag on your screen and the shape appears. 4. You can adjust the size by dragging the handles around it. 5. To move the AutoShape, click on it and drag it. 6. To change the fill color, stroke color, etc. click on the text box to select it, then click on the Drawing Tools tab on the ribbon. You can also right click on an outside edge of the text box, and choose Format Shape. SHADING 1. Select the text or table that you want to add shading to. If you want to shade specific table cells, select the cells, including the end-of-cell mark. 2. On the Home tab, click the either the Shading OR Border button, and select Borders and Shading. 3. Click on the Shading tab. Select the options you want. Be careful when choosing to apply it to paragraph or text! 4. Example: This is shading applied to the Paragraph. An open house is scheduled for November 7-11 from 2:35 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for parents, alumni, businesspeople, and community leaders. This is shading applied to the Text. Just come to Room 305. Information technology students will be there to greet you and explain how the computing hardware and software are used to enhance their learning. **Notice shading to Paragraph shades from the left to the right margin! TEXT WRAP around Clip Art/Pictures 1. Inset a clip art image by going to the Insert tab, Clip Art button. 2. Type in a keyword. Select the picture to insert. 3. Once inserted, click on it and resize by dragging the corner handles in or out. Click on the clip art to select it. Click on the Picture Tools Format tab and choose the WrapText style you want. (see example on next page) 2

3 An open house is scheduled for for parents, alumni, business come to Room 305. will be there to greet you hardware and software are DESKTOP PUBLISHING November 7-11 from 2:35 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. people, and community leaders. Just Information technology students and explain how the computing used to enhance their learning. DROP CAPS 1. Click the paragraph that you want to begin with a "drop cap," which is a large dropped initial capital letter. The paragraph must contain text. 2. On the Insert tab, click the Drop Cap button. 3. Choose Drop Cap Options. 4. Select the options you want. In the example below, the first paragraph has a dropped cap. The second example has an in margin drop cap. Each is a three line drop. 5. Example: A n open house is scheduled for November 7-11 from 2:35 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for parents, alumni, businesspeople, and community leaders. Just come to Room 305. Information technology students will be there to greet you and explain how the computing hardware and software are used to enhance their learning. You will learn how the newly created program of study develops the students' quantitative reasoning, communication, presentation, and business skills to a high level. See the upto-date word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software packages that are used in the department's many courses. Junior and senior students will demonstrate each of the software packages, and you will be given an opportunity to use them. COLUMNS Text in newsletter-style columns flows from one column to the next on the same page. 1. Select the text you want to format in columns: a. An entire document Control A b. Part of the document Select the text. c. Existing sections Click in a section or select multiple sections. 2. Click the Page Layout tab, click the Columns button. 3. Drag to select the number of columns you want. 4. Example on next page: 3

4 An open house is scheduled for November 7-11 from 2:35 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for parents, alumni, businesspeople, DESKTOP PUBLISHING and community leaders. Just come to Room 305. Information technology students will be there to greet you and explain how the computing hardware and software are used to enhance their learning. **To make adjustments to the columns, select them and go to the Columns button and choose More Columns. Add Vertical Lines Between Newsletter-Style Columns 1. Select your columns. 2. Go to the Page Layout tab, Columns button and choose More Columns. 3. Select the Line between check box. 4. Example: An open house is scheduled for November 7-11 from 2:35 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for parents, alumni, businesspeople, and community leaders. Just come to Room 305. Information technology students will be there to greet you and explain how the computing hardware and software are used to enhance their learning. Balance Newsletter-Style Column Length on a Page 1. Click at the end of the column you want to balance. This would be the very last column so click at the end of the text. 2. On the Page Layout tab, click Break. 3. Click Continuous. Microsoft Word inserts a continuous section break, which balances the text equally among the columns. Or as best as it can balance them. Watermarks- Inserting 1. Click on the Page Layout tab and then click Watermark. 2. Do one of the following: o To insert a picture as a watermark, click Custom Watermark, and then click Select Picture. Select the picture you want, and then click Insert. 4

5 o To insert a text watermark, click Text Watermark, and then select or enter the text that you want. 3. Select any additional options that you want, and then click Apply. Watermarks- Removing 1. On the Page Layout tab, click Watermark, Remove Watermark. Watermarks- Editing 1. On the Page Layout tab, click Watermark, Custom Watermark. 2. Do one of the following: o To change pictures, click Select Picture. o To change picture settings, select or clear the options you want under Picture watermark. o To change text, select a different built-in phrase or type in your own phrase. o To change text settings, select or clear the options you want under Text watermark. o Choose Apply. 5

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