Class 5 Notes are in progress and are subject to change

Class 5 Outline:

• Update the Excel 2007 spreadsheet of each individual student's semester grades
• Understand effective elements of professional-looking document design for formal and informal publications
• Continue to explore MS Word 2007 as tool for formatting newsletters and other publications
• Text wrap
• Text box
• Format and Format Painter
• Inserting pictures and logo
• Page breaks and columns
• Find and Replace
• Citations - http://citationmachine.net
• Introduction to page layout using MS Word - Texas Book Festival Press Release
• Page layout, continued - Olives article
• Understand homework assignments

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Copy your photo from the 2010spstupics folder from Class to Groups (you can just leave it "loose" in your Groups folder - we may use it again).

 Upload your photo to your TLearn Profile.  If you have another photo (portrait-type) that you would prefer, you may use that instead.

Quiz Next Tuesday,  February 2. The quiz will cover everything we have done so far this semester, including hands-on assignments and practices in class, homework assignments, readings, information from Joe Hatch and the Server Room tour.

Copy 5photoword from the Class folder to your Groups folder

Update Grades spreadsheet

WORDLE - copy and paste your introductory blog entry into wordle - take a screen shot of your "word cloud." Paste it into paint and save. Upload it to your blog.

Whose WORDLE Graphic?

********Belisle's Easy Design Tips for producing professional looking documents (without a degree in Graphic Design)

Exploring Word 2007, continued - Formatting a document for publication

Show templates and show how to customize them: Newsletter/Publication Templates in Word 2007

We have worked with the Home and Insert tabs on the MS Word 2007 Ribbon - now we will use some additional features on the Page Layout and References tabs as well.

• Open the folder called bookfest and follow the directions in class
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• SAVE THE PRESS RELEASE AS A PDF FILE USING WORD
• Open the folder called Olives and follow the directions in class

Homework

Open the folder called BirthdayHomework inside 5photoword. You will see a blank document called birthday.docx

• Use your Internet search skills and knowledge of MS Word to produce a one-page report on someone famous who shares your birthday. Include a picture of the person downloaded from the Internet. Describe this person's accomplishments and decide what characteristics you share with them, if any - many people who study astrology think that people with shared birthdays also share some personality traits.
• Include the following Word features:
     Two column format (excluding title and references)
     Text box "Pull Quote"
     Font changes, your choice
     One clip art or autoshape and one downloaded photo from the Internet of your birthday buddy
• At the end of the report, insert an endnote and list the search engine(s) and directories that you used to get your information.
• Demonstrate your knowledge of good design and correct grammar and spelling.

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