Nothing better than combining

language with the beauty of art,

ACTIVITY 11 there is!

WORD ART

1. Open a WORD document. Type your name. Hit ENTER once. Type Activity 11. Hit ENTER
twice.
2. Hit ENTER multiple times to scroll the cursor down to the bottom of the page. This will make it
easier later to position the cursor where you want it, because you can’t put the cursor
somewhere “where it hasn’t gone before”!

3. Make sure the Drawing Frame has been removed. If you can’t remember how to remove it, go
back and check at Activity 5 for directions.
4.

Click on the WordArt icon in the drawing toolbar. It is

the large blue A. Click on the first example, in
the upper left corner. Type your first and last
name. Hit OK.
5. Click on the Word Art name to select it. With the
picture toolbar or Word Art toolbar, Text wrap
(text doggie!) on Tight or Behind Text.
6.
Copy
and paste your WordArt name until you have
four examples, one above the other. You are
going to make changes to each of these to
discover many of the options WordArt offers.
7. Click on the first example of your name. The
WordArt toolbar should appear. (If it
doesn’t? Go to View-Toolbars-WordArt and
get it!) Click on the paint bucket in the middle of the toolbar
to FORMAT WordArt. Under FILL-COLOR, click on the
down arrow. You can put any color here, but we are going
to Click on FILL-EFFECTS at the bottom. Click
on gradient. Choose either two colors on
your own OR click on pre-set colors. When
you have made your choice, click on OK.
Click OK again. Your first example should
show a gradient change of colors.
8. Click on the second WordArt example and follow the directions in #6 to Fill-Effects. This time
click on Texture. Make a texture selection and hit OK, then OK again.
9. Repeat Step 6 two more times on the final two
examples, trying the pattern and picture options. (Use
the preprogrammed pictures – you’ll have to browse).
10. Click to insert WordArt again. Select ANY of the format
options. Hit OK and type in Baker Middle School. Hit
OK. Text wrap “behind text”. You might need to adjust
the size to widen the words so they are readable. Click
on the word. Click on the Word Shape icon in the
WordArt toolbar. Select any of the shapes to change
the shape of your WordArt BMS words. The Word
Shape icon is the “mis-shapen” blue A.

11. Type the word DAWGS into a new WordArt – any

style. Text wrap to “behind text”. Click on the
WordArt Vertical Text icon (third from right on
toolbar) and change text to read vertically. Place
along the right side of the page next to your name
samples.
12. Type the word DAWGS into WordArt one more time using a different style. Alter the shape so
that the WordArt fills the remaining blank space on the bottom of the page.
13. You should have 7 examples on your finished paper: 4 of your name, 1 Baker Middle School
and 2 DAWGS. See the example for help. Save as Activity 11 and submit using Edmodo.
Teacher Sample
Activity 11