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3.3 Save-Open-Create new Document

Once you’ve finished typing in your new Word document, save it to avoid losing any work
you’ve done so far. The methods to save an edited Word document are as follows:

3.3.1 To save your document:

> Click the File tab and select the Save As option. (1)
> On the Save As window in the File name text box, (2) type a name for your file and
click Save. (3)

1.
2.

3.3.2 To open a file: Fig 3.4 3.
Fig 3.5

> On the File tab, click Open (1) or press Ctrl+O

> On the Open window, locate your file, (2) click it and then click Open. (3)

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3.3.3 To create a new document:

> On the File tab, click New (1) and then click Blank Document. (2)

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3.4 Format text

Now that you know how to save and open your work, let’s look at how you may change
the font in your document to make it more appealing. Type My name is (Insert your name
here) and I am in seven class.

3.4.1 To change the font of a word or phrase:

> Select a word or phrase, for example your name. (1)
> On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the font you want to change. (2)
> Your selected text will change accordingly.
> Choose a font size that makes your name stand out from the rest of the text. (3)

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3.4.2 To make your text bold and underline it:

> Select your name (1) and then click the Bold button (2) in the Font group on the
Home tab.
> Use the same procedures as before, but instead of Bold, select Underline button. (3)

2. 3.

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3.4.3 Bullets and numbering

Sometimes you may want to show a list of items, such as days in a week. Create a visually
appealing list by using bullets and numbered.
TO APPLY A BULLET LIST:
> Select the text youd’ want to turn into a list. (1)
> On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Bullets button. (2)

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Use numbering instead of
bullets. You’ll see the
difference?

2.

1. Fig 3.13
3.

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3.5 FORMAT A PARAGRAPH

A paragraph is a group of sentences that discuss a single topic. The majority of the
formatting paragraph options in Microsoft Word are found on the Home tab, in the
Paragraph and Style groups.

3.5.1 Align text

In order to make the text look better, it’s important to align it differently. One or more
paragraphs can be aligned to the left, right, or center, or they can be justified.
Type the following paragraph in Word document:

Trees provide us with life both directly and indirectly by producing oxygen, consuming
CO, and providing rain. They are nature’s most valuable gift to humanity on the planet.
We must be appreciative, honor it, and protect it for the sake of humanity’s health. We
must recognize the value of trees in our lives and do all possible to save trees in order to
save lives, preserve the environment, and make the world a greener place.

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To align a paragraph:

> Select the paragraph. (1)
> On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Central Alignment button. (2)

2.

1.

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Shortcut keys for alignment:

3.5.2 Paragraph indentation Fig 3.15

The distance between the paragraph and the left or right margin is determined by para-
graph indentation.

TO APPLY PARAGRAPH INDENTATION:
> Select your paragraph. (1)
> On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Increase Indent button. (2)

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1.

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3.5.3 Line spacing

Line spacing refers to the gap between text lines or paragraphs. You might want more
or less space between the lines at times.

TO APPLY LINE SPACING:
> Select your paragraph.
> On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Line and Paragraph Spacing but-
ton. (1)
> Click 2.0 (2)

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3.5.4 Borders and shading

You can customize the background color or add a border around your text. Borders and
shadings can be applied to a single word, phrase, paragraph, or even the full text or
page.

TO APPLY SHADING TO YOUR PARAGRAPH:
> Select your paragraph. (1)
> On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the small arrow next to
Shading button. (2)
> Pick a color, (3) it will be applied to the selected paragraph’s background. (4)

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2.

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4.
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On your computer, type the following text and format it in the same way.

Robot

A robot is a machine that does tasks without the help of a person. Many people imag-
ine robots as machines that look and behave like humans. Most robots, though, do not
look like people. And robots do only what a person has built them to do.

The majority of robots are complex, computer-controlled machines. An industri-
al robot, for example, is a machine with multiple joints that can turn. It possesses a
hand-like component that allows it to grasp and hold objects. The pieces are moved by
motors.

Some robots can be “trained” to perform certain tasks. A person might, for example,
direct an industrial robot through the movements required to complete a task. Sen-
sors on the robot transmit signals to the computer about its motions. The computer
saves the movement pattern. The computer may then retrieve the pattern and instruct
the robot.

Robots are especially useful because they can do things that could be dangerous for
people. For example, they can be sent deep underwater or into space. Robots can also
handle dangerous materials such as radioactive waste or harmful chemicals. They can
even dispose of bombs or do spy work for the military.

3.6 Advanced font formatting

Let’s take things a step further now that you know how to create basic formats. More
complex formatting features will be covered in this lesson.

TO CREATE A HANGING INDENT:
> Select a paragraph.
> On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the expand button. (1)
> In the Indentation group, in the Special list, click Hanging. (2)
> Click Apply or OK. (3)

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3. Fig 3.22

3.7 Advanced paragraph formatting

Let’s go through some more paragraph formatting details. Let’s look at how to indent all
but the first line of a paragraph. This is called a hanging indent.

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3.8 Advanced borders and shadings

You may also apply multiple styles of borders, more colors, and even a border around the
pages by creating custom borders and shadings.

3.8.1 To apply a custom paragraph border:

> Select your paragraph and on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the small
arrow next to Borders button.(1)
> Click Borders and Shading (2)
> On the Borders tab, in the Setting group, click Custom border. (3)
> In the Style list, select any style for eg select triple line. (4)
Choose any Color (5) and the Width (6)
> In the Preview group click Top and Bottom border (7) and click OK (8)

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3.8.2 To apply a page border:

> Open the Borders and Shading window and click the Page Border tab. (1)
> In the Art list (2) select the graphic you want to use and click OK (3)
> This graphic will appear as a page border on your page. (4)

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3.9 Font formatting

The Font group contains all of the important tools for formatting fonts. However, there
are other options. For example, what do you do if you underline a word with red color ?
Take a look at this example.

TO DOUBLE UNDERLINE:
> Select a word
> On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the expand button. (1)
> The Font window will appear. (2)
> In the Underline style list, click the bold line (3) and in the Underline color list, click red
color. (4)
> Click OK (5)

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3.10 Character spacing

The gap between the letters of a word is known as character spacing. Characters are
the text’s letters, numbers, and symbols. More space between them is often required to
make your text simpler to read or to draw the reader’s attention to a certain word or
phrase without bolding or underlining it.

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3.8.2 To apply a page border:

> Select a word or phrase.
> On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the expand button.(1)
> In the Font window, click the advanced tab. (2)
> In the Spacing list, (3) click Expanded (4) if you want to increase the space, or
Condensed (5) if you want to decrease the space.
> Click OK (6)

2.

The width of the 1. 3. 4.
characters can be 5.
changed using scale. It moves the select-
Any percentage ed characters above 6. Fig 3.32
greater than 100% or below the posi-
will widen the char- tion of the rest of You can type the
the text (baseline). spacing in points in
acters, while the By box (pt). 3pt
any percentage less
is equal to one
than 100% will
narrow them.

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On your computer, type the following text and format it in the same way.

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3.11 Images and graphics

A text-only article can be tedious. To make it more appealing and enjoyable you can use
some pictures. You may use photos from your camera or you can insert images from the
online pictures. Let’s have a go!

3.11.1 to add an image from Clip Art

> Click the area where you want to insert the image.
> On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Online Pictures. (1)
> The window will appear on the center of the screen (2)
> In the Search Bing text box, type the subject terms you want to find, for example
soccer (3) and press Enter.
> From the list, Select the image you like (4) and it will automatically be inserted into
your document. (5)

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TO ADD AN IMAGE FROM YOUR COMPUTER:
> Click the area where you want to insert the image.
> On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Picture. (1)
> The Insert Picture window will appear. Locate and click the picture you want to insert.
(2)
> The picture will be inserted into your document. (3)

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3.12 Insert graphics

Apart from pictures and images, you can also add graphics and shapes like circles, rectan-
gles, triangles, etc. to make your word document more interesting.
TO INSERT A SHAPE:
> On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Shapes and in the dropdown list, click
the shape you like. (1)
> Drag the shape into an empty space so that you can change its size and position. (2)

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TO WRITE INSIDE YOUR SHAPE:
> Right click it and click Add Text. (1)
> The cursor will automatically appear inside the shape. Type whatever you want. (2)

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Inserting a picture into a document isn’t enough. As you may have observed, the image
displays in your text as a large character. When you look at magazines or newspapers,
you’ll notice that the text is sometimes wrapped around the image, or the image is in the
page’s corner. Let us see how we can accomplish.

TO MODIFY A PICTURE OR A SHAPE:
> Insert a Picture from your computer or from Online Pictures. (1)
> Click the picture. (2)
> Click the Format tab under the Picture Tools. (3)
> Use the buttons in the Adjust group to make changes in your picture. (4)

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TO CROP AND ARRANGE THE PICTURE POSITION:
> To place your picture in the right place, use the buttons in the Arrange group (1).
> You can remove unnecessary part from a picture directly in Microsoft Word using the
Crop tool. (2) You can also crop a photo to fit a specific shape.

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3.13 Using tables in Microsoft Word

If you wish to work with numbers and other types of information. A spreadsheet can be
used. But sometimes you may want to show organized data in a word document.
For example, you may want to display the address book of your classmates, like their
name, address and phone number, or your class time table. You can use a table in this
situation. A table is a collection of related data held in a table format. It consists of col-
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TO CREATE A TABLE:
> Select Table from the Tables group on the Insert tab. (1)
> Choose the table size that you want. For example, choose 4x4 to make a table with
four rows and four columns. (2)
> To enter text, click inside a cell and type. (3)

Before drawing a table, you can insert it and select specific parameters.
Let’s see how you can do this.

1.

2. 3.

Fig 3.45

TO INSERT A TABLE:
> Go to the Insert tab, then to the Tables group, Click Table, then Click Insert Table. (1)
> On the Insert Table window, enter the desired parameters, such as a table with 5
columns and 7 rows, (2) and then click OK. (3)

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Enter the desired number

Fig 3.46 Enter the desired number

2. Choose the size of the
table’s

The cells display at the
smallest size available at
first, and if you choose
this, they will grow larger
as you type,

Fig 3.47 3. If you select this option,
the table will be as long

as your page's margins,

and the column sizes will

TO PUT A STYLE ON: be evenly distributed.

> Click anywhere in the table. (1)

> Select the desired style from the Table Styles category

on the Design tab. (2)

> The style you choose will affect the entire table’s appearance.

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You can also make your custom style. You can use the Borders and Shading buttons.
Borders are used to put lines around the table or inside the grid, and Shading is used to
color the cells.

HOW TO APPLY SHADINGS:
> In the Table Styles group on the Design tab, select Shading. (1)
> Choose a color for your table and click it. (2)

2.
1.

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USING A BORDER: Fig 3.49

> Select the section of the table in which you want to add a border.

> In the Borders group of the Design tab, click the small arrow next to Borders. (1)

> Select the border type you want, such as All Border. (2)

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3.15 Editing the table

You could notice that the table you have built is sometimes small but you won’t have to
make a new one. You can add or delete the rows and column to the table that you have.

TO ADD/INSERT A ROW OR A COLUMN, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
> Right-click the cell next to which you may want to add a row or a column. (1)
> Select Insert from the menu. (2)
> For example, click Insert Rows below. (3)
> Next to the selected cell, a new row will appear on the bottom.

Fig 3.52

TO REMOVE/DELETE A ROW OR A COLUMN, DO THE FOLLOWING:
> To remove a cell, right-click the cell on the row or column. (1)
> Select Delete Cells from the menu. (2)
> To remove a row or column, click Delete entire row or Delete entire column. (3)

2.

1.

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TO ADJUST THE SIZE OF A COLUMN OR A ROW:
> Point on the right border of the column you want to resize. (1)
> Click and drag the border to the left or right while holding the mouse button. (2)

1.

2.

Fig 3.55

YOU CAN USE THE AUTOFIT OPTION TO ADJUST THE SIZE OF YOUR TABLE
AUTOMATICALLY.
> To adjust the size of a table, click anywhere in your table. (1)
> On the Layout tab, in the of Cell Size tab, click Autofit. (2)
> Select Autofit to Contents, (3) to have the table size automatically adjusted to the
words.

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There is another way to select a row, a column or a cell.

TO SELECT A ROW, COLUMN OR CELL:
> Select the row by right-clicking the cell that belongs to it. (1)
> On the Layout tab, in the Table group, click Select. (2)
> Click Select Column. (3) The column to which the cell belongs will be selected auto-
matically.
(You can also select the cell, column or the entire table)

Fig 3.57

When you type in a table, the content is by default aligned to the left. But you can adjust
the alignment to right or center, as well as top, middle, and bottom.

TO ALIGN TEXT IN A CELL:
> Right-click the cell, (1) On the Layout tab, in the Alignment group. Select the preferred
alignment (2)

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TO CHANGE THE TEXT’S DIRECTION:
> Select the row you want to change the direction of (1) and then Select Text Direction.
(2)
> Select your preferred orientation inn the Text Direction -Table Cell window. (3)
> Click OK. (4)

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Just do it!

Make a table with your class schedule on it. The days should go in the first
row, the hours in the first column, and your subjects in the relevant cells. You

can also format the table according to yourself.

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Choose the right one!

1. Which can be used for quick access to commonly used commands and tools?
a. Status bar. ☐
b. Tool bar. ☐
c. Menu bar. ☐
d. Title bar. ☐

2. To apply center alignment to a paragraph we can press
a. Ctrl + S. ☐
b. Ctrl + C. ☐
c. Ctrl + C + A. ☐
d. Ctrl + E. ☐

3. The space left between the margin and the start of a paragraph is called ___________.
a. Spacing. ☐
b. Bordering. ☐
c. Indentation. ☐
d. Alignment. ☐

4. A number of letter that appears little above the normal text is called:
a. Superscript. ☐
b. Subscript. ☐
c. Supertext. ☐
d. Toptext. ☐

5. The process of removing unwanted part of an image is called
a. Cropping. ☐
b. Bordering. ☐
c. Hiding. ☐
d. Cutting. ☐

6. In a document, what is the maximum number of columns that can be inserted in MS

Word table?

a. 35. ☐

b. 45. ☐

c. 63. ☐

d. 65. ☐

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Answer the following!

1. What are the main features of MS Word?

2. How to insert Image and graphics into a Word document?

3. Why we use border and shading in the document and how can we
apply it to a document?

4. How many different types of Text Alignments are available in MS
Word?

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5. How can you create tables in MS Word?

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Students will learn :


1. Moon Phases

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4.1 Moon Phases

4.1.1 Objective

Students will assemble a printable Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator using
their knowledge of the Moon’s phases. The tool can then be used to look up the
Moon’s phase for any day of the year and predict when and where the Moon will be
visible.

4.1.2 Introduction

Moon phases are the different levels of illumination we see on the Moon from Earth.
They are caused by the relative positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth as the Moon
orbits our planet every 29.5 days.
A full lunar cycle begins with a new moon and continues through seven distinct
phases before returning to the new moon phase. The Moon is between the Sun and
the Earth during the new moon phase. We can’t see it because the side facing Earth
isn’t illuminated by the sun and it’s so bright outside.
As the Moon orbits Earth, the side facing Earth becomes more illuminated as it
goes through its phases. Viewers will notice, in order of
appearance:

1. New moon
2. Waxing crescent
3. First quarter
4. Waxing gibbous
5. Full moon
6. Waning gibbous
7. Third quarter

4.1.3 Material

> Scissor
> Tape
> Pencil
> Moon Phases Calendar
& Calculator Template

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4.1.4 Instruction

1. Before cutting anything out, students should use their knowledge of the Moon to
shade in the phases on the Moon Phases Wheel according to the labels.

Fig 4. 1.2

2. The Moon Phases Wheel, Moonset and Moonrise Panels, and Viewing Wheel will
then be cut out as indicated on the back.

Fig 4. 1.3

3. On the Viewing Wheel, you should cut a hole for the “view from space.”

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4. Students will attach the Moonset and Moonrise Panels to the Viewing Wheel
where indicated on the back using tape.

Fig 4. 1.5

5. You will use a pencil to make a guide hole in the centre of all three wheels.

Fig 4. 1.6

6.The Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator should then be assembled by placing
the Moon Phases Wheel on top of the Calendar Wheel, followed by the Viewing
Wheel on top of that. They should connect all three wheels in the centre with the

brass fastener (or another fastener).

Fig 4. 1.7

7. Now use your calendars to determine the phase, rise time, and set time for a
specific date.

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You should identify the moon phase that will be visible on the selected date using
the Calendar Wheel. Students should then spin the Moon Phases Wheel until the
moon phase they identified on the Calendar Wheel is matched. To align the two
matching phases, use the “view on Earth” pointer. (Please keep in mind that the
Calendar Wheel displays the dates when moon phases occur in the Pacific Time

8. Then, on the viewing window, centre these matched phases above the “S.”
The time shown is when that phase is visible when facing south. That phase
rises in the eastern sky at the time shown in the window by the “E” and sets
in the western sky at the time shown in the window by the “W.”

9. Select a date for which you want to know what moon phase will be visible,
and then repeat the process to determine the moonrise and moonset times.
Then find the same information for a later date. Next, predict the phase, as
well as the moonrise and moonset times, for a date several days later.

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Robotics

Students will learn :

1. What is Robotics?
2. What are Robots?