Word Tips for Educators
MassCUE November 16, 2006
Our students are citizens of the 21st century! The only connection to the 20th century is their classrooms! (Dave Warlick, 11/16/06)
Written Expression
Power of Color –
Format>background
Text color and highlighting are found on the Formatting toolbar
Format>Borders and Shading
Power of Voice
Inserting audio comments, scroll down the wiki to retrieve this information “cheat sheet”
WordTalk – free add-on and works within Microsoft Word; highlights text as it speaks, includes a talking dictionary and talking thesaurus.
Power of Editing Tools
Right click within the word – spell check, grammar check, synonym support, dictionary support (Alt + click)
Text special effects – Format>Font>text special effects (or Ctl + D)
Versions – File>versions; save each time, add comments
Readability Statistics – Tools>Options>Spelling>Check Readability Statistics; F7 > spell check completed, opens new window with RS
AutoFormat – Tools>AutoCorrect
Drawing
View>Drawing Toolbar; Toolbar appears at the bottom
Power of Study Skills Tools
Diagram Gallery - accessed on Drawing Toolbar
Collapse/Expand Features – View>Outline View
Karen Janowski, M.S. Ed, OTL
EdTech Solutions, LLC
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