CHAPTER 3
Word
More Skills 11 Insert Text Boxes
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A text box is a movable, resizable container for text or graphics.
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Text boxes are useful because they can give a different orientation for text in the document
and can be placed anywhere in the document.
To complete this document, you will need the following file:
䊏 w03_10K_Run
You will save your document as:
䊏 Lastname_Firstname_w03_10K_Run
1.
Start Word. Locate and open the file w03_10K_Run. Save the file in your Word Chapter 3
folder as Lastname_Firstname_w03_10K_Run and then add the file name to the footer. If
necessary, turn on the formatting marks.
2.
Press C + e to move to the bottom of the document.
3.
Click the Insert tab. In the Text group, click the Text Box button, and then below the Text
Box gallery, click Draw Text Box. Move the pointer to about 7.5 inches on the vertical
ruler and 0 inches on the horizontal ruler. Drag down and to the right to position
the pointer at approximately 8.25 inches on the vertical ruler and 3.25 inches on the
horizontal ruler, and then release the mouse button. Compare your screen with Figure 1.
A text box is inserted, a Format contextual tab is added to the Ribbon, and the
insertion point displays inside the new text box.
Format tab
Text box inserted
Figure 1
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4.
Click the Page Layout tab, and then in the Paragraph group, under Spacing, click the After
down spin arrow two times to change the spacing after to 0 pt.
5.
Type the following three paragraphs in the text box, pressing J following the first two
paragraphs.
Your registration must be received by April 25.
The faster waves fill up very quickly.
Register online at 10k.aspenfalls.org
6.
In the text box, select all three paragraphs of text, and then on the Home tab, in the
Paragraph group, click the Bullets button
. In the Paragraph group, click the Decrease
Indent button .
7.
On the right border of the text box, click the middle—square—sizing handle, and then drag
to approximately 3.5 inches on the horizontal ruler. On the Format tab, in the Size group,
use the Shape Height button
to set the text box height to 0.8", and use the
Shape Width button
to set the text box width to 3.5". Compare your screen with
Figure 2.
Bulleted list in
text box
Figure 2
8.
On the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Shape Effects button, and then
point to Shadow. Under Outer, click the first style—Offset Diagonal Bottom Right.
9.
Move the pointer over any border to display the pointer, and then drag the box so that it
is centered between the left and right borders, and is about 0.5 inches below the tabbed list.
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10.
With the text box still selected, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the
Shape Fill button, and then click the last color in the third row—Orange, Accent 6,
Lighter 60%. Compare your screen with Figure 3.
Text box centered
horizontally
Shadow added
to text box
Figure 3
11.
Save your document, and then print or submit the file as directed by your instructor.
Exit Word.
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You have completed More Skills 11
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