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A Junior Technology Project

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Teaching the skills of tomorrow… today!

Table of Contents

Session 1 – Giant Panda Report

Assignment 1: About Endangered Species .............................................................................................. 1

What Does it Mean to be Endangered? .............................................................................................. 1 What Makes a Species Extinct? .............................................................................................................. 1 Questions About Endangered Species ................................................................................................. 2

Assignment 2: The Microsoft Word Environment ..................................................................................... 3

Open Microsoft Word ............................................................................................................................... 3 Identify the Parts of the Microsoft Word Window ................................................................................ 3 A Closer Look at the Ribbon .................................................................................................................... 4 Questions about the Ribbon ................................................................................................................... 5 About the Zoom Slider .............................................................................................................................. 6 Questions about the Office Button ........................................................................................................ 7 Exit Microsoft Word .................................................................................................................................... 8

Assignment 3: Practice Using the Ribbon ................................................................................................. 9

Open Microsoft Word ............................................................................................................................... 9 Adjust the View .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Add Text to the Document .................................................................................................................... 10 Select Text ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Change the Font ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Change the Font Size ............................................................................................................................. 12 Change the Font Style ............................................................................................................................ 12 Change Font Color ................................................................................................................................. 13 Align the Text ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Use Your Skills to Have Fun with Formatting Text ................................................................................ 14 Exit Microsoft Word .................................................................................................................................. 14

Assignment 4: Edit the Giant Panda Report .......................................................................................... 15

Open Microsoft Word ............................................................................................................................. 15 Open the Giant Panda Report ............................................................................................................. 15 Read the Article ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Adjust the View ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Format the Title ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Align the Title Text .................................................................................................................................... 16 Delete Text One Character at a Time ................................................................................................. 17 Change the Font Size of an Entire Paragraph ................................................................................... 17 Add a Word in the Middle of a Paragraph ........................................................................................ 17 Change the Look of a Heading ........................................................................................................... 17 Change Paragraph Alignment ............................................................................................................. 17 Select an Entire Document .................................................................................................................... 17 Change the Font Color of an Entire Document ................................................................................ 18 Save the Changes to the Report ......................................................................................................... 18 Print the Document ................................................................................................................................. 18 Exit Microsoft Word .................................................................................................................................. 18

Session 1 Review .......................................................................................................................................... 19 Session 1 Skill Review ................................................................................................................................... 21 Session 1 Extension Activity: Endangered Species Laws ...................................................................... 23

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Session 2 – Research the Facts

Assignment 5: Choose a Species Topic .................................................................................................. 27

Open Microsoft Internet Explorer .......................................................................................................... 27 Option 1: Use a Bookmarked Website to Find an Endangered Species ...................................... 27 Option 2: Use a Search Engine to Find an Endangered Species ................................................... 28 Choose a Topic ........................................................................................................................................ 28

Assignment 6: Gather the Facts ............................................................................................................... 29

Add Research Headings ........................................................................................................................ 29 Save the Report ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Minimize Microsoft Word ........................................................................................................................ 30 Use the Internet to Research the Topic ............................................................................................... 30 Find a Fact and Copy it from the Web Page .................................................................................... 31 Paste the Fact into the Microsoft Word Document .......................................................................... 31 Tell Where You Found the Fact ............................................................................................................. 32 Research Your Topic ............................................................................................................................... 34 Fact Checklist ........................................................................................................................................... 34 Save the Changes and Close Each Program .................................................................................... 34

Session 2 Extension Activity: Omnivore, Carnivore, or Herbivore? ..................................................... 35

Session 3 – Collect Pictures

Assignment 7: Collect Pictures of an Endangered Species ................................................................ 39

Use the Internet to Find Three Pictures ................................................................................................ 39 How to Save a Picture ............................................................................................................................ 40 Tell Where you Found the Picture and Who Made It (Optional) ................................................... 41 Save the Changes to the Report ......................................................................................................... 42 Exit Microsoft Word .................................................................................................................................. 42 Close Microsoft Internet Explorer .......................................................................................................... 42

Session 3 Extension Activity: The Food Chain ......................................................................................... 43

Session 4 – Write the Report

Assignment 8: Proofread the Pallid Bat Report ...................................................................................... 47

Open Microsoft Word ............................................................................................................................. 47 Read the Facts about the Pallid Bat .................................................................................................... 48 Problem: Too Much Information ........................................................................................................... 49 Problem: Facts are Not in Sentences ................................................................................................... 49 Problem: The Words are not Ones You Would Use ........................................................................... 50 Problem: You Do Not Know the Meaning of the Word .................................................................... 51 Spelling & Grammar Check .................................................................................................................. 52 Save Changes to the Document ......................................................................................................... 52 Print the Document ................................................................................................................................. 52 Exit Microsoft Word .................................................................................................................................. 52

Assignment 9: Write Your Own Report ..................................................................................................... 53

Open Microsoft Word ............................................................................................................................. 53 Open the Report ...................................................................................................................................... 53 Resave the Document ........................................................................................................................... 53 Edit Your Report ....................................................................................................................................... 53 Save the Changes and Exit Microsoft Word ...................................................................................... 53 Editing Tips ................................................................................................................................................. 54

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Session 4 Skill Review ................................................................................................................................... 55 Session 4 Extension Activity: Make an Animal Habitat ......................................................................... 57

Session 5 – Format the Report

Assignment 10: Make the Report Look Great ........................................................................................ 61

Open the Report in Microsoft Word ..................................................................................................... 61 Use the Editing Group to Select Text ................................................................................................... 61 Change the Page Layout to Two Columns ........................................................................................ 61 Justify the Text .......................................................................................................................................... 62 Make the Title Look Good ...................................................................................................................... 62 Make the Research Heading “Appearance” Look Good .............................................................. 62 Use Format Painter to Copy the Formatting from One Heading to Another .............................. 63 Save the Changes and Exit Microsoft Word ...................................................................................... 63

Session 5 Extension Activity: The Need for Plants and Animals ........................................................... 65

Session 6 – Friends of the Planet Report

Assignment 11: Add Pictures to the Report ............................................................................................ 69

Open Microsoft Word ............................................................................................................................. 69 Open the Report ...................................................................................................................................... 69 Insert an Image ........................................................................................................................................ 69 Change the Text Wrapping ................................................................................................................... 70 Change the Size of the Image and Move it on the Page............................................................... 70 Apply a Picture Style ............................................................................................................................... 71 Add Other Pictures .................................................................................................................................. 71 Save the Changes and Exit Microsoft Word ...................................................................................... 71

Assignment 12: Print the Report ................................................................................................................ 73

Open Microsoft Word ............................................................................................................................. 73 Open the Report ...................................................................................................................................... 73 View the Report in Print Preview ........................................................................................................... 73 Complete the Report Checklist ............................................................................................................ 74 Option 1: Use Shrink One Page – If Your Report Has a Few Lines on the Next Page.................. 75 Option 2: Format the Text – If Your Report Has Lots of Lines on the Next Page .......................... 75 Send the Report to the Printer ............................................................................................................... 76 Save the Changes and Exit Microsoft Word ...................................................................................... 76

Assignment 13: Friends of the Planet ....................................................................................................... 77

Read the Articles and Answer the Questions .................................................................................... 77

Session 6 Extension Activity: Post it on the Web ..................................................................................... 79

Session 7 – Review

Summary of Skills .......................................................................................................................................... 83 TechnoReport Rubric .................................................................................................................................. 85

Appendices

Appendix A: Command Summary ........................................................................................................ A-1 Appendix B: Terminology List ................................................................................................................... B-1 Appendix C: Glossary .............................................................................................................................. C-1 Appendix D: Contact Information ......................................................................................................... D-1

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SESSION 1 Giant Panda Report

In this session, you will edit a report on the Giant Panda. This report is similar to

the kind that you will write yourself about an endangered species.

Assignment 1: About Endangered Species

Assignment 2: The Microsoft Word Environment

Assignment 3: Practice Using the Ribbon

Assignment 4: Edit the Giant Panda Report

Session 1 Review

Session 1 Skill Review

Session 1 Extension Activity: Endangered Species Laws

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Assignment 1: About Endangered Species

What Does it Mean to be Endangered?

A plant or animal species is endangered if it is at risk of disappearing from the earth. When a

species disappears, it is extinct. Extinction is forever. No extinct animal can ever come back.

Sometimes a species is not currently at risk of becoming extinct, but people think it will be soon.

These species are called threatened. In the past 100 years, many different kinds of birds, insects,

mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and plants are no longer on earth. For example:

Species Country Last Seen

Dodo bird Republic of Mauritius 1680

Sea Mink Canada 1894

Falklands Wolf Falkland Islands 1876

Bennett's Seaweed Australia 1885

Yunnan Box Turtle China 1906

Passenger Pigeon Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United States 1914

Japanese Sea Lion Japan, Korea 1951

Hawaii Chaff Flower United States 1964

Southern Day Frog Australia 1979

Rotund Rocksnail United States 1996

Miss Waldron's Red Colobus Monkey Ghana and Ivory Coast 2000

Western Black Rhino Africa 2006

What Makes a Species Extinct?

A species can become extinct when the place where it lives, called "habitat", no longer gives it

what it needs to survive. A habitat must provide water, food, shelter, and safety. When these

things are missing, the species dies.

Many things can cause a habitat to change:

Forests destroyed by cutting down trees, or fire

Insects or disease can destroy the forest

Too many, or not enough predators eating a species

Land is filled which causes the water to dry up

Water is stopped from flowing because of a dam

Building of homes, offices, or other structures

Did you know that there are wild animals

in trouble in almost every place on earth?

When people change the land, they

change the lives of wild animals!

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Questions About Endangered Species

1. Why is it a good idea to protect an endangered species?

2. How can you help protect the habitat of a species?


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Assignment 2: The Microsoft Word Environment

Learn about the Microsoft Word.

Open Microsoft Word

Click Start. Point to All Programs – Microsoft Office – Microsoft Office Word 2007

or double click the Microsoft Word shortcut (ask your teacher how to do this).

Identify the Parts of the Microsoft Word Window

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

3

2 1

6

5

Word List

o zoom slider

o office button

o scroll bar

o document name

o quick access toolbar

o ribbon

4

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Window Part Description

document name The name of the file, listed at the top of the document window.

office button A button to the left side of the window, which opens a menu of basic

commands used in many Microsoft Office programs, such as New, Open,

Save, and Print.

ribbon A band that contains a set of tabs including Home, Insert, Page Layout,

References, Mailings, Review, and View.

scroll bar Bar used to change the part of the document shown in the window.

quick access

toolbar

A customizable toolbar used to hold commonly used commands such as

save or undo.

zoom slider A slider at the bottom of the window used to change the magnification of

the document. Drag the slider to the left to decrease the magnification.

Drag the slider to the right to increase the magnification.

A Closer Look at the Ribbon

The ribbon is a band with a set of tabs. There are three

parts to the Ribbon.

The ribbon has different Tabs. Each tab holds commands

that do a similar job.

Each tab is divided into Groups. A group is a collection of

commands that do similar actions like format text.

Each group has Commands. Commands are a button, box,

or menu that tells the computer what to do.

Command Group

Tab


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Questions about the Ribbon

Click the Home tab on the ribbon.

7. What groups are on the Home tab?

8. What group has commands that change the look of the words such as the size?

9. What group has commands that change the way words are aligned on the page?

Click each tab to answer the questions.

10. You want to add a picture. What tab has the command?

11. You want to change the margins on the page. What tab has the command?

12. You want to see the entire page in the window. What tab has the command?

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About the Zoom Slider

Find the Zoom control in the lower right corner of the document window.

Drag the Zoom slider to the left.

Now drag the Zoom slider to the right.

13. What happens when the Zoom slider is dragged to the right?

Click Zoom in.

Now click Zoom out.

14. What happens when the Zoom out button is clicked?

You can change the magnification of your document

using the commands on the View tab. However, it is

faster and easier to use the Zoom Slider.

The Zoom Slider lets you get a better look at your

document on the screen.

Changing the Zoom level does not change how the

document prints!

If you zoom in the words will look BIGGER but you will

see less of the page. If you zoom out, the words look

smaller but you can see more of the page.

Zoom in Zoom out

Zoom level

Zoom Slider


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Click on the Zoom level.

Click to select 75% from the Zoom options. Click OK.

Change the zoom level to answer the questions.

15. What happens when the zoom level is changed to 200%?

16. What happens when the zoom level is changed to Whole Page?

Pick a Zoom level that lets you see the Whole Page and then click OK.

Questions about the Office Button

Click the Office Button.

17. List three commands you would use a lot.

Zoom level

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Exit Microsoft Word


Click the Exit Word button.

Did you know that endangered species

need safe, protected homes? They need to

feel safe from hunters and development.

They need laws to stop people from selling or

hunting them.


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Assignment 3: Practice Using the Ribbon

Open Microsoft Word

Open Microsoft Word. (ask your teacher how to do this).

Adjust the View

Click the View tab. Find the Zoom group.

Click the One Page command.

Now click the Page Width command.

Now use the Zoom Slider at the bottom of the window to adjust the view.

1. Which method of changing the magnification do you like more?

a) view tab

b) zoom slider

Practice using the ribbon to

create a simple document.

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Add Text to the Document

Use the keyboard to type the letters of your first and last name.

Select Text

Position the cursor at the front of your name. Click and drag the mouse holding down the

left mouse button at the same time, to select your first name.

Double click the mouse on your last name.

Triple click the mouse anywhere on the text.

Deselect the text by clicking the mouse on a blank area of the document.

2. Which method of selecting text do you like more?

a) click and drag

b) double or triple click the mouse

Student Name

Student Name

Student Name

There many ways to select text. Here are just a few:

o Click and drag the mouse over the text.

o Double click on a single word.

o Triple click to select an entire paragraph.

Try it!


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Change the Font

Select your first and last name.

Find the Font group on the Home tab.

Rest your mouse over some of the commands. A ScreenTip appears to tell you the name

and function of the command.

Find the Font command.

Click the Font arrow to view the gallery of font types.

Scroll down the list and click to select a new font for the selected text.

3. Look through the list of fonts. Pick three that you like the most.

Font is a typeface that sets the

shape of each letter or number.

Use the Font group to change

the look of your name.

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Change the Font Size

Font Size

Find the Font Size command in the Font group.

Click the down arrow and choose 28 from the list.

Grow Font

Find the Grow Font command in the Font group.

4. Click the command once. What happens to the font?

Shrink Font

Find the Shrink Font command in the Font group.

5. Click the command once. What happens to the font?

Change the Font Style

Explore the style commands in the Font group.

BOLD ITALIC UNDERLINE STRIKETHROUGH CHANGE CASE

Font style is the styling of the letters of a typeface.

For example, the same typeface can be styled as

normal, bold, italic, bold italic, underline,

strikethrough, and if you click the More button, you

will see many other options.

Font size is the size of the characters on the

computer screen, usually measured in points.

There are 72 points to an inch. Regular type

in newspapers, reports, and letters is usually

from 10 to 12 points.


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Change Font Color

With the text selected, click the arrow on the Font Color command.

Rest the mouse pointer on a color in the palette.

Watch the text to see a live preview of the color.

Click the color to apply it to the selection.

Click on a blank area of the document to deselect the text.

Align the Text

With the text selected, find the Paragraph group.

Try each of the alignment options.

ALIGN TEXT LEFT CENTER ALIGN TEXT RIGHT

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Use Your Skills to Have Fun with Formatting Text

6. List three commands in the Font or Paragraph group that you think you will use a lot.

Exit Microsoft Word



When asked to save the changes to the document, click No.

You now know how to format the font, size, style, text

effect, color, and alignment of text. Use your skills to

make words look fancy.


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Assignment 4: Edit the Giant Panda Report

Follow the instructions to edit the report on the Giant Panda using the Home and View tabs and

the Office Button.

Open Microsoft Word

Open Microsoft Word. (ask your teacher how to do this).

Open the Giant Panda Report


Click Open.

Go to the Report resource folder. (ask your teacher how to do this)

Click to select the Giant Panda report.

Click Open.

Read the Article

Take the time to read the report. It contains facts about

the panda bear like its appearance, habitat, population,

family, food, threats, help, interesting facts, and sources.

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Adjust the View

Click the View tab.

Find the Zoom group.

Click the Page Width command.

Format the Title

Click and drag to select the title text "GIANT PANDA".

Click the Home tab.

Find the Font group.

Select the following font options:

o Comic Sans MS font

o Italic style

o Font size 18

Align the Title Text

Find the Paragraph group.

Click the Center command.


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Delete Text One Character at a Time

Click the mouse to the left of the text "Christa" in the second line.

Press the DELETE key on the keyboard until the text "Christa Love" is gone.

Type Student Name.

Change the Font Size of an Entire Paragraph

Triple click the mouse anywhere in the "Appearance" paragraph.

In the Font group, apply a font size of 10.

Add a Word in the Middle of a Paragraph

Find the paragraph below the heading "Habitat".

Click the mouse to the left of the word forests. Type bamboo.

Press the SPACEBAR to add a space between the two words.

Change the Look of a Heading

Double click the heading Population.

In the Font group, click the Change Case command. Select UPPERCASE from

the list.

Change Paragraph Alignment

Triple click the mouse in the paragraph below the heading Threats.

In the Paragraph group, click the Align Text Left command.

Select an Entire Document

Find the Editing group.

Click the Select command and choose Select All.

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Change the Font Color of an Entire Document

In the Font group, click the arrow on the Font Color command.

Click Automatic from the color palette.

Save the Changes to the Report


Click Save As from the list.

Go to your student folder. (ask your teacher how to do this)

Add the word edit to the end of the file name.

Click Save.

Print the Document


Point to Print.

o Click Print to choose a printer.

o Click Quick Print to send the document directly to the default printer.

Exit Microsoft Word




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SESSION 1 REVIEW

Label the parts of the window.

1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

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Match the command to its function.

7. a. Grow the font size.

8. b. Bold text.

9. c. Print a document.

10. d. Center text.

11. e. Change the font size.

12. f. Show menu options for saving and printing.

13. g. Change the font color.

14. h. Align text to the left.

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1

4 5

2

6

3

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Match the terms to the definitions.

ribbon group command

tab cursor office button

15. A band with a set of tabs.

16. A collection of commands on a tab that do similar actions.

17. A part of the ribbon that holds commands that do similar jobs.

18. A flashing line that shows where information will be entered.

19. A button or box that tells the computer what to do when clicked.

20. A button that displays menu options for opening, closing, and

printing a file.

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What command would you use?

21. You want to change the font. What command would you use?

a.

b.

c.

22. How do you use Microsoft Word?

TOTAL /22


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SESSION 1 SKILL REVIEW

Edit the report on the Night Snake.

1. Open Microsoft Word.

2. . Open the Night Snake file in the Report folder.

3. Align the title Night Snake to the center.

4. Format the title:

a) Change the font to Comic Sans MS.

b) Change the font size to 28.

c) Add a bold font style.

5. Format the headings Appearance, Habitat, Family, Food, and Threats:

a) Change the font style to bold and italic.

b) Add a double line for an underline style.

c) Change the case to UPPERCASE.

6. Add your name to the document.

7. Save the document as Night Snake edit to your student folder.

8. Print the document.

9. Exit Microsoft Word.

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SESSION 1 EXTENSION ACTIVITY: ENDANGERED SPECIES LAWS

Many countries around the world have laws that help to protect endangered species. These

laws state that the government must:

develop and maintain conservation areas

provide money to projects that help to take species off the endangered list.

develop a plan to help species that are on the endangered list.

limit activity that will hurt a species on the endangered list.

work with other agencies and countries to help species on the endangered list.

stop people from killing, owning, or selling species on the endangered list.

stop people from harming the habitat where species on the endangered list live.

punish those who break any of these laws.

Does your country, state, or province have laws that protect endangered species? Use the

Internet to find the answer. Consider using the following search terms:

endangered species act + country

species at risk act + country

endangered species law + country

wildlife protection law + country

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SESSION 2 Research the Facts In this session, you use the Internet to find facts about an endangered species.

This information will be copied from a website and pasted into a Microsoft Word

document.

It is important to remember that all information on the Internet is protected by

copyright laws. This means that you cannot take someone's work and pretend

that it is your own. That is stealing! To be able to use the information taken from

the Internet in your report, you must tell your readers where you got the facts.

Assignment 5: Choose a Species Topic

Assignment 6: Gather the Facts

Session 2 Extension Activity: Omnivore, Carnivore, or Herbivore?


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Assignment 5: Choose a Species Topic

You are a reporter for the environmental newsletter "Friends of the Planet". You are going to write

a report on an endangered species. It will include the following information:

Appearance – what does the animal look like?

Habitat – Where does the animal live?

Population – how many are alive in the wild or in captivity?

Family – how many babies are born? When are the born? How does the mother take

care of them? Do the animals live together or alone?

Food – what kind of food does the animal eat? Where can this food be found?

Threats – what is hurting the animal, making it hard for it to live?

Help – what is being done to help remove this animal from the endangered species list?

Interesting Fact – what is a fact about the animal that readers would find interesting?

Sources – where did you find the information or pictures in the report?

Open Microsoft Internet Explorer

Double click the Microsoft Internet Explorer icon, or select Internet Explorer from

the START menu. (Ask your teacher how to do this.)

Option 1: Use a Bookmarked Website to Find an Endangered Species

If the Favorites folder is located in the Favorites Center, click Favorites.

Click Pin the Favorites Center to anchor the pane in the browser window.

OR

Ask your teacher where the TechnoReport Internet Favorites folder is located.

Open the TechnoReport Internet Favorites folder.

Open the endangered species lists subfolder to reveal the bookmarks.

Click on a link to view a website that lists endangered species.

Many websites on the Internet list endangered wildlife

and plants. Follow the instructions to visit a website to

choose one you would like write a report about.

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Option 2: Use a Search Engine to Find an Endangered Species

Type www.google.com into the address bar of the web browser.

Type the search term endangered species in country name in the search box.

Press ENTER or the Search button.

View the search results.

Choose a Topic

I am going to write my endangered species report on:

Close Internet Explorer.

Study the lists of endangered

species. Which one are you going

to write your report about?

Search endangered species in Canada


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Assignment 6: Gather the Facts

Add Research Headings

Open Microsoft Word.

Begin by typing the topic name. Press ENTER twice.

Type By your name. Press ENTER three times.

Type Appearance. Press ENTER three times.

Add the remaining headings. Press ENTER three times between each heading.

o Habitat o Threats

o Population o Help

o Family o Interesting Facts

o Food o Sources

Save the Report

Click the Office Button and choose Save.

Go to the place where you save your work. (ask your teacher how to do this)

Click Save.

Microsoft Word picks up the text

in the first sentence of the

document as the file name.

You are now going to research facts about your animal. Follow

the instructions to set up your research sheet. Then use Internet

Explorer to find facts about your animal. Copy and paste the

information under the appropriate heading in Microsoft Word.

When you are done, write down where you got the

information.

You cannot pretend that the facts you copied and pasted

from the Internet are your own. That would be plagiarism.

Instead, you must rewrite the facts to put them into your own

words. You will re-word the facts you collected from the

Internet in Session 4.

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Minimize Microsoft Word

Click Minimize on the title bar.

– The program hides in the taskbar.

Use the Internet to Research the Topic

Double click the Microsoft Internet Explorer icon

or select Internet Explorer from the START menu.

Option 1: Use a Bookmarked Website to Research an Endangered Species



or ask your teacher where the TechnoReport Internet Favorites folder is located.


Open the facts subfolder to reveal the bookmarks.

Click on a link to view a website that lists facts about endangered species.

Option 2: Use a Search Engine to Research an Endangered Species

Type www.google.com or www.bing.com into the address bar of the web browser.

Type the search term animal name facts for kids in the search box.

Press ENTER or the Search button. View the search results.

Search pallid bat facts for kids

Hide Microsoft Word while

you use Internet Explorer to

research the facts.


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Find a Fact and Copy it from the Web Page

Find a fact about the appearance of your topic.

Put the mouse pointer at the beginning of the text.

Click and drag the mouse over the text you want to copy.

Right click the mouse and select Copy from the menu.

Paste the Fact into the Microsoft Word Document

Click on the minimized icon of the Microsoft Word document in the program taskbar.

Position the cursor by clicking the mouse immediately below the heading Appearance.

Option 1: Right Click the Mouse and Select a Paste Option

Right click the mouse. From the menu, select Paste.

Click the Paste Options button. Select Keep Text Only.

Appearance

I

Habitat

Description: Body length about 4 ¼ to 5", with a 15" wingspan. Beige fur

above, almost white below. Have very big pale ears.

Use the headings in your report as a guide

to finding the facts about your topic.

Read the information presented on a web

page. You may want to check more than

one source to make sure the information is

correct. When you find what you are

looking for you are ready to add this

information to your report.

Choose Keep Text Only

to remove formatting

applied to the selection

on the web page.

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Option 2: Use the Paste Command on the Ribbon

On the Home tab, find the Clipboard group.

Click the arrow on the Paste command.

Choose Paste Special from the list.

In the Paste Special dialog box, select Unformatted Text from the As: box.

Click OK.

Tell Where You Found the Fact

You cannot take information from a web page unless you

cite the source. This means you have to tell people where

the information came from.

It is a good idea to do this right away, before you forget

where you took the information.

You need to give the following information:

Author or Organization name

Date the article was written

Name of the article

Date you collected the information

URL

Choose Unformatted Text

to remove formatting

applied to the selection

on the web page.


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Click Internet Explorer in the program taskbar to return to the web page.

Record the information you need from the web page.

Restore Microsoft Word by clicking its icon in the taskbar.

Click the mouse below the heading Source.

Press ENTER and add the information to cite the source.

Author, (Date written if known), Name of article. Date collected, URL

For example:

Association of Zoos & Aquariums, © 2004, Pallid Bat, December 18, 2007

http://www.livingdesert.org/animals/pallid_bat.asp

TIP: The url may be too long to write down.

You can copy it by viewing the web page in Internet Explorer. Right click the mouse

inside the address bar and from the menu select Copy.

Return to Microsoft Word. Place the cursor in the correct location. Right click the

mouse and from the menu select Paste.

The article title.

The date is often at the bottom of

the page. It may have a copyright

© symbol by it.

You need to really

look to find the

information you

need to cite the

source.

The URL is in the address bar.

The author is often not a person,

but an organization.

http://www.livingdesert.org/animals/pallid_bat.asp

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Research Your Topic

Fact Checklist

Appearance

The facts tell what the animal/plant looks like.

The facts give a variety of information about such as color, size, or distinguishing

feature.

Habitat

The facts tell where the animal lives or plant grows.

The facts give a variety of information such as country, migration patterns, or

description of home.

Population

The facts tell how many are alive.

Family

The facts tell about how the animal/plant reproduces.

The facts give a variety of information such as how many young are born,

appearance of young, care for young, or if families live together.

Food

The facts tell what the animal eats.

The facts give a variety of information such as a description of several food sources,

where the food can be found, or something unique about the food source.

Threats

The facts tell what is hurting the animal or making it difficult for it to live.

The facts give a variety of information such as threats by animals that eat it, human

behavior, or decline in habitat.

Interesting Fact

The facts tell something people may not know about the animal/plant.

Sources

There is more than one source of information.

The information is from a reliable source.

The information for each source is listed.

Save the Changes and Close Each Program

Click Save on the Quick Access Toolbar.

Click the Close button in the top right corner of the window of each window.

Research the facts about your endangered species

topic. Remember to use Keep Text Only or Paste

Special when you are pasting the facts into Microsoft

Word. This will make the report much easier to edit

later. As you collect the facts, remember to say where

you found the information!


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SESSION 2 EXTENSION ACTIVITY: OMNIVORE, CARNIVORE, OR HERBIVORE?

Animals are classified as omnivores, carnivores, or herbivores.

Omnivore: an animal that eats plants and other animals.

Carnivore: an animal that eats animals. They are meat eaters.

Herbivore: an animal that eats plants. They are vegetarians.

Use the facts to classify the animals as an omnivore, carnivore, or herbivore. Circle the correct

answer.

1.

Crocodiles eat fish, birds, snakes, frogs, and

any other mammals they can catch.

omnivore

carnivore

herbivore

2.

The mountain gorilla eats roots, leaves, and

stems of herbs, vines, and bark from trees,

shrub-sized plants, and bamboo shoots.

omnivore

carnivore

herbivore

3.

The Florida black bear eats berries, acorns, and

fruit. They also eat carpenter ants, termites,

and armadillos.

omnivore

carnivore

herbivore

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SESSION 3 Collect Pictures

In this session, you are going online to collect three pictures of your endangered

species. These pictures will be included in your report. For this reason, try to find

pictures of your animal doing different things such as eating, playing, fighting,

hunting, or sleeping. Another idea is to find pictures that relate to your animal,

such as a map of where they live, their shelter, food, or threat.

Assignment 7: Collect Pictures of an Endangered Species

Session 3 Extension Activity: The Food Chain


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Assignment 7: Collect Pictures of an Endangered Species

Use the Internet to collect three pictures of your endangered species topic. These pictures will

be included in your report. For this reason, try to find pictures of your animal doing different

things such as eating, playing, fighting, hunting, or sleeping. Another idea is to find pictures that

relate to your animal, such as a map of where they live, their shelter, food, or threat.

Use the Internet to Find Three Pictures

Double click the Microsoft Internet Explorer icon

or select Internet Explorer from the START menu.

Option 1: Use a Bookmarked Website to Find Three Pictures



or ask your teacher where the TechnoReport Internet Favorites folder is located.


Open the facts subfolder to reveal the bookmarks.

Click on a link to view a website related to the topic.

Option 2: Use a Search Engine to Find Three Pictures

Type www.google.com or www.bing.com into the address bar of the web browser.

Click the Images link.

Type the search term animal name in the search box.

Press ENTER or the Search button. View the search results.

Search pallid bat

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How to Save a Picture

Find a picture that you like.

Right click on the picture.

Choose Save Picture As from this shortcut menu.

In the Save Picture dialog box, go to your student folder.

In the File name: box, type a name for the picture.

Click Save.

Collect two more pictures of the

endangered species.

It is a good idea to collect some extra

pictures just in case you do not like the

ones you have when you put them into

your report.

Many pictures on the Internet are free to use.

However, not all pictures can be saved from a

web page. If you are unable to save a picture

from a website, just find another one.


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Tell Where you Found the Picture and Who Made It (Optional)

Open the Saved Report


Click the Office Button and choose Open.

Go to your student folder.

Select the report and click Open.

Tell Where you Found the Picture and Who Made It

Click the mouse to the right of the last line of text under the heading Sources.

Press ENTER.

Apply your knowledge to add the information to the report.

Creator or Organization Name, (Date Made if Known), Name of Picture or Article, Date

Collected, URL.

For example:

Western Ecological Research Center, 28 February 2003, Pallid Bat, 19 December 2006,

http://www.werc.usgs.gov/bats/anpa.html

Sometimes pictures are copyright protected. In this case, you need to say who

made the picture and where you found the image on the Internet.

It is best if you do this right away – before you forget where you found them.

You need to record the following information:

Creator or Organization Name

Date made

Name of picture or article

Date collected

URL

http://www.werc.usgs.gov/bats/anpa.html

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Save the Changes to the Report


Exit Microsoft Word

Click the Office Button and then click Exit Word.

Close Microsoft Internet Explorer

Click the Close button in the top right corner of the window.

If prompted to close all tabs, click Yes.

Did you know that animals bred in zoos do not always

survive in the wild? They have to learn how to find food,

avoid enemies, and compete with other animals. They

will not survive long if the conditions that made them

endangered are still out there!


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SESSION 3 EXTENSION ACTIVITY: THE FOOD CHAIN

All living things depend on each other to live. The food chain shows how some animals eat other

animals to survive. The first link in the chain is plant life, such as trees, shrubs, or grasses. The next

link is an animal that eats plants. The following link is an animal that eats other animals.

Animals eat different things. For this reason, each living thing can belong to many food groups.

When the food groups are joined together, they make a chain.

The balance of the food chain must be kept. If not, the ecosystem becomes unstable. For

example, if trees are cut down by humans, the giraffe will not have any leaves to eat for food.

This may result in starvation and death of the giraffe. This may also cause the giraffe to look

elsewhere for food. The giraffe would then cause the new ecosystem to become unbalanced,

as there would be too many animals eating the same foods. This would then cause more

animals to search for a new food supply.

Now think about the lion that eats the giraffe. They become hungry because their food source

has either died or moved to a new place. This situation could cause the lion to die because they

have no food. The lion could also eat more of another food. This would cause other animals to

become hungry because the lion is eating their share of the food.

One action can impact all the living things from many different ecosystems. Make a food chain

and then include the species you are studying. Tell how one change in the food chain creates a

chain reaction.

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SESSION 4 Write the Report You cannot pretend that the facts you copied and pasted from the Internet are

your own. That would be plagiarism. Instead, you must rewrite the facts to put

them into your own words.

By adding, deleting, and changing words, you can turn each fact into a

sentence that makes sense. Sometimes you may come across words you do not

know. You can use the thesaurus or a dictionary to help you find another word.

When you are done, it is always a good idea to check spelling and grammar.

Although in this session, you will use spell check, it is important to realize that it

will not find all the mistakes. You still need to read over your work.

Assignment 8: Proofread the Pallid Bat Report

Assignment 9: Write Your Own Report

Session 4 Skill Review

Session 4 Extension Activity: Make an Animal Habitat


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Assignment 8: Proofread the Pallid Bat Report

Discuss plagiarism.

Open Microsoft Word



Go to the Report folder (ask your teacher how to do this).

Select the Pallid Bat document and click Open.

You do not want to plagiarize anyone. Plagiarism is when you take

someone else's work and pretend it is your own.

For this reason, you need to take the facts you found on the Internet and

put them into your own words. This is a difficult job.

There are four problems that you may have:

There is too much information: You will need to cut out words

to make each sentence sound better.

The text is not in sentences: in this case, you will need to add,

delete, or change the words to have them make sense.

The words used are not words you would normally use: in this

case, you can use the thesaurus to find another word that

you understand and that means the same thing.

Words may not be ones that you know: Sometimes you will

need to use a dictionary to find out the meaning of an

unknown word. Once you know what the word means you

can re-word the fact.

You will edit the report on the Pallid Bat. Editing this report is

good practice so that you can write your own.

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Read the Facts about the Pallid Bat

The Pallid Bat report has already been

edited in places. You need to finish it. Edit

the parts in blue, brown, purple, and red.

First, read the report and look at the four

common problems.

These words are not ones

you would use in your

writing. Use the thesaurus

to find other words that

mean the same. These facts are not in

sentences. Words need to

be added to have this

information make sense.

These sentences are very

long. They have TOO

much information. Words

need to be added,

deleted, and changed to

help the sentences make

sense.

You do not know the

meaning of these words.

You need to use the

dictionary to look them

up. Once you know what

the words mean you can

rewrite the sentences.


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Problem: Too Much Information

Delete the underlined words in the sentences under the Appearance heading.

The total length is 92 to 135 millimeters, tail length is 35 to 53 millimeters, hind foot

length is 11 to 16 millimeters, ear length is 21 to 37 millimeters, forearm length is 45

to 60 millimeters, and skull length is 18.6 to 24 millimeters. Females tend to be

larger than males (mass 13.6 to 24.1 grams in males, 13.9 to 28.0 grams in

females).

Now read the sentences. What punctuation do you need to remove to have the

sentences make sense? Make the changes.

Problem: Facts are Not in Sentences

Add the words "The pallid bat lives in", beside the fact Deserts and canyons in the first

fact.

Add the words "In the Daytime it roosts" to make the second fact make sense.

Delete the words less often. In their place, add "Sometimes it lives" to make the third fact

make sense.

Add the words "At Nighttime the pallid bat roosts" to make the fourth fact make sense.

Now reread those sentences. What punctuation or capitals do you need to correct to

have the sentences make sense? Make the changes.

Many times the facts are not written in

complete sentences. You will need to add,

delete, and change some words!

You want the report to be interesting to read.

Sometimes there can be too much

information in a fact. Delete it!

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Problem: The Words are not Ones You Would Use

Under the Appearance heading, double click on the word drab.

Click the Review tab. Find the Proofing group.

Click the Thesaurus command.

Look in the Research pane at the list of suggestions.

When you find a word to replace drab, move the mouse pointer OVER the word and

click on the arrow on the right edge. DO NOT CLICK THE WORD!

Choose Insert from the list.

Under the Appearance heading, double click on the word base.


View the results and choose a different word.

You may not use the word drab or base. The

thesaurus will help you to find other words that

you are more likely to use when you write.

TIP: Pick a word that fits with

the sentence. For example,

dull makes sense but somber

does not.

TIP: If you click on the word, a list

of synonyms will show up. If this

happens, click the Back button.


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Problem: You Do Not Know the Meaning of the Word

Under the Appearance heading, double click on the word pelage.


In the Research pane, click the Thesaurus arrow.

All Reference Books list, and choose Encarta Dictionary: English (North America).

Read the definition. [a mammal’s coat of fur, hair, or wool].

Replace the word pelage with the word coat.

KEEP THE RESEARCH PANE OPEN.

Under the Family heading, double click on the word volant.

Type volant into the Search for bar in the Research pane and then press ENTER.

Read the definition.

Replace volant in the report with words that are easier to understand and that make

sense in the sentence.

You may not know the meaning of some words.

The dictionary will help you out.

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Spelling & Grammar Check

Click the Review tab. Find the Proofing group.

Click Spelling & Grammar.

To use it:

o Fix a Mistake: Click on the correction in the Suggestions pane, then click Change.

o Type in a Correction: Make a change in the upper window, then click Change.

o Ignore a Suggestion: If the suggestion is not right, click Ignore Once or Ignore

Rule.

Save Changes to the Document

Click the Office Button and then click Save As.

Go to your student folder.

Name the document Pallid Bat edit and click Save.

Print the Document

Click the Office Button and choose Print – Quick Print.

Exit Microsoft Word

Click the Office Button and click the Exit Word button.

It is important to make sure you have the

right spelling and punctuation. Microsoft

Word has a spelling feature that will help you

fix most problems. However, it is still a good

idea to read over your work.


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Assignment 9: Write Your Own Report

Rewrite the facts to make a report about an endangered species.

Open Microsoft Word


Open the Report


Go to the place where you saved your work.

Select your report and click Open.

Resave the Document

Click the Office Button and select Save As.

Change the file name to read report.

Click Save.

Edit Your Report

Save the Changes and Exit Microsoft Word



You want the report to be in your own words. Add,

delete, and change the words to turn the facts into

sentences.

Remember to use the thesaurus and dictionary tools to

help you reword the facts.

When you are finished, use spell check to fix spelling and

grammar problems.

Remember, spell check will not find all the errors. Read

your report one more time to make sure it is perfect!

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Editing Tips

In your own words. Read the fact on the report. Now type it into your own words.

Delete your worries. Do not worry about deleting something important. You saved the

report as a new document with a new filename, so you still have the original research.

Peer edit. Have a friend read over the report to make sure that it makes sense.


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SESSION 4 SKILL REVIEW

Edit the report on the mountain gorilla.

1. Open Microsoft Word.

2. . Open the document, "Mountain Gorillas" in the Report Skill Review folder. Ask your

teacher where this is located.

3. Replace the text "Christa Love" with your name.

4. Delete the underlined words under the Appearance heading.

5. Use the thesaurus to replace the words survive, isolated, approximately, and inhabit

under the Population heading.

6. Rewrite the words under the Food heading to tell about the diet of the mountain

gorilla.

7. Save the document as mountain gorillas edit.

8. Print the document.

9. Exit Microsoft Word.

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SESSION 4 EXTENSION ACTIVITY: MAKE AN ANIMAL HABITAT

Animals live in specific habitats because they give them what they need to survive. The place

where an animal lives must provide food, shelter, water, and safety. Animals have adapted over

many years to suit their habitats. For example, a duck has webbed feet so it can swim in the

water, a beak so it can catch fish and feathers to stay dry in the water. A polar bear has fur to

stay warm in the cold Arctic, white fur to blend in with the snow, and sharp teeth and claws to

catch food to eat.

Pick a habitat from the list. Draw a newly discovered animal that could live in this habitat. You

must ensure that the appearance you give it suits the habitat. The animal must be able to catch

food, make shelter, drink water, and be safe from predators.

Habitat

Wetlands: bog, fens, marsh, swamp

Fresh water: rivers, streams, lakes

Salt water: ocean

Rain forest

Grasslands

Deserts

Polar lands

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SESSION 5 Format the Report

This article is being written for the "Friends of the Planet" newsletter. You will want

your article to look professional. For this reason, the report is put into columns. In

addition, the title and report headings are formatted to look terrific. When you

are finished this is one article, everyone will want to read!

Assignment 10: Make the Report Look Great

Session 5 Extension Activity: The Need for Plants and Animals


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Assignment 10: Make the Report Look Great

Follow the instructions to format the appearance of the report to make it look like a real

newsletter article.

Open the Report in Microsoft Word



Go to the place where you saved your work. Select your report and click Open.

Use the Editing Group to Select Text

Find the Editing group on the Home tab.

Click the Select command and choose Select All.

Change the Page Layout to Two Columns

Click the Page Layout tab. Find the Page Setup group.

Click the Columns command.

Choose Two from the list.

Do not worry if the columns

are even. You can change

the column break after you

add pictures. Pictures are

added in the next session.

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Justify the Text

With the document text still selected, return to the Home tab.

Find the Paragraph group.

Click the Justify command.

TWO COLUMNS ALIGNED TO THE LEFT TWO COLUMNS JUSTIFIED

Make the Title Look Good

Select just the title text.

Use the commands in the Font group to format the appearance of the title.

FONT FONT SIZE GROW

FONT BOLD ITALIC UNDERLINE

CHANGE

CASE FONT COLOR

Make the Research Heading “Appearance” Look Good

Select the Appearance heading.

Apply your knowledge to choose a font, font size, font style, and font color.


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Use Format Painter to Copy the Formatting from One Heading to Another

Select the Appearance heading.

Find the Clipboard group on the Home tab.

Double click the Format Painter command.

Click the mouse on the Habitat heading.

Click each of the remaining headings to apply the same formatting. Be careful not to

click the mouse on anything but the headings.

When you are done, click the Format Painter command again to turn it off.




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SESSION 5 EXTENSION ACTIVITY: THE NEED FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS

Humans need plants and animals. We use them for food, to make clothing, to build homes, and

to develop medicine. List ways these plants or animals are used by humans in order to survive.

tree

cow

chicken

sheep

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SESSION 6 Friends of the Planet Report

In this session, you complete your endangered species report for the

environmental newsletter Friends of the Planet. Visual media is added in the

form of pictures. The report is then shrunk to fit onto one printed page. With

everything finished, the document is ready for printing. Now you can educate

others about the urgent need to help animals at risk of extinction.

Assignment 11: Add Pictures to the Report

Assignment 12: Print the Report

Assignment 13: Friends of the Planet

Session 6 Extension Activity: Post it on the Web


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Assignment 11: Add Pictures to the Report

Add images collected in Session 3 to your report.

Open Microsoft Word


Open the Report




Insert an Image

Click the mouse pointer at the location where you want to insert the first picture.

Click the Insert tab.

Find the Illustrations group.

Click the Insert Picture from File command.

Click the Look in: arrow and go to the location of your saved images.

Select an image and then click Insert.

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Change the Text Wrapping

With the image selected, find the Arrange group.

Click Text Wrapping.

Choose Square from the menu.

Change the Size of the Image and Move it on the Page

Click on the picture. Place the mouse pointer over the corner handle of the image.

When the mouse pointer changes to a two-way arrow, click and drag INWARDS

to make it smaller.

Click on the picture. Place the mouse pointer over the center of the image.

When the mouse pointer changes to a four-way arrow, click and drag to place

it on the page.

You will likely need to make your picture smaller.

You should put the picture beside the

information it illustrates. For example, if the

picture is of a baby, put it by the Family heading.

Text wrap is the way the words go around a picture. You

need to change the text wrap of your picture to square.


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Apply a Picture Style

Double click on the clip art. The Picture Tools – Format tab shows up in the ribbon.

Rest the mouse pointer over one of the pictures styles. Watch the picture to see how it

will look with that style.

To see more styles, click the More arrow in the corner of the gallery.

When you find a style you like, click on it.

Add Other Pictures




A picture style is a preset style that applies a shape,

border, and effects to a picture.

Apply a picture style to make your report look great.

Do not worry if the report does not

fit on one page. You will adjust the

formatting in the next assignment.

Click the "More"

arrow to see more

choices.

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Assignment 12: Print the Report

Open Microsoft Word


Open the Report




View the Report in Print Preview

Click the Office Button and point to Print.

Click Print Preview.

Use the Print Preview window to help you to

correct the layout of the document before you

send it to the printer!

If your report is more than one page, use the

Shrink One Page command to shrink your work so

that it fits nicely on one page.

If that does not work, then you will need to close

Print Preview, and make changes to the report to

make it fit on one page.

Follow these steps to make sure the report

looks its best before sending it to the printer.

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Complete the Report Checklist

Layout

The title is eye-catching.

The headings are all formatted the same.

The headings are easy to read.

The report fits on one page. (Follow the tips on the next page to make the report fit on one page)

Information

The information is listed under the correct heading.

The information is in sentences.

The sentences are grammatically correct.

There are no spelling errors.

Pictures

There are three pictures.

Each picture has a picture style.

Each picture is placed in a suitable location on the report.

Look to see if your

report is on two

pages. If it is, you will

need to format the

text to make the

report fit onto one page.

Print

command

Office Button

document

Print Preview tab

Look at the document in the print preview window.

Does it look like it is ready to print?

You want the report to fit on one page. You can

use the Shrink to Fit command to resize the text

quickly OR you can adjust the formatting yourself.

Use the checklist to see if your report is ready to

print.


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Option 1: Use Shrink One Page – If Your Report Has a Few Lines on the Next Page

Find the Preview group.

Click the Shrink One Page command.

Click Close Print Preview to close the Print Preview window.

Option 2: Format the Text – If Your Report Has Lots of Lines on the Next Page

Click Close Print Preview to close the Print Preview window.

Change the Zoom Level

Click and drag the zoom slider to the LEFT to see both pages.

Select All the Information and Use Shrink Font

Find the Editing group on the Home tab. Click Select and choose Select All.

Click Shrink Font on the Home tab in the Font group to decrease the font size to

make all the information fit on one page.

Select the Information Under the Sources Heading and Shrink the Font

Click and drag to select only the information under the Sources heading.

Click Shrink Font on the Home tab in the Font group to decrease the font size to

make all the information fit on one page.

If your report has lots of lines on the

next page, you need to format the

text to make it FIT onto ONE PAGE.

Below are some tips.

If you do not like how Microsoft Word fit

the words on the page, click Undo on

the Quick Access Toolbar.

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Press ENTER to Keep the Heading and the Information Together

The column break may separate the heading from the information. If this happens, place

the cursor before the heading. Press ENTER.

Resize the Picture

Click on the picture. Place the mouse pointer over the corner handle. When the mouse

pointer changes to a two-way arrow, click and drag INWARDS to make it smaller.

Remove Extra Line Spaces

Sometimes there are extra line spaces between headings or at the end of the

document. Position the cursor at the extra line space. Press DELETE.

Send the Report to the Printer


Click the Print command.

In the Print dialog box, choose the desired printer from the Name list and click OK.





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Assignment 13: Friends of the Planet

Read the Articles and Answer the Questions

1. What animals are on the endangered species list?

2. What types of things are threatening the animals?

3. What can you do to help these endangered species?

You and your classmates have all written

articles for the environmental newsletter

"Friends of the Planet".

Read the articles and answer the questions.

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SESSION 6 EXTENSION ACTIVITY: POST IT ON THE WEB

Share your report with the world! Save your report as a web page and upload to the World Wide

Web.

Save the Report as a Web Page

Open your report in Microsoft Word.

Click the Office Button and point to Save As.

Click Other Formats.

In the File Name: box, type index.

In the Save As dialog box, click on Save as Type and select Web Page from the list.

Click Save.

When you save a document as a web page, two files

are created. The first file is an html document (index) that

contains the text on the web page and the instructions

on how the page should look. The second file is a folder

(index_files) that holds all the pictures for the web page.

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Register for a FREE Web Page Account

Upload your Report using the File Manager

You now need to upload both the index file and the contents of the index_files folder.

1. Open your web browser and log in to your web page account.

2. Look for the option to upload your website. The link may be called "Build My Site".

3. Look for the File Manager option. Click on it.

4. Once in the File Manager window, click the upload button.

5. Browse to your folder to find the index file.

6. Upload that file.

7. Look for the link to create a new folder or subdirectory. Name it index_files.

8. Click the upload button.

9. Browse to your folder and open the index_files folder.

10. Select the first file in this folder and click the Open button.

11. Click the next Browse button and select the next file in the index_files folder.

12. Repeat this until all files in the index_files folder have been selected for uploading.

13. Click the upload button.

View your Web Page

Your web page is now on the World Wide Web. Type your web

address into the address bar of Microsoft Internet Explorer to

see your web page. Check out the pages of your friends!

Many schools or learning organizations already have space on

their websites to post student work. If your school does not, visit

one of these web hosts and register for a FREE account.

http://www.freeservers.com/

http://www.freeservers.com/

SESSION 7 Review

Review the learning objectives addressed in the TechnoReport project.

Summary of Skills

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SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Examine the completed projects. Indicate the skills in which students have mastered by placing

a check mark beside the learning objective.

Content Knowledge

define the terms 'endangered' and 'extinct'

reference the source of information and images

Operating Environment

minimize, maximize and toggle between programs

open a document

open and close a program

print a document

rename a document using Save As

save a document

use menus and ribbon commands to copy and paste text

use the ribbon to locate groups and commands to complete a task

Word Processing

add and delete text

align text

arrange text in columns

change the text wrap on a picture

change the zoom level of an active document

copy a selection

copy formatting using Format Painter

format the font, font style, font size, font color, underline style, and font effects

insert a picture from file

move a picture

paste a selection using paste options

preview a document using Print Preview

resize a picture

select one word, a paragraph, or an entire document

shrink a document to fit on one page using Shrink to Fit

use spell check to correct grammar and spelling errors

use the thesaurus and dictionary

Internet Skills

use the Favorites Center to access bookmarks

use a search engine to locate information on the Internet

save a picture from a web page

Applied Technology

edit the content of a report on the Giant Panda

research facts about an endangered species topic using the Internet

use the Internet to find pictures of an endangered species

use the Internet to select an endangered species topic

write a report about an endangered species

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TECHNOREPORT RUBRIC

1 2 3 4 Mark

RESEARCH

Information

(appearance,

habitat, population,

food, threats, help,

interesting facts)

Missing facts for

more than two

headings.

Missing facts for

one heading.

Facts for each

heading were

collected.

Facts adequately

describe the

plant/animal.

Facts for each

heading were

collected.

Facts thoroughly

describe the

plant/animal.

Organization Most facts are

incorrectly

organized under

the headings.

Many facts are

incorrectly

organized under

the headings.

A few facts are

incorrectly

organized under

the headings.

Facts are correctly

organized under each

heading.

Source of

Information

Sources of

information are not

listed.

Information is from

a limited amount

of sources.

Sources of

information have

vital information

missing.

Information is from

varied sources.

Sources of

information have

most of the vital

information listed.

Information is from

varied sources.

Sources of information

have most/all of the

vital information listed.

Sources of information

are reliable.

Internet Skills Able to use the

Internet to locate

facts and pictures

with constant

assistance.

Able to use the

Internet to locate

facts and pictures

with lots of

assistance.

Able to use the

Internet to locate

facts and pictures

with some

assistance.

Able to independently

use the Internet to

locate facts and

pictures.

REPORT

Content Many facts are

illogically

sequenced and

worded unclearly.

A few facts are

illogically

sequenced and

worded unclearly.

The facts are

logically

sequenced and

worded clearly.

The facts are logically

sequenced and

worded clearly.

The report includes

insight into the

animal/plant.

Pictures There are less than

three pictures and

some are not

appropriate to the

topic.

There are three

pictures but some

are not

appropriate to the

topic.

There are three

pictures and each

is appropriate to

the topic.

Pictures are limited

in variety.

Pictures illustrate a

variety of facts. There

are three pictures and

each is appropriate to

the topic.

Spelling More than two

words are spelled

incorrectly.

Two words are

spelled incorrectly.

One word is

spelled incorrectly.

All words are spelled

correctly.

Grammar There are major

punctuation and

capitalization

errors.

There are several

minor punctuation

and capitalization

errors.

There are only a

few minor

punctuation and

capitalization

errors.

There are no

punctuation and

capitalization errors.

Layout Pictures and text

are not arranged

attractively in

columns.

Pictures and text

are arranged

somewhat

attractively in

columns.

Pictures and text

are arranged

attractively in

columns.

Pictures and text are

arranged attractively

in columns, with

additional formatting

included.

TIMELINESS More than two

days late.

Two days late. One day late. Handed in on due

date.

TOTAL /40

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APPENDICES

Refer to the appendices in this section to see a complete list of the software

applications needed to complete this project, a list of terminology and their

definitions introduced in this project and how to contact TechnoKids.

Appendix A – Software Application Tools

Appendix B – Terminology List

Appendix C – Glossary

Appendix D – Contact Information

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Appendix A: Command Summary

Microsoft Word Home Tab

Clipboard Group

Paste Insert cut or copied items into a

document from the Clipboard.

Cut Remove a selected part of a

document and place it on the

Clipboard.

Copy Copy a selected part of a document

and place it on the Clipboard.

Format Painter Copy the formatting applied to one

place to another place.

Font Group

Font Alter the typeface or design of a set of

characters.

Font Size Increase or decrease the size of text

by selecting a point size.

Grow Font Increase the size of text by one point

increments.

Shrink Font Decrease the size of text by one point

increments.

Clear Formatting Remove all formatting from selected

text.

Bold Thicken the text to make it appear

darker.

Italic Slant text to the right.

Underline Underline a selection with a single line.

Strikethrough Place a line through the center of

selected text.

Subscript Reduce the size of and position text

slightly lower than the text in a line.

Superscript Reduce the size of and position text

slightly higher than text in a line.

Change Case Change the case of text to lowercase,

UPPERCASE, Sentence case, Capitalize

Each Word, or tOGGLE cASE.

Text Highlight Color Place color behind text to make it

stand out from the page.

Font Color Change the color of text.

Paragraph Group

Bullets Create a list with small graphic symbols

beside each item.

Numbering Create a list with numbers beside each

item.

Multilevel List Create a list that has different levels.

Each level is formatted with a unique

character or symbol.

Decrease Indent Move text five spaces to the left.

Increase Indent Move text five spaces to the right.

Sort Arrange selected text in alphabetical

or numerical order.

Show/Hide Display or hide the formatting

characters with a document.

Align Text Left Position the text to the left margin of

the page.

Center Position the text to the center of the

page between the left and right

margins.

Align Text Right Position the text to the right margin of

the page.

Justify Evenly space text on the page

between the left and right margins by

adding space between words.

Line Spacing Set the spacing between each line.

Shading Color the background behind the

selected text.

Bottom Border Add a horizontal or vertical line to the

top, bottom, or sides of a selection.

Styles Group

Emphasis Apply the Emphasis style to text.

Heading 1 Apply the Heading 1 style to text.

Heading 2 Apply the Heading 2 style to text.

Normal Apply the Normal style to text.

Change Styles Change the set of styles, colors, and

fonts used in a document.

Editing Group

Find Find specific text, formatting, or

information in a document.

Replace Replace specific text, formatting, or

information in a document with new

content.

Select Select text or objects in a document.

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Microsoft Word Insert Tab

Pages Group

Cover Page Insert a page at the beginning of a

document that contains the title,

author, date and other information.

Blank Page Separate the content before and after

the cursor with a blank page.

Page Break Place content after the position of the

cursor onto the next page.

Tables Group

Table Insert or draw a table in a document.

Illustrations Group

Insert Picture From File Insert a saved image into a document.

Clip Art Display the Clip Art pane to search for

and select clip art, movies,

photographs, and sounds.

Shapes Insert shapes such as rectangles,

circles, arrows, lines, flowchart symbols,

callouts, starts and banners.

Insert SmartArt Graphic Insert a graphic that summarizes

information into a list, process, cycle,

hierarchy, relationship, matrix, or

pyramid.

Insert Chart Insert a chart to illustrate and compare

data.

Links Group

Insert Hyperlink Insert a hyperlink to a file, email

address, website, or bookmark.

Bookmark Mark text or a location in a document

with a specific name. a hyperlink can

then be created that displays the

bookmark when clicked.

Cross-reference Insert text into a document that refers

to related material such as a heading,

figure, or table in another part of the

document.

Header & Footer Group

Header Edit the header by adding text, page

number, date, time, or a picture to the

top of each page in a document.

Footer Edit the footer by adding text, page

number, date, time, or a picture to the

bottom of each page in a document.

Insert Page Number Insert page numbers at the top or

bottom of each page in the

document.

Text Group

Text Box Insert a text box and place it anywhere

in the document.

Quick Parts Insert a placeholder or field code that

specifies the type of information to be

added to that part of the document.

WordArt Insert decorative text into a document.

Drop Cap Make the first letter of a paragraph

larger than the rest by increasing its

height so that it drops down a few lines

causing the text in the paragraph to

wrap around the large letter.

Signature Line Insert a line with the name, position,

and other personal information that

indicates the location and person who

needs to sign the document.

Insert Date & Time Insert the date and time into a

document.

Insert Object Embed or link an object from another

program into a document.

Symbols Group

Equation Insert a mathematical symbol,

equation, or structure into a document.

Symbol Insert a character that is not on the

keyboard such as a copyright symbol,

trademark symbol, paragraph marks, or

Unicode character.

Microsoft Word Office Button

Office Button Produce a list of file management

commands.

New Create a new document or template.

Open Retrieve an existing document to display

it in the Microsoft Word window.

Save Permanently store a document and any

changes you make to the file.

Save As Permanently store a copy of a document

with another file name, as a template, or

in another file format.

Print Send a document to the printer.

Prepare Enable options for preparing a document

for distribution.

Send Enables options for either sending a copy

of the document as an attachment to an

email or as a fax.

Publish Enables options for creating a new blog

post with the contents of the document

or for posting your files to a document

management server or document

workspace.

Close Closes the active document but leaves

the Microsoft Word application open.


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Microsoft Word Page Layout Tab

Themes Group

Themes Display a gallery pre-set designs used

to determine the formatting of objects

& text by setting color, font, and effect.

Theme Colors Display a gallery of color schemes that

set the color of objects and text.

Theme Fonts Display a gallery of font schemes that

set the typeface.

Theme Effects Display a gallery of effect schemes that

set the line and fill for graphics.

Page Setup Group

Margins Set the amount of blank space around

the edges of the page.

Page Orientation Position the page as portrait or

landscape.

Page Size Select from a gallery of paper sizes

such as letter, legal, executive, or

envelope.

Columns Split text into two or more columns.

Insert Page and Section

Breaks

Add page, column, text wrapping, or

section breaks.

Line Numbers Display the line number in the left

margin.

Hyphenation Divide a word at the end of a line with

a hyphen positioned at the syllable.

Page Background Group

Watermark Place text or a picture behind the

page content as a ghosted image.

Page Color Choose a color for the background of

the page.

Page Borders Apply a decorative design around the

edge of the page.

Paragraph Group

Indent Left Move a paragraph a specific distance

from the left margin.

Indent Right Move a paragraph a specific distance

from the right margin.

Spacing Before Set the distance that occurs above the

selected paragraph.

Spacing After Set the distance that occurs below the

selected paragraph.

Arrange Group

Object Position Position an object by selecting an

option from the gallery that sets the

text wrap and location on the page.

Bring to Front Move a selected object to the front of

a stack of objects, placing all other

items behind the object.

Send to Back Move a selected object to the back of

a stack of objects, placing all other

items in front of the object.

Text Wrapping Set how words go around an object,

such as inline, square, tight, behind

text, in front of text, top and bottom, or

through.

Align Align edges of multiple objects or

distribute the spacing between them

evenly.

Group Join two or more objects together to

form one item.

Rotate Turn or flip a selected object in a

document.

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Microsoft Word Print Preview Tab

Print Group

Print Send a document to the printer.

Options Opens a dialog box in which you can

set printing options.

Zoom Group

Zoom Opens a dialog box to select how

much of the document to view on the

screen. Get a close-up view or see

more of the page at a reduced size.

100% Displays the document to its actual

size.

One Page Displays the entire document page in

the window.

Two Pages Changes the display to show two

pages in the window.

Page Width Changes the size so that the width of

the page fits the width of the window.

Page Setup Group

Margins

Set the size of the top, bottom, left and

right margins for the document.

Page

Orientation

Choose portrait or landscape layout for

the document.

Page Size Choose a paper size.

Preview Group

View Ruler Shows the horizontal and vertical rulers.

Magnifier Changes the cursor into a magnifying

glass. Click on the document to switch

between 100% and One Page views. If

Magnifier is not selected, you can edit

the document.

Shrink One

Page

Reduces the size and spacing of text to

try to shrink the document by one

page.

Next Page Moves to the following page of the

document.

Previous Page Moves to the preceding page of the

document.

Close Print

Preview

Closes print preview and returns to

normal editing view.


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Microsoft Word Review Tab

Proofing Group

Spelling & Grammar Check and correct spelling and

grammar errors in a document.

Research Access and search through reference

materials included in Word, such as

dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Thesaurus Suggests other words with a similar

meaning to a selected word.

Translate Converts selected text into another

language.

Translation ScreenTip Enables a screen tip that suggests

translations when the cursor is paused

over a word.

Set Language Assigns the language used when

checking spelling and grammar.

Word Count Calculates the number of words,

characters, paragraphs, and lines in a

document.

Comments Group

Insert Comment Adds a comment about selected text

in the markup area. Choose to print

with or without comments.

Delete Comment Removes one or all of the comments in

a document.

Previous Comment Moves to the comment preceding the

selected comment.

Next Comment Moves to the comment following the

selected comment.

Protect Group

Protect Document Prevent users from making changes to

a document by assigning a password.

Tracking Group

Track Changes Lists changes made to a document

such as insertions, deletions, and

formatting changes. Opt to choose the

color and format of the changes.

Balloons Select how revisions are shown in a

document: as balloons in the markup

area or directly in the document.

Display for Review Select how to show revisions in a

document: with all the changes or as

an original document before all

changes.

Show Markup Select which types of markup to show

in a document.

Reviewing Pane Select a layout in which to show

revisions: a separate horizontal or

vertical window.

Changes Group

Accept and Move to

Next

Allow one or more changes to a

document.

Reject and Move to Next Disallow one or more changes to a

document.

Previous Change Move back to the preceding change

in order to accept or reject it.

Next Change Move back to the following change in

order to accept or reject it.

Compare Group

Compare Compare or combine two or more

versions of a document.

Show Source Documents Select which source documents to

show: the original, the document with

revisions, or both.

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Microsoft Word View Tab

Document Views Group

Print Layout View the document as it will appear on

the printed page.

Full Screen Reading In this view, the content of each page

is rearranged to make it easier to read

on the screen. This view does not

change the actual layout of the page.

Web Layout View the document as it will look as a

web page.

Outline View Control the part of the document that

is viewable by expanding and

collapsing sections of the document.

Draft View View text only in a document, with

headers, footers and other elements

temporarily hidden from sight.

Show/Hide Group

View Ruler Display or hide horizontal and vertical

rulers at the top and left edge of the

document.

Gridlines Display or hide thin lines that form a

grid on the page. The gridlines only

appear on the screen and do not print.

Message Bar Display or hide a bar that gives security

alerts about unsafe content in a

document.

Document Map Display or hide the document map

pane that displays the text in

document.

Thumbnails Display or hide the Thumbnails pane

that shows a picture of each page.

Zoom Group

Zoom Open the Zoom dialog box to adjust

the magnification of document.

100% Magnify the document at 100% of the

actual size.

One Page Change the magnification of a

document to show an entire page in

the window.

Two Pages Change the magnification of a

document to show two pages in the

window.

Page Width Increase the magnification of a

document to have the width of the

page match the width of the window.

Window Group

New Window Display a document in two windows by

opening the current document in a

new window. This lets you see different

parts of the same document without

creating a new copy of the document.

Arrange All Display all open Word documents, by

resizing the window to have each one

show on the screen at the same time.

Split Window Divide the window into two parts to

view different sections of a document

at the same time.

View Side by Side Compare the content in a pair of

documents by displaying each in a

window placed beside one another.

Synchronous Scrolling Cause a pair of documents, to scroll up

or down at the same time. This can only

be done if View Side by Side is turned

on.

Reset Window Position Resize two windows to fit equally on the

screen, when using the View Side by

Side feature.

Switch Windows Change the window in view by

selecting from a list of open Word

documents.

Macros Group

Macros View or record a macro, which is a

command that executes a series of

programming instructions.


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Microsoft Word 2007 Picture Tools Format Tab

Adjust Group

Brightness Lighten or darken the color in a picture.

Contrast

Adjust the difference between the

darkest and the lightest areas of the

picture.

Recolor

Apply a stylized effect to the color of

the picture.

Compress

Pictures

Reduce the file size of all or selected

pictures in the document.

Change

Picture

Replace the selected picture with a

different picture but keep the

formatting settings.

Reset Picture

Remove all of the changes that have

been made and restore a picture to its

original form.

Picture Styles Group

Picture Style

Apply a pre-set design to a selected

picture.

Picture Shape

Change the shape of a selected

picture.

Picture Border

Select the color, width, and line style

for the edge of a selected picture.

Picture Effects

Apply a shadow, reflection, glow, soft

edge, bevel, or 3_D rotation to the

border of a selected picture.

Arrange Group

Position Position a picture on the page.

Bring to Front

Move a selected picture to the front of

a stack of objects.

Send to Back

Move a selected picture to the back of

a stack of objects.

Text Wrapping Set how words wrap around a picture.

Align

Align edges of multiple pictures or

distribute the spacing between them

evenly.

Rotate

Turn or flip a selected picture in a

document.

Size Group

Crop

Trim the picture by removing horizontal

or vertical edges.

Shape Height

Change the height of a shape or

picture.

Shape Width

Change the width of a shape or

picture.

Internet Explorer Toolbar

Back Click to return to the last page you

viewed. Home Display a pre-selected web page.

Forward

Click to return to the page you

were on before you click the Back

button. Feeds Read an RSS feed.

Recent

Pages

Click to select a web page from the

list of those you visited. Print

Click to print or choose Print

Preview to see how the page will

look before you print.

Refresh Click if the page has stopped

loading to try to load it again. Page

Manage commands for the

displayed page.

Stop Click if a page you are trying to

view is taking too long to open. Tools

Opens a list of tools associated

with browser settings.

Search/

Search

Options

The search box enables quick

searches with search providers.

Help Click to open Windows Internet

Explorer Help.

Favorites

Center

Manage favorite websites, browsing

history and RSS feeds.

Research Open a task pane to use research

and reference services.

Add to

Favorites

Click to add, import or organize

favorites.

Messenger Launch the default messaging

program.

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Appendix B: Terminology List arrange group ........................................................ 6-6 clipboard group ................................................... 2-10 command ............................................................... 1-8 cursor ................................................................... 1-14 document area ...................................................... 1-8 document name .................................................... 1-8 double click .......................................................... 1-14 editing group ....................................................... 1-21 favorites center ..................................................... 2-5 font ...................................................................... 1-15 font color ............................................................. 1-17 font group ............................................................ 1-15 font size ............................................................... 1-16 font style .............................................................. 1-16 group ..................................................................... 1-8 illustrations group .................................................. 6-5 insert tab................................................................ 6-5

live preview.......................................................... 1-17 minimize ................................................................ 2-8 office button .......................................................... 1-8 page layout tab ...................................................... 5-3 page setup group ................................................... 5-3 paragraph group .................................................. 1-17 print preview ......................................................... 6-9 proofing group ....................................................... 4-8 review tab .............................................................. 4-8 ribbon .................................................................... 1-8 screentip .............................................................. 1-15 scroll bar ................................................................ 1-8 tab .......................................................................... 1-8 triple click ............................................................ 1-14 view tab ............................................................... 1-13 zoom group .......................................................... 1-13

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Appendix C: Glossary

TERM DEFINITION

arrange group A group of commands on the Page Layout tab that lets you adjust the position of an object on

the page, specify object layering, change text wrapping, align, group or rotate an object.

clipboard group A group of commands on the Home tab to manage cutting, copying, and pasting information

in a document.

command An instruction, depicted by a picture, that when clicked tells the computer to perform a set of

instructions to complete a task.

cursor/insertion

point

A blinking vertical line that indicates where text or an object will be inserted in the document.

document area The large blank area in the Microsoft Word application where text and objects are inserted.

document name The name of the document when saved.

document views A set of commands that change the way a document is displayed on the screen. Choose

from Print Layout, Full Screen Reading, Web Layout, Outline, and Draft views.

double click An action performed with the mouse. The left mouse button is double clicked to initiate an

action such as launching an application, opening a file, or folder.

editing group A set of commands on the Home tab that let you find, replace, and select portions.

favorites center In Internet Explorer, the Favorites Center replaces the Favorites Pane in earlier versions. It is a list

of accumulated bookmarked sites organized alphabetically.

font A complete set of type characters in a particular style and size. Use the Font group to change

the look of text.

font color The color of the font.

font group A set of commands on the Home tab that let you control the look of the font, font size, style,

highlighting, color and other effects.

font size Change the size of the font.

font style An effect applied to the text that will make the letters appear bold, italic, underlined or any

combination.

group A set of commands found on the ribbon. Groups are divided into similar type commands to

help you complete tasks.

home tab A tab on the Ribbon that contains groups of commands to help you manage the look of the

document. Use commands in the Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles, and Editing groups.

illustrations group A set of commands on the Insert tab that let you add pictures or objects to your document.

insert tab A tab on the Ribbon that contains groups of commands to insert components. Choose from

Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Links, Header & Footer, Text, and Symbols.

live preview A visual element added to Office 2007 that shows you instantly what a particular choice will

look like when it is applied to the selection.

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TERM DEFINITION

minimize Click the Minimize command on the window, dialog box, or toolbar that shows the name of

the document, program, or toolbar of the active window. The program window is then

minimized to a button on the Microsoft Windows taskbar.

office button The Office Button replaces the File menu from earlier versions of Microsoft Office. It is located in

the upper-left corner of the program window and contains basic commands such as open,

save, and print.

page layout tab A tab on the Ribbon that contains groups of commands to help you manage the look of the

document page. Use commands in the Themes, Page Setup, Page Background, Paragraph,

and Arrange groups.

page number in

document

An area in the status bar that indicates the page number of the displayed page as well as the

total number of pages in the document.

page setup group A group in the Page Layout tab that focuses on margins, page orientation, page size, column

format, as well as page and section breaks, line numbers and hyphenation.

paragraph group This group can be found in two locations. The first is on the Home tab where you can control

bullets and number, line spacing, text sorting, alignment and border lines. The second group

can be found on the Page Layout tab to control indents and spacing in a paragraph.

print preview An action that lets you see the document as it will look when it is printed. In this view, you can

reduce the size of a document by one page, display multiple pages at once, and print.

proofing group A group of commands found on the Review tab. The proofing group lets you check the

document for accurate spelling and grammar, look up words in the thesaurus or dictionary,

translate to another language, or count the number of words in a document.

review tab A tab on the Ribbon that contains groups of commands to help you Review the look of the

document. Use commands in the Proofing, Comments, Tracking, Changes, Compare, and

Protect groups.

ribbon The ribbon can be found at the top of the document window. The Ribbon shows the most

popular commands displayed on tabs in groups to help you find them faster.

ruler Use the ruler to align text and objects or to set tabs and indents.

screentip Small windows that display descriptive text when you rest the pointer on a command or

control.

scroll bar Located at both the bottom and right edge of a document, the scroll bar is used to change

the current display on the screen from page to page within a document when it is too large to

show all on one screen.

tab Found on the Ribbon, a tab is like a marker that organizes the groups of commands. Choose

the tab that best suits the task you need to complete, and then choose the group and the

command.

triple click An action performed with the left mouse button to quickly select an entire sentence or

paragraph.

view tab A tab found on the ribbon that contains commands to change the way the document is

viewed. Change the document view, choose to show or hide specific tools, adjust the width of

the displayed page, arrange/switch windows, or choose a macro.

zoom group A group found on the Print Preview tab that lets you select how you want to view the page.

Choose from One Page, Two Pages, Page Width, 100% or Zoom and customize the display.

zoom slider A sliding bar that lets you magnify the display on the screen.


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Appendix D: Contact Information

We want to be your partner in computer education.

If you have any comments or questions regarding our instruction projects,

contact Head Office.

TechnoKids Inc.

2097 Bates Common

Burlington, ON Canada L7R 0A5

[email protected]

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www.technokids.com

Toll Free 1.800.221.7921

Phone: 905.631.9112

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