Activity: Create and Edit a MS Word Document

Complete the steps below, grade yourself with the rubric and then finally share in the discussion below how well you did and on areas you must practice more.

Download the poem starter text.

Download the rubric.

Steps:

1. Open a new Microsoft Word document. 
2. Save your MS Document.
3. Insert a Header and Footer.  
   • Insert a three-column header with name (left), date (center), and period (right) as shown in the previous two activities. 
   • Insert the footer Word Processing 3. Center the footer text. 
   • Close your header and footer. 
4. Insert the Title and Author of the Poem. 
   • Choose Centre justification. 
   • Set the font to Gigi, the font size to 26 point, and the font style to Bold.
   • Type the poem title, African Flame. Be sure you have capitalized the first letter of each word. Press ENTER once. 
   • Click Bold again to deselect it; change the font size to 20 point.
   • Type by: Wayne Visser. Be sure to capitalize as shown. 
   • Press ENTER twice. Select Align Text Left for left
5. Adjust Your Line Spacing
   • Select the Page Layout tab. 
   • In the Paragraph group, in the Spacing tool, set After to 0. This will keep there from being too much space between your poem lines. 
6. Type the Body of the Poem African Flame available here.
   • Set the font to Calibri and the font size to 14 point. 
   • Type the five stanzas of the poem as shown on the other size of this paper. The text should be typed exactly as shown. Type ENTER at the end of each line and ENTER again after each stanza for separation. 
7. Check the Word Count in Your Document
   • Look at the Status Bar in the lower left-hand corner of your document. It should read Words: 120. If it is lower than 120, you are missing words; if it is higher you have extra words. Reread your poem (including the title and author) to see where you have made a mistake. If necessary, have a partner read the poem from the paper aloud while you follow along on your monitor. 
8. Proofread Your Document
   • Look at words that underlined in red, green, or blue. 
   • A word underlined in red is not in the dictionary. Most likely you have misspelled it. Right-click on the word with your mouse to see suggestions for the correct spelling. 
   • Words underlined in blue are often grammar or usage errors. For example, if you type “its” instead of “it’s” you will likely see the word underlined in blue. In some cases, you may have hit the space bar too many (or too few) times. 
   • Words underlined in amber often have a clarity or conciseness error. This means your writing could have been clearer and you should consider revising. An example is use of the phrase ‘pretty bad”, which Word suggests be modified to simply “bad”. 
9. Make sure all your work fits on one page. 
10. Save your work, and use the rubric linked below to self-evaluate your activity
11. Share your document publicly and add your link to the discussion forum below.

Once you completed the activity, then click on the button below to continue.