Project 1
Directions for
Using AppleWorks Word Processing

Goal: To create two different paragraphs on one page in a Word Processing document with specific fonts, sizes, and themes.

 

Paragraph 1 - Write about something that you did that was great fun.

  1. Go to AppleWorks: Word Processing: O.K.
  2. Go to Font: Palatino
  3. Go to Size: 18 Point
  4. Click on the Left Alignment control button
  5. Use single spacing
  6. Touch tab one time to indent your first sentence
  7. Type at least five sentences and at least 50 words. (see Edit, Writing Tools, and Word Count)
  8. Center a Title and underline it above your paragraph
  9. Use correct Capitalization and Punctuation
  10. Go to Edit: Writing Tools: Check Document Spelling

 

Paragraph 2 - Write about a wild and crazy dream you had - Use the words wild and crazy in your paragraph.

  1. Go to Font, Helvetica
  2. Go to Size, 14 Point
  3. Repeat Directions numbered 5-10 above for this paragraph
  4. Choose 3 Adjectives (describing words) in your paragraph: change their style to Bold
  5. One by one, highlight each of your 3 adjectives and do the following. . .
  6. Go to Edit: Writing Tools: Thesaurus to replace the word with another descriptive adjective

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