Illustrated Word 2016 | Module 6: SAM Project 1a

Illustrated Word 2016 | Module 6: SAM Project 1a

Razzmatazz Design Studio

Add Graphics to a Document

“Detailed Teaching Instructions” have been prepared for NGU students to enhance the learning experience. Red, green (for MAC users), and italic text are additional details to the SAM instruction documents designed to “teach” as you work. The italic and red words are the words your instructor would likely speak while demonstrating the skill in a classroom setting.

There is usually more than one way to complete a task. Your instructions will indicate one method; however, you should never be afraid to experience with other shortcuts to accomplish the same task. When in doubt, just google for answers!

PC users will find many additional commands and options from the dialog box launchers that appear in the lower right corner of many ribbon groups. Click the button for a dialog box to reveal additional choices.

MAC users should turn on Ribbon Group Names if you have not already done so. Move the mouse pointer to the top left of the screen. Click Word/Preferences. Click View, check “Show group titles.” Once you turn on group titles, the titles will appear across the bottom of the ribbon and will remain until you turn them off again. The “Detailed Teaching Instructions” will mention group names to make it easier for you to find commands.

MAC users will find many additional commands and options from the Menu Bar that appears across the top of the page when the mouse pointer is moved to that area. Move the mouse pointer to the top left and watch for the menu bar to appear.

The SAM account is designed primarily for PC use; however, your instructor has included details for use with MAC computers. Using a PC type keyboard and mouse will make some steps easier and will allow you to use certain PC keyboard and mouse shortcuts. If you have problems using a MAC for your SAM projects, you should use a PC on campus.

FOLLOW THE GETTING STARTED INSTRUCTIONS AND SAVETHE FILE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD!

GETTING STARTED (Go to your SAM Account Activity List and select the link for this project, click Start)

  • Open the file IL_WD16_6a_FirstLastName_1.docx, available for download from the SAM website.
  • Save the file as IL_WD16_6a_FirstLastName_2.docx by changing the “1” to a “2”.
  • If you do not see the .docx file extension in the Save As dialog box, do not type it. The program will add the file extension for you automatically.
  • To complete this Project, you will also need to download and save the following support file from the SAM website:
  • Support_IL_WD16_6a_Design.png

PROJECT STEPS

  1. You are completing a flyer for a workshop on creating a website. To make the title of the flyer more eye-catching, select the title paragraph (“Create a Website Workshop”), then convert it to WordArt using the Fill - Blue, Accent 1, Shadow style from the WordArt gallery. (Hint: Depending on your version of Office, the WordArt name may display as Fill: Blue, Accent color 1; Shadow instead.)

Instructor Explanation: WordArt is decorative text that you can add to a document. You can make changes to WordArt, such as the font size and the text color, by using the drawing tools options available automatically after you insert or select the WordArt in a document.

Here’s how:

Triple-click in the title text “Create a Website Workshop” to select the text

On the Insert Ribbon, Text Group, click the WordArt Button

Select Fill- Blue, Accent 1, Shadow

  1. Format the WordArt as follows, so it fills the space at the top of the page:
  2. Change the text wrapping to Top and Bottom.
  3. Resize the WordArt to a height of 1" and a width of 6.5".
  4. Apply the Chevron Up Transform text effect from the Warp section of the Transform gallery.

Here’s how:

Click to select the WordArt object

Click the Layout Options Button that appears to the right (MAC users go to Shape Format Ribbon, Arrange Group, Wrap Text)

Select Top and Bottom

Close the Layout Options box if necessary

While the WordArt is still selected, on the Format Ribbon, Size Group, change the height to 1’ and the width to 6.5’

While the WordArt is still selected, on the Format Ribbon, WordArt Styles Group, Text Effects, Transform, select Chevron Up

  1. To add visual interest, position the insertion point at the beginning of the first body paragraph (“Do you want your website to be modern,…”), then insert the picture Support_IL_WD16_6a_Design.png, available for download from the SAM website.

Here’s how:

Click just before “Do you want…” to position the insertion point at the beginning of the first paragraph

On the Insert Ribbon, Illustrations Group, click the Pictures Button

Navigate to the location where you downloaded and stored the support file to select and insert the file

  1. Format the new picture as follows, so it takes up less space on the page:
  2. Resize the picture to a width of 3". Allow the height to adjust automatically.
  3. Change the text wrapping around the picture to Square. [Mac Hint – To ensure your completed file matches the Final Figure, drag and drop the Support_IL_WD16_6a_Design.png picture straight down so that the top edge of the image aligns with the top of the text in the first body paragraph and that the Responsive Design paragraph appears directly below the image.]

Instructor Explanation: The text does not “wrap” around images until you select a wrapping style that wraps. When you insert an image, you may notice that it's difficult to move it exactly where you want. If you want to move the image freely, you'll usually need to choose a differenttext wrappingsetting. Thetext wrappingfor an image is set to“In Line with Text.” You'll need to change thetext-wrapping settingif you want to move the image freely or if you want the text to wrap around the image more naturally.

Here’s how:

Select the image

On the Format Ribbon, Size Group, change the width to 3”

Select the image and click the Layout Options button to the right side (MAC users click the Picture Format Ribbon, Pictures Styles Group, Wrap Text)

Select “Square” text wrapping (MAC users may need to manually move the picture downward below the WordArt)

  1. In the “Responsive Design” section of the document, create an informative picture by modifying and formatting the three shapes as follows:
  2. Rotate the light blue rounded rectangle to the right by 90.
  3. Position and then group the three shapes as shown in Figure 1 below. (Hint: The text wrapping of the paragraphs to the left does not need to match the Figure 1 exactly.)
  4. Format the entire group by applying an Offset Left shape effect from the Outer section of the Shadow gallery to the group.

Here’s how:

Select the light blue shape found in the Responsive Design area of the document

On the Format Ribbon, Arrange Group, click the Rotate Button

Select Rotate Right 90

Using the diagram below, move the shapes into position

Click to select the light blue shape, hold the Shift Key and select the dark blue and red shape

On the Format Ribbon, Arrange Group, click the Group Button, then click Group

While the grouped shape is still selected, on the Format Ribbon, Shape Styles Group, Shape Effects, Shadow, click Offset Left

Figure 1: Grouped Shapes

  1. Next to the social media picture, draw a text box around the paragraph “Although referrals to websites…media sites are growing.” to set off the text from the surrounding content.

Instructor Explanation: Adding text boxes to a Word document offers benefits that simply straight typing can’t achieve. Drawing text boxes in Word lets you rotate text, flip it upside down, shade the background and form borders around your words, which you cannot do or do as easily on a regular Word page.

Here’s how:

Triple-click to select the paragraph beginning with “Although referrals to websites”

On the Insert Ribbon, Text Group, click the Text Box Button

Select “Draw Text Box”

Drag from the left side of the text box to adjust the width of the text box to fit in the column (It may be necessary to move the text box up from the next page by dragging the border of the text box)

  1. Format the text box as follows so it fits the design of the flyer:
  2. Bold the text in the text box.
  3. Apply the Green, Accent 3, Lighter 60% shape fill (seventh column, third row) from the Theme Colors gallery.

Here’s how:

Triple-click in the text box to select the text

Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/B to bold the text (MAC users Command/B)

Select the text box by clicking the border around the box

On the Format Ribbon, Shape Styles Group, click the Shape Fill Button

Select Green, Accent 3, Lighter 60%

  1. Position the text box as follows so it appears next to the lower-right corner of the social media picture:
  2. Resize the text box to a width of 2.9".
  3. Anchor the text box to the “In the Create a Website…referrals to your website.” paragraph, and then drag the text box so that its bottom edge is aligned with the bottom edge of the Social Media graphic and the right side is aligned using the Smart Guide as shown in Figure 2 below.

Here’s how:

Select the text box

On the Format Ribbon, Size Group, set the width to 2.9

Right-click on the border around the text box (MAC users Control/Click)

Select “More Layout Options”

Under Options, check Lock Anchor

Click OK

Position the text box as shown in Figure 2 (MAC users may need to adjust the bottom margin slightly if the Social Media image and text is on page 2 instead of page 2)

Figure 2: Text Box

  1. In the blank paragraph in the “Search Engine Results” section, insert a Pie chart. Change the data in the worksheet as shown in Figure 3 below to illustrate search engine usage.

Instructor Explanation: You don’t have to start in Excel to add an Excel chart to a Word document. Instead, you can create the Excel chart from scratch in Word, and edit the data and customize the chart right there.

Here’s how:

Click on the blank line under the paragraph with the heading “Search Engine Results”

On the Insert Ribbon, Illustrations Group, click the Chart Button

Select Pie, click OK (Mac users will click Pie a second time and will go into an Excel worksheet)

Change the text and values to match the information in Figure 3

Close the worksheet window

Figure 3: Chart Data

  1. To balance the pie chart on the page, format the chart as follows:
  2. Apply Style 6 from the Chart Styles gallery to the chart.
  3. Resize the chart to a height of 3" and a width of 4".

Here’s how:

Select the chart

On the Chart Design Ribbon, Chart Styles Group, click the Quick Styles drop-down arrow and select Style 6

On the Format Ribbon, Size Group, change the height to 3’ and the width to 4”

  1. Below the chart, insert a Bevel shape from the Basic section of the Shapes gallery to add an attention-getting shape to the page. (Hint: Depending on your version of Office, the shape name may display as Rectangle: Beveled instead.)

Here’s how:

On the Insert Ribbon, Illustrations Group, click the Shapes Button

In the Basic Shapes section, click the Beveled shape

Click the mouse below the text under the chart to place the shape

  1. Modify the bevel shape as follows so it appears to the right of the “SIGN UP…” paragraph and provides useful information:
  2. Resize the shape to a height of 1.25" and a width of 1.7".
  3. Change the text wrapping around the shape to Square.
  4. Anchor the shape to the “SIGN UP…” paragraph, and then drag the shape to the right as shown in in Final Figure on the following pages. (Hint: The text wrapping of the paragraphs to the left does not need to match the Final Figure exactly.)
  5. Add the following text to the shape:

Sign up at razz.cengage.com

Here’s how:

Select the shape

On the Shape Format Ribbon, Size Group, adjust the height to 1.25” and the width to 1.7”

While the shape is still selected, click the Layout Options Button to the right of the shape (MAC users click the Shape Format Ribbon, Arrange Group, Wrap Text)

Select “Square” text wrapping (Close the Layout Options box if necessary)

Drag to position the shape to the right of the paragraph of text

Select the shape

Type: Sign up at razz.cengage.com

  1. In the last paragraph on page 2, format the letter “S” in “SIGN” at the beginning of the paragraph as a drop cap using the Dropped option to make sure readers do not miss the information in the “SIGN UP…” paragraph.

Here’s how:

Click to position the insertion point to the left of “Sign up today!”

On the Insert Ribbon, Text Group, click Drop Cap, Dropped

Your document should look like the Final Figure on the following pages. Save your changes, close the document, then exit Word. Follow the directions on the SAM website to submit your completed project.

Final Steps

Check and compare your completed document to the Final Figure at the end of this document

Save the document to update the changes you have made (If you saved and named the document properly from the beginning instructions you can click the Save Button – or – Ctrl/S or MAC users Command/S)

Close the document

From the SAM Project Start panel in the SAM account, browse to select the file
(If necessary, you can reopen the start panel by going back to the SAM Activity List and selecting the project name)

Verify the name of the file is exactly as shown to the left of the browse button

Occasionally the words “Copy of” will appear before the file name. If so, you will need to rename the file and delete “Copy of” from the file name.

Select the file

Submit the project and verify the submission by the three green checkmarks

Close the “Assignment Submitted” panel

In the SAM account, go to the Gradebook, select your section, and locate the submitted project to view the grade

If your score was not 100%, go to Reports

Locate the most recently submitted project and click to open the grade report

Review the report for errors

In some of your projects, the scoring has been disabled for tasks requiring specific colors or themes. If you do not select the specified choice due to the choice being not available on your system, the report will show that step in red. However, you will notice to the right side that it is scoring 0 of 0 points. In those cases, the choice you made will not count against you.

To make corrections and resubmit:

For addition instruction and training, locate the most recently submitted project under Reports and click the “Study Guide” button to the far right

Review the training for instruction to correct any errors (Use the Remediation column for textbook instruction and the Training column for video training

Make the corrections in the original document and Save the document

Close the document

Resubmit the project

You have three submissions for each project. The highest grade will be recorded in the gradebook. After the due date or after three submissions, the project will no longer be available in the SAM activity list. If you do not submit the project, your grade will be “0” and will appear as soon as the due-date for the project has expired.

Reminder: Once you submit a project for the first time, use the “Study Guide” button in the Reports section for instruction to learn the specific tasks you need to know. Use the links in the “Remediation” column for textbook information, and the links in the “Training” column for video demonstrations. After making the corrections and submitting a second time, if you still have questions, write your instructor and explain your questions. You shouldattempt to make the corrections on your second submission BEFORE contacting your instructor.

Final Figure