Technology Skills

These are some technology skills we will learn in language arts this year!

Hints for accessing your P:Drive from home

*Use FTP for larger jobs.  Use Netstorage for one document items.  Be sure to put your username like the example.

*You may (based upon the pop-up blocker set on your machine) need to hold down the control key while you open your file to allow the open/save window to pop up

*You may need to save your document with Works or the older version of Word to be able to open your document from home.

*You will need to save your document on your desktop or your documents folder on your home computer to be able to upload to your P: Drive

*To upload your file, click File-Upload-Browse for your file and then click Upload

Double Spacing

 Format, paragraph, line spacing (choose double)

Setting Margins

 File, page set up, margins

Turning the page (landscape)

 File, page set up, paper size, choose landscape

How to insert clipart

  Insert, picture, clipart

How to insert clipart from online source

  Insert, picture, clipart, clips online

How to insert a picture from a file

  First you need to copy it from the source:

  Go to the picture you want , right click,

  save picture as, put into your p-drive.

  Next you need to put it into your document:

  Insert, picture, from file, find your picture in your p-drive, and click insert.

How to put a background in your document

  Click on format, background, fill effects,

  Picture tab, select picture (get it from your

  p-drive, insert

How to print the background in your document

  Click File, print, when the window comes up, click options (bottom left)             and then check background colors and images, click ok

How to text wrap a picture

  Click view, toolbars, picture, dog icon (be sure

  that your picture is selected)

How to insert a text box

  Click view, toolbars, drawing, text box icon (box with a T and writing in it), left click and drag your box to the size you wish.