Writing Paragraphs

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Writing Paragraphs

• By Mrs. Slonneger
• October 2000

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To begin keyboarding your paragraph

• Start Microsoft Word
• Start / Programs / Microsoft Word

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Discover the Parts of the Word Window

• The Title Bar
• The Menu Bar
• The Standard Toolbar
• The Formatting Toolbar
• The ruler
• The Status Bar

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Discover the Parts of the Word Window cont.

• Scroll Bars

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Non-Printing Characters

• Certain characters do not print but do affect the
  document layout.
• Press on the Standard Toolbar to
• Turn them on
• or
• Turn them off

• You see these characters
• When you press the Tab key
• ? When you press the spacebar
• When you press the Enter key

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Text Area
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Save Your Document

• File/Save As
• Give the file a name by typing in the File Name
  box type your name, first and last no periods
• Choose where to save the file Choose Desktop
  and double-click on the Paragraphs folder

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Start Keyboarding Your Paragraph

• One space between words, two spaces between
  sentences, double space between paragraphs (Press
  Enter twice)
• Press the Tab key to indent 5 spaces (dont use
  the spacebar to insert five spaces)
• If you make a mistake, use the backspace key or
  the delete key (backspace removes characters to
  the left, delete removes characters to the right
  of the insertion point)

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Keyboard Your Paragraph

• Type
• your name
• class period
• Paragraph Assignment
• Teacher - pressing Enter after each line (you
  should have four lines)
• Press Enter 3 times

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Keyboard Your Paragraph

• Type the Title of your paragraph
• Press Enter 2 times
• Type your paragraph letting it wrap around by
  itself do not press Enter at the end of each
  line
• Save your document
• Ctrl S or click on the Save button

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Keyboard Your Paragraph

• Spell check your document
• Click the Spelling Grammar button on the
  Standard Toolbar
• Or press the F7 key

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Format Your Paragraph

• Select All
• Edit/Select All or Ctrl A
• Choose Times New Roman from the Font drop down
  list
• Choose 18 points from the Font Size drop down list

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Format Your Paragraph

• Right align the four lines at the top of your
  document
• Select the four lines by highlighting
• Click the right align button on the Formatting
  Toolbar or press Ctrl R
• Center and Bold the title
• Select the title
• Click the center button on the Formatting Toolbar
  or press Ctrl E
• Click the Bold button on the Formatting Toolbar
  or press Ctrl B

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Format Your Paragraph

• Choose a color for the title
• Select the title if it is not already selected
• Click the down arrow next to the Font Color
  button on the Formatting Toolbar and choose a
  different color (not too light a color or it
  wont show up)

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Format Your Paragraph

• Make the title bigger
• Select the tile if it is not already selected
• Choose 20 from the drop down Font Size arrow on
  the Formatting Toolbar
• Double space paragraph text
• Select your paragraph by clicking and dragging
  with your mouse or by triple clicking in your
  paragraph
• Press Ctrl 2

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Make Your Paragraph Exciting

• Choose a picture to place in your document
• Click Insert/Picture/Clip Art or Clips Online if
  you cant find a picture in the Clip Gallery
• Click on a category or type in a descriptive word
  in the text box and press Enter
• Click Insert to insert the picture or graphic
  into your document
• Choose Text Wrapping on the Picture Toolbar (if
  it is not visible when you click on your graphic,
  choose View/Toolbars/Picture)
• Choose Tight or Square to make your text wrap
  around the picture

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Make Your Paragraph Exciting

• Choose a border to place around your document
• Choose Format/Borders and Shading
• Select the Page Border tab at the top of the
  dialog box
• Click the drop down arrow next to Art
• Choose a border
• Click the Options button
• Choose the drop down arrow next to Measure From
  and choose Text

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Finishing Up

• Save your work
• Ctrl S to save
• Or click the Save Button on the Standard Toolbar
• Exit Microsoft Word
• Click the X in the upper right corner of the Word
  window
• If a dialog box asks you if you want to save,
  choose Yes