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Below you will find the directions for Saving your work to the school laptop, finding your work on any school computer and using Microsoft WordArt. Just remember that when you save your work to the school laptop you will not be able to access it from home. If you have Microsoft Word on your home computer you should have the Word Art feature and be able to create and use that feature from home.

** Saving your Documents on the Laptops ** 1. Navigate to the File Option on the Toolbar (upper left corner) 2. Go to the “Save As” Option, click and a new dialogue box will open. 3. Navigate to the “File Name” Option- the current name of your document should be highlighted (if it is not click and drag to highlight it). Delete the highlighted name by hitting the Backspace Tab on the keyboard. Type in your first and last name. 4. Navigate to the drop down menu of the “Save As” text box at the top of the dialogue box. Using the drop down menu scroll to the “B04lpsvpadmin/VPstudent” option and select it- this will now appear as your option in the “Save As’ text. 5. Now go to the “Save” button at the bottom dialogue box and click. 6. Before closing your document you should check to make sure that it has been saved. 7. Minimize your document and on your desktop double click on “My Computer”. 8. Find the “B04lpsvpadmin/VPstduent” file and click on it. Check to make sure your document is listed. If it is you can close your Word document, if not go back to step 1 and try again. ** Finding your Saved Work on any School Computer ** 1. Sign in on the computer using your classroom user name and password—“vpb04” 2. Find the “B04lpsvadmin/VPstduent” file and click to open the file. The computer MAY ask you to re-enter your user name and password. If it does, do that and then a page will appear with all of the class files. Find your name and click on **your** file to continue/edit **your** work. **DO NOT** **open (click on) any other student’s work!** When you are finished with all of your edits make sure you “SAVE” your work (not “Save As”). 1. Click on the Drawing icon in the Toolbar (looks like the letter A on a block). This will bring up a WordArt toolbar on the bottom of your page. On that bottom toolbar click on the blue block letter A and a WordArt Gallery box will appear on your screen. OR from the toolbar click on Insert>Picture>WordArt and the WordArt Gallery box will appear. 2. Select the word art design that you would like to use and click on the OK button. 3. A “Edit WordArt” dialogue box will appear on your screen. The words “Type Your Text Here” will be highlighted in the box. Delete those words by clicking on the Backspace key on your keyboard. 4. Type the word, or words, that you want to have designed. There also are other options you can select such as the font, font size, etc., then click on the OK button. 5. The Word Art will appear on your page wherever your cursor is located!
 * Using Microsoft Word Art **

**Adding a Picture to Your WordArt** 1. Click on the WordArt you created and an edit box will appear. 2. Click on the Format Option (paint can and brush) and a Format Text box will appear. 3. From the color drop down menu click on Fill Effects and a Fill Effects box will appear. 4. Click on the Picture Tab at the top of the page. 5. A new page option will appear- click on the “select picture” tab in the middle of the page. 6. Navigate to where you have a picture saved—it is important you remember where have saved the picture you want to use! 7. Click on the picture you want to insert into your WordArt (it will be highlighted in blue) and then click on the “Insert” button. 8. Click the “OK” button. 9. Click the “OK button in the WordArt Format box and your picture will now fill your WordArt!