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Table of Contents 7 Keys to Creating a Home Study Course Using Word............................................................................................2 Creating A Drop Cap ........................................................................3 Insert A Picture .................................................................................4 Insert A Framed Text Box ..........................................................................................................5 How to Generate a Table of Contents...............................................5 How to Create an Index....................................................................6 How to Change the Headers and Footers ..........................................................................................................6 How to Create a Numbered Paragraph............................................6 Insert And Format A Table ................................................................7 Microsoft Word Tutorials Online .......................................................8

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Module 1 7 Keys to Creating a Home Study Course Using Word

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Creating A Drop Cap

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for the lead paragraph, follow these steps. o create a drop cap

1. Select the first letter of a paragraph, and then select Drop Cap from the Format menu 2. Select either Dropped or In margin. 3. Choose a different font if you want the letter to stand out even more from the surrounding text. 4. Decide how many lines you want this letter to drop, such as 3. 5. Control the distance from the text (0.1" works well), and then click OK.

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Insert A Picture

1. Open your Word document. 2. Insert a picture from the clip collection (which includes generic graphics). Click "Insert," and then "Picture." Click "Clip Collection." Use the "Browse" tab to search the categories and preview images. Use the '"Find" tab for a particular item. Select an item and click “Insert.” Go to Step 6. 3. Insert from a file. Click "Insert," and then "Picture." Click "From File." Browse your hard drive for an image you have saved or downloaded from the Internet. Select the image and click “Insert.” 4. Click on your picture to resize it. Several boxes will appear around the edge. Move your cursor over the corner of any box. Click and drag to change the image's size. 5. Choose your picture layout. Right-click the picture and select “Format Picture.” Click the "Layout" tab. Under "Wrapping style," choose “Tight.” This gives you the most flexibility for positioning your picture. 6. Move your image. Click the center of your picture and drag it to wherever you want the image to appear.

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Insert A Framed Text Box 1. Click in the framed text below 2. Choose Body Text from the Style list on the Formatting toolbar. Framed text, like this heading, can be cut, copied and pasted like regular paragraph text.

To cut and paste framed text, click on the bounding border of the frame to reveal the frame handles. Press CTRL+X to cut the frame from the page. Place your cursor before the first letter of the paragraph that you want the frame to appear next to. Press CTRL+V to paste the frame next to the paragraph.

How to Generate a Table of Contents The TOC is generated from text formatted with Heading styles used throughout the document. To create a Table of Contents: 1. Click where you want to insert the Table of Contents. 2. On the Insert menu, click Reference, and then click Index and Tables. 3. Click the Table of Contents tab. Select any formatting preferences, and then click OK. 4. The Table of Contents will be automatically created with words contained in Headings 1 through 3.

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How to Create an Index To create index entries for the Word automatic indexing feature: 1. Select the text to be indexed 2. Point to Reference on the Insert menu, and then click Index and Tables. 3. Click the Index tab. (For more information, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type index into the question space, and then click the Search button. Finally, select the “Create an Index” Help topic.)

How to Change the Headers and Footers 1. In print layout view, double-click the header or footer to activate it, or click Header and Footer on the View menu. 2. You can change or delete the text just as you would regular document text. 3. To specify placement and whether the header or footer should be different on odd and even pages, or different for the first page only, click Page Setup on the File menu, and then click the Layout tab.

How to Create a Numbered Paragraph

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To create a numbered paragraph: 1.

In the Font list on the Formatting toolbar, click the List Number style; or

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Click the Numbering button on the Formatting toolbar.

If you choose to format more than one paragraph, Word will automatically number the paragraphs.

Insert And Format A Table 1. Place your pointer in the text where you want to insert the table. 2. From the Table menu, point to Insert and then click Table. The Insert Table dialog box appears. 3. Select a number of columns and rows and AutoFit features. For example, you might only want 2 columns, one for test or worksheet questions, and one for answers. If you have 10 questions, you might want at least 10 rows. 4. Enter a question into each row. You can enter text, pictures, or even other tables into the cells in this table. Use the arrow keys to move around in the table. 5. You can resize the rows and columns of the table. To adjust the size of the table, move the pointer over the vertical line that separates the columns in your table and double-click to automatically fit the text. Do the same to the vertical line on the right side of the column. Or, you can resize the columns by selecting Cell

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Height and Width from the Table menu and then selecting Autofit. 6. To add a border to the table, click anywhere in the table and on the Format menu, click Borders and Shading. 7. Click the Borders tab. 8. Specify which borders you want to show or click None to hide the borders. 9. Click OK.

Microsoft Word Tutorials Online Basic Training Learn the basics of Microsoft Office Word, such as adding, deleting, and moving text around, adding basic formatting, and creating bulleted or numbered lists. http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.asp x?AssetID=RC100140951033 Youtube Videos 1. Go to http://www.youtube.com and type Microsoft word tutorial

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