These are word processing challenges to stretch you a bit (perhaps) with your skills with tabs. You can ignore the
graphic of Larry Bird unless you find
these exercises easy. In that case, click
here whenever you want the graphic!
Challenge#1 ... click here ... SPACE BAR and RETURN/ENTER
Challenge#3 ... click here ... basic use of "outdented text" for an assignment or resume
Challenge#4 ... click here ... leader tab and right align tab for a table of contents
Exercises
PC format for Microsoft Word ... click ... or PDF form (not very useful) ... click
Mac format for Microsoft Word ... click ... or PDF form (not very useful) ... click
Challenge#4: Writing a Paper and Using quotes, headers, and so on ...
click here for what
it will look like when done!
This is an actual assignment that I have used
for 7th and 8th graders at The Children's Storefront (Steve)
Click here for the text for grade 7 and 8 that contains the two long quotes that need to be indented one inch on each side
Well, six white horses that you did promise Were fin'ly delivered down to the penitentiary But to live outside the law, you must be honest I know you always say that you agree But where are you tonight, sweet Marie ?
If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first."
How to follow the rule of CAPIQ? (make sure commas and periods are inside the
quotes)
How to create the pargraphs? (use the RETURN/ENTER button and then push TAB just once if needed to bump the first line over)
How to add a header and footer? (under the VIEW menu, the feature called HEADER and FOOTER will allow you to put your name centered in the HEADER and put the page number -- looks like # -- in the FOOTER)
How to change all instances of two spaces to one? (using FIND or REPLACE under the EDIT menu will allow you to changes all occurrences of "two spaces" to be "one space")
How to add graphics and make sure they do not exceed one inch? (by going to GOOGLE them IMAGES you can easily find your picture and then "drag it" from the Web into your Microsoft Word document; then you click on the picture and choose under the FORMAT menu to format the picture using SIZE to make either the width or length be 1")
How to make text wrap around graphics? (again, choose to FORMAT the PICTURE and then choose LAYOUT to make a TIGHT fit) ... this same skill is need to FORMAT a TEXT BOX (below)
How to include a caption in a TEXT BOX in 6 point for your Web site? (make sure you COPY the URL of where you got the graphic; then in Microsoft Word, choose INSERT then TEXTBOX and now click the cursor and you can type, pasting in the URL of where you got the graphic) ... yes the TEXT BOX must be in 6 point font size
The file name needs to be in the standard format, e.g. if you do it on April 29th and your name is Hulk Hogan, then it will be April29HulkHoganPaper.doc ... or if you do it on May 2nd and your name is Jane Doe, then it will be May2JaneDoePaper.doc
