Project 5
Directions for
Creating a Newspaper

Goal: To create a Newspaper in a Word Processing document with four articles (70 words in length) and four different pictures to go with the articles. You may decide the topics of your articles

5. Click on the Toolbox on the bottom of the page.

1. Go to Format: Insert Header, and type the name of your Newspaper and Your Name

6. Touch your Arrow Tool
Go to File: Show Clippings, and search for the graphic you'd like to drag and drop into your Newspaper (YOU MUST CLICK ON THE ARROW TOOL BEFORE INSERTING THE PICTURE!)

2. Click in the area below the Header, Choose 2 columns (located above the "5 inch mark" on the ruler), now you are ready to begin typing your articles

7. Make sure your graphic is selected (It will show four black boxes in the four corners)

3. Use the Centering Feature (located above the "1 inch mark" on the ruler) to center all Titles of your articles (*Note - go back to Left Alignment after you center your title)

8. Go to Options: Text Wrap: Regular: O.K. (this will allow you to put your graphic in with your writing without covering what you've typed)

4. While typing your articles remember the following:

  • Indent each paragraph 5 spaces
  • Begin sentences with CAPITAL Letters
  • Use correct ending punctuation
  • For each article, insert a graphic object

9. Go to Edit, Writing Tools, and Check Document Spelling

10. Before you print, Proofread your articles to make sure that your sentences make sense!

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