Making a Greeting Card

LESSON OF THE DAY
For
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Making Greeting Cards
Content Area: Cross-curricular
Program: Publisher
Skills: Working with templates, inserting clip art, formatting
MCSC Tech Standards:
NETS/ISTE Standards: WP3.2, 4.1, 6.3
Students are proficient in the use of technology
Students uses technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and
promote creativity.
The teacher should:
Model opening Publisher, and showing how to use the wizard.
Show how to insert clip art.
Show how to change/move text boxes and make formatting changes
Step 1: Open Publisher, click on Greeting
cards – Holiday
Step 2: Select the type of card, click Start
Wizard.
Step 3: To change text, click on the text.
To move an image, click on the image,
hold down the left mouse button and drag
to a new location.
Step 4: To edit the inside information, click on the page tab on the bottom left
corner.
Step 5. To change an image, double click on the image. The location of the image
in the clipart folder will open.
Click on the image you want to
insert, click the top – insert – tab.
Step 6: To personalize your card, click on the page 4 tab.
Click on the text box, delete the text and insert your new text.