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I have never had a problem deleting an empty page on the bottom of a document until today. After my frustration, I went onto the blog to catch up on reading other blogs and I noticed Mary's entry. Thank you Mary for your tip, it really helped me out!
I am trying to make a math visual for my 4th grade L.D. students. They are just learning how to multiply with using the zero manipulatives for the Think Math series. When I was teaching them, I put a box around the digits to signify the zeros. Does anyone know an easy way to put a box around a single digit when writing out a multiplication problem? I just thought of the drawing tools, I'll give that a try!
Karen
I am trying to make a math visual for my 4th grade L.D. students. They are just learning how to multiply with using the zero manipulatives for the Think Math series. When I was teaching them, I put a box around the digits to signify the zeros. Does anyone know an easy way to put a box around a single digit when writing out a multiplication problem? I just thought of the drawing tools, I'll give that a try!
Karen
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Good Readers Brochure
Hi,
I was able to create a good readers brochure and someone in the class suggested I change my left margins. If you read this, will you let me know. This is a work in progress.
If anyone wants a copy of this sent to them, I will gladly mail it through district mail. Send an email if possible. There was also a district one that I adapted along with info. from the SOAR to SUCCESS reading manual .
One thing I learned in the class was how easy it was to download templates for creating rubrics.
Denise Boucher
I was able to create a good readers brochure and someone in the class suggested I change my left margins. If you read this, will you let me know. This is a work in progress.
If anyone wants a copy of this sent to them, I will gladly mail it through district mail. Send an email if possible. There was also a district one that I adapted along with info. from the SOAR to SUCCESS reading manual .
One thing I learned in the class was how easy it was to download templates for creating rubrics.
Denise Boucher
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Moving Objects More Precisely
Moving Objects with Ease
If you want to move graphics or text boxes, and they seem especially stubborn and want to “stick” in certain spots, try this tip. (This is in addition to wrapping your object. See brackets below for those steps if necessary.)
[Wrapping: First make sure your picture is selected—has small handles/squares around the perimeter. Then select Picture or Text Box from the Format menu. Under the Layout tab, select a Wrapping style—Square or Tight are good choices.]
Then for further tweaking, be sure your Drawing toolbar is showing (View, Toolbars, Drawing). Be sure you have your graphic selected, and then from the Draw pop-up menu, select Grid, and uncheck “Snap objects to grid.” (Click OK.)
When you return to your document, you should now be able to move objects with more precision. (When your picture is selected, you can use your arrow keys to move it little by little.)
If you want to move graphics or text boxes, and they seem especially stubborn and want to “stick” in certain spots, try this tip. (This is in addition to wrapping your object. See brackets below for those steps if necessary.)
[Wrapping: First make sure your picture is selected—has small handles/squares around the perimeter. Then select Picture or Text Box from the Format menu. Under the Layout tab, select a Wrapping style—Square or Tight are good choices.]
Then for further tweaking, be sure your Drawing toolbar is showing (View, Toolbars, Drawing). Be sure you have your graphic selected, and then from the Draw pop-up menu, select Grid, and uncheck “Snap objects to grid.” (Click OK.)
When you return to your document, you should now be able to move objects with more precision. (When your picture is selected, you can use your arrow keys to move it little by little.)
Heres a tip
My hubby showed me this trick, when moving more than 1 item as a group, ie pics and textboxes, etc, you click on one item, then hold down the control key as you click on the remaining items you want to move. This helps to keep everything in the right spot and the right distance between items. I found this handy when working on my brochure. You may all know this already, but it was news for me. Margaret Hetzel
Monday, February 25, 2008
Microsoft Templates for Mac
If you are looking for templates for Mac, this site is great. (These are for Microsoft Word: Mac 2004.) The site includes Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates. I was able to choose one and modify it for my poster project.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/templates.mspx
Meow, my name is not Mac. It's Higgins, but I'm a Mac cat. See that big M on my forehead?
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