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� A text box is a movable, resizable container for text or graphics.

� Text boxes are useful because they can give a different orientation for text in the documentand can be placed anywhere in the document.

To complete this document, you will need the following file:� w03_10K_Run

You will save your document as:� Lastname_Firstname_w03_10K_Run

1. Start Word. Locate and open the file w03_10K_Run. Save the file in your Word Chapter 3folder as Lastname_Firstname_w03_10K_Run and then add the file name to the footer. Ifnecessary, turn on the formatting marks.

2. Press C + e to move to the bottom of the document.

3. Click the Insert tab. In the Text group, click the Text Box button, and then below the TextBox gallery, click Draw Text Box. Move the pointer to about 7.5 inches on the verticalruler and 0 inches on the horizontal ruler. Drag down and to the right to position the pointer at approximately 8.25 inches on the vertical ruler and 3.25 inches on thehorizontal ruler, and then release the mouse button. Compare your screen with Figure 1.

A text box is inserted, a Format contextual tab is added to the Ribbon, and the insertion point displays inside the new text box.

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Text box inserted

Format tab

Figure 1

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4. Click the Page Layout tab, and then in the Paragraph group, under Spacing, click the Afterdown spin arrow two times to change the spacing after to 0 pt.

5. Type the following three paragraphs in the text box, pressing J following the first twoparagraphs.

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6. In the text box, select all three paragraphs of text, and then on the Home tab, in theParagraph group, click the Bullets button . In the Paragraph group, click the DecreaseIndent button .

7. On the right border of the text box, click the middle—square—sizing handle, and then dragto approximately 3.5 inches on the horizontal ruler. On the Format tab, in the Size group,use the Shape Height button to set the text box height to 0.8", and use the Shape Width button to set the text box width to 3.5". Compare your screen with Figure 2.

Figure 2

Bulleted list intext box

8. On the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Shape Effects button, and thenpoint to Shadow. Under Outer, click the first style—Offset Diagonal Bottom Right.

9. Move the pointer over any border to display the pointer, and then drag the box so that itis centered between the left and right borders, and is about 0.5 inches below the tabbed list.

10. With the text box still selected, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click theShape Fill button, and then click the last color in the third row—Orange, Accent 6,Lighter 60%. Compare your screen with Figure 3.

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Figure 3

Shadow addedto text box

Text box centeredhorizontally

11. Save your document, and then print or submit the file as directed by your instructor.Exit Word.

� You have completed More Skills 11