Percent Picture
Directions for Tables within Microsoft Word

Goal: To use formatting techniques and tables within a Microsoft Word Document.


Directions:

  1. Begin by double clicking each item on the following path - Start: My Computer: Middle School: Computers Class: Percent_Picture
  2. Go to File: Save As, and save the 'Percent_Picture' document into your home folder (you should see your ID number at the top of the 'saving window')
  3. You will be filling in 100 color boxes (on a table) with 6 different colors.  Be creative with your design and your colors!
  4. You can click in a box on the table and then locate the paint bucket (under the Home Tab0 to make that box the color you would like
  5. Under the word Color, fill in each box with the color you selected
  6. Under the word Number, count and record how many cells of each color you have
  7. Under the word Fraction, write the fraction of each color used (out of 100 total cells)
  8. Under the word Percent, tell what percent of your picture is that given color
  9. Print your 'Percent_Picture' document when you are finished (Ask for assistance - we'll print this in color!)
Percent Picture Example:

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