FORMATTING AND ALIGNMENT ACTIVITY

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1 Unit 4.00 Editing and Formatting Packet FORMATTING AND ALIGNMENT ACTIVITY Directions: Format your answers to the following questions as instructed. 1. What is your name? Center, bold, 18-pt, Arial type 2. Where are you from? Center, italics, 14-pt, Broadway type 3. What grade are you in? Left align, bold, 12-pt, Algerian type 4. Where do you go to school? Right align, underline, 20-pt, Curlz MT type 5. What is your favorite subject in school? Left align, 10-pt, Times New Roman type 6. What is your least favorite subject in school? Right align, 10-pt, Times New Roman type Directions: USING THE THESAURUS: CREATE AN ACROSTIC ACTIVITY 1. Type your first name along the left margin of your document. 2. Using each letter of your name, type a word that describes you. 3. Use the thesaurus to find 2 synonyms for each word. 4. Apply text formatting to your document. 5. Insert 1 piece of ClipArt to represent the words for each letter of your name. Sample: Stylish fashionable, trendy Athletic fit, healthy 7. What is your favorite color? Center, bold, 18-pt, Ravie type 8. What is your favorite sport? Center, bold and italics, 18-pt, Wide Latin type Radiant joyful, shining 9. What hobbies do you participate in? Right align, underline, 14-pt, Jokerman type 10. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Center, italics, 14-pt, Elephant type Attentive considerate, helpful

2 10. The moves the cursor ahead one space at a time. GET TO KNOW YOUR KEYBOARD Directions: Using the word list at the bottom of the page, insert the term that best completes each sentence. You will use each term only once. 1. The and keys are used in combination with other keys to access functions that are built into your word processing software. 2. The key moves the cursor one character to the left and deletes that character. 3. The key locks the alphabetic keys in uppercase so that you can easily key all capital letters. 4. The keys move the cursor on the screen up, down, left, and right. 11. The key moves the cursor directly to the beginning of a line. 12. The key moves the cursor directly to the end of a line. Word List Space bar Insert Tab Home Caps Lock Num Lock Alt Ctrl Page Up End Page Down Arrow 5. The key removes text directly over the cursor. 6. The key allows text to be inserted within a line of text; it toggles between insert mode and type over or overstrike mode. 7. The key must be activated in order to use the numeric keypad. 8. The and keys move the page up or down one screen at a time from the current display. 9. The key moves the cursor ahead a preset number of spaces. By default, this key moves the cursor one-half inch (5 spaces) at a time. Backspace Delete

3 PARAGRAPH FORMATS POWERPOINT ASSIGNMENT Directions: Use the Paragraph Formats PowerPoint to help you answer the following questions. 1. Fill in the following table. TERM Block style Paragraph Formats Vocabulary DEFINITION The paragraph format in which all lines of text are aligned with the left margin Format Paragraph Formats Which line(s) is indented Hanging indent A temporary left margin that indents all lines but the first line of text 2. Billy s teacher has asked him to type a report about Asian food. Which paragraph format should he use? 3. Billy needs to type a bibliography/reference page for the report that he just typed. Which paragraph format should he use? Indented Tab The paragraph format in which the first line of the paragraph is indented The operational key of the keyboard that is used to indent paragraphs; moves the cursor 5 spaces on a line 4. Julie needs to type a letter to request information about her favorite college. Which paragraph format should she use? 5. Alex s teacher has asked him to key his paragraphs in block style. Which line(s) should he indent? 6. Joan is citing the references that she used to create her social studies report. Which line(s) should she indent? 7. What operational key is used to format paragraphs in indented format? 8. The first line of each of the paragraphs in Rebecca s report is indented. What paragraph format has she used? 9. What does it mean when text is flush with the left margin? Line Spacing Line Spacing: the spacing between lines of text Standard Paper Size: 8 ½ x 11 inches There are 66 lines per page. Six lines equals one vertical inch. Single Spacing (SS) - Enter one time, 0 blank lines Double Spacing (DS) - Enter two times, 1 blank line Triple Spacing (TS) - Enter three times, 2 blank lines Quadruple Spacing (QS) - Enter four times, 3 blank lines Orientation the direction in which you can print on a page Portrait height is greater than the width Landscape width is greater than the height Formatting Paragraphs Activity

4 1. Character, Ed. Demonstrating Character in School and in the Workplace. North Carolina: Character Press, Directions: 1. Open a new word processing document. 2. Set your margins to be 1 inch all around. 3. Key your heading in the header. 4. Key the following paragraphs using the formatting indicated below. Label each paragraph format that you key (Example: Block Style). 5. Proofread your work before and after printing. 2. Begood, Johnny and Student, Imagood. Productivity and Me: How Demonstrating Effective Habits Affect Me and My Schoolwork. North Carolina: Productivity Press, Coolkid, One. (2006). Cool Kids and How They Demonstrate Character. Character University. Retrieved January 2, 2006 from the World Wide Web: Key the following paragraphs using block style. 1. It is very important to be a responsible student. Responsibility is being dependable and carrying out your obligations and duties, like taking out the trash, walking your dog, and washing the dishes every day. When you are responsible, people know that they can depend on you. 2. Staying organized has made middle school a lot easier for me. When my things are organized, I can find them easily, which saves me a lot of time. I am able to stay on task and I am less likely to procrastinate. I keep my workstation organized, and when I work on the computer, I organize all of my files into folders, one for each of my classes. Key the following paragraphs using the indented paragraph format. 1. Courage is having the determination to do the right thing even when others don t. It is having the strength to follow your conscience rather than the crowd, and attempting difficult things that are worthwhile. I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this is the first attempt I ever have made, and yet I perceive that I shall soon & easily acquire a fine facility in its use One chiefly needs swiftness in banging the keys (Mark Twain s first typewritten letter. December 9, 1874) 2. Perseverance is when you exhibit patience and try again when confronted with delays, mistakes, or failures. This is a very important trait to demonstrate because no one likes a quitter. Who knows, if you keep trying, you just might reach your goal! Keying From a Rough Draft Key the following paragraphs using the hanging indent format.

5 Directions: Key in the paragraphs below making the changes indicated by the proofreader marks. Single space the paragraphs and double space between paragraphs. Proofreading Skills Learning to proofread is an an important skill. It is an essential part of keyboarding. Work rapidly as you key in a document. after you have used Spell Check on your document, you need to proof read the soft copy. A soft copy is the copy displayed on the computer monitor. READ the soft copy slowly, word by word. Proofread for spelling, punctuation,grammar, and meaning. It is a good idea to read you copy at least twice before printing. r After you have proofread the soft copy, are you ready to print. The printed copy of your document is known as the hard copy. You should also proofread the hard copy. There may be errors that you see on paper that were missed on the soft copy You may want to ask a friend to peer edit or review your work. Another set of eyes reviewing your work can be very helpful. Proofreading is a skill. It requires practice and patience. Good proofreading will improve the quality of your work and your grades. It is also a valuable skill for many jobs. occupations Left align text is lined up along the left margin, leaving a jagged right margin Right align text is lined up along the right margin, leaving a jagged left margin Center align text is centered between both margins, resulting in jagged left and right margins Justified text is aligned along the left and right margins, with no jagged edges Tool Bar Alignment Buttons Text Alignment Alignment the way multiple lines of text line up along the left, right, or both margins