Exercise 7 Creating a Book Dust Jacket From Scratch

You’ve probably been told “never judge a book by its cover.” However, many people will stop and look at a book in a bookstore, because it has a well-designed, attractive dust jacket. Books are usually not advertised on TV and radio, so the dust jacket is an important method for publishers to advertise their books to the public. The dust jacket has to be attractive and have enough information to get a person interested in buying and reading the book.

Microsoft Publisher 2000 is a perfect program for this task. A dust jacket has a very complicated layout and contains many different objects. However, Publisher does not come with a wizard to help you create the dust jacket. In this exercise, you have to use your skills to create the document from scratch.

A dust jacket is printed on large paper. Therefore, a dust jacket cannot be printed in the classroom. It would need to be printed by a professional printer. The dust jacket you are about to make is 25 inches wide and 11 inches in height. Because of its large size, both in paper and in bytes, you will e-mail the document to your teacher. Your teacher will return your document with comments and grade through e-mail.

Table 1 Your design will contain the following information:

Part of Dust Jacket Part of Book Report

Front Title of the book

Author’s name

Picture

Back Short summary

Dust jacket creators

Spine Title

Author’s name

Front Inside Flap The summary of the book

Back Inside Flap More summary continued from the first page

Biography of the author

Photo of the author

Setting-up the Dust Jacket

1. Click the Start , point to Programs, and select Microsoft Publisher.

2. The Catalog dialog box opens.

3. Click the Blank Publications tab.

4. In the right pane, select Full Page. Creating a Dust Jacket Page 1

5. Click the Custom Page button.

Figure 1

6. The Page Setup dialog box opens.

7. Copy the settings in the picture to the right.

8. Click OK.

9. You should now see the full page by itself.

Zooming In 10. Click the Zoom box drop-down

arrow on the Standard toolbar and select Whole Page.

11. The full page takes up the screen.

Saving Your File The Unsaved Publication has not been saved with a name.

12. Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar.

13. The Save As dialog box opens.

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14. To the right of the Save in text box, click the drop-down arrow and select your period folder.

15. In the File name text box, a suggested file name should be highlighted.

16. Replace this filename by typing Dust Jacket, press Spacebar, type your initials, press Spacebar, and type your partner’s initials.

17. Click Save or press Enter.

Turning on the Toolbars and Rulers 18. Click View on the Menu bar, point to Toolbars.

19. The toolbars to the below should be selected:

• Standard

• Formatting

• Status Bar

• Measurements

20. Click View on the Menu bar, and select Rulers.

Turning on the Guides and Special Characters Like PowerPoint, guides help you keep things lined up straight. The special characters are non-printing like in Microsoft Word.

21. Click View on the Menu bar, and make sure that Hide Boundaries and Guides and Hide Special Characters is showing.

Placing Your Own Layout Guides and Ruler Guides Layout guides create a grid that repeats on each page of a publication. Use layout guides to organize text, pictures, and other objects into columns and rows so that your publication will have a consistent look. You set layout guides using the Layout Guides command on the Arrange menu. Layout guides are represented by blue and pink dotted lines.

Ruler guides are added to individual pages on an as-needed basis. You create ruler guides by holding down Shift and then dragging out from the rulers. Ruler guides are represented by green dotted lines.

22. Click Arrange on the Menu bar and select Layout Guides.

23. The Layout Guides dialog box opens.

24. Carefully copy the settings in the picture to the right.

25. Look at the Preview carefully.

26. Click OK.

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27. This will create the five sections that are in the dust jacket: front, back, spine, front cover flap, and back cover flap.

Moving Both Rulers at the Same Time Presently, the rulers are far away from the document. If you are using the ruler a lot, it is better to move the rulers closer to the document.

28. Position the mouse pointer in the upper-left corner where the two rulers intersect until you see the two-

headed arrow .

29. Drag diagonally so that the upper-left corner of the document is 0 on the Horizontal and Vertical rulers.

Figure 2

The rulers are far from the document.

The rulers are touching the edge of the document.

30. Look at Figure 3.

Figure 3

Drag here to move both rulers at once.

Layout guides are blue and pink.

The document is 11 inches in height and 25 inches wide.

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Setting the Layout Guides for the Inside Flaps Layout guides can only be moved on the Background Layer. You must hold down the Shift key to move the guides.

31. Press Ctrl+M to move to the Background layer.

32. Hold the Shift key down.

33. Move the mouse over the second pink Ruler guide on the left.

34. Drag the guide to 4.000 inches on the Horizontal ruler.

35. Release the Shift key.

36. Check the x coordinate on the Status bar .

X-Axis

37. Hold the Shift key down.

38. Move the mouse over the next to last pink Ruler guide on the right.

39. Drag the guide to 21.000 inches on the Horizontal ruler.

40. Release the Shift key.

41. Check the x coordinate on the Status bar .

42. The front and back inside flaps are now 4 inches wide.

43. Look at Figure 4.

Figure 4: Once you lay out the guides, the rest is easy.

4 inches 21 inches

Ruler Guides

12 inches 13 inches

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Setting the Layout Guides for the Spine 44. Hold the Shift key down.

45. Move the mouse over the third pink Ruler guide on the left.

46. Drag the guide to 12.000 inches on the Horizontal ruler.

47. Release the Shift key.

48. Check the x coordinate on the Status bar .

49. Hold the Shift key down.

50. Move the mouse over the fourth pink Ruler guide on the left.

51. Drag the guide to 13.000 inches on the Horizontal ruler.

52. Release the Shift key.

53. Check the x coordinate on the Status bar .

54. Look at Figure 4.

Adding Ruler Guides This dust jacket will have three pictures: on the front, back, and back inside flap. Green Ruler guides will help you place your pictures into the correct position.

55. Hold the Shift key down.

56. Click in the vertical ruler on the side of the document, and drag a guide to the right.

57. You will see the green Ruler guide move out from the ruler.

58. Watching the X-axis coordinate in the Status bar, move the ruler guide to 17.000 inches.

59. Release the Shift key.

60. This is the middle of the front page.

61. Hold the Shift key down.

62. Click in the vertical ruler on the side of the document, and drag a guide to the right.

63. You will see the green Ruler guide move out from the ruler.

64. Watching the X-axis coordinate in the Status bar, move the ruler guide to 8.000 inches.

65. Release the Shift key.

66. This is the middle of the back page.

67. Hold the Shift key down.

68. Click in the vertical ruler on the side of the document, and drag a guide to the right.

69. You will see the green Ruler guide move out from the ruler.

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70. Watching the X-axis coordinate in the Status bar, move the ruler guide to 2.250 inches.

71. Release the Shift key.

72. This is the middle of the back inside flap.

73. Look at Figure 4 and review your document.

Making a Text Frame for the Front Inside Flap 74. Press Ctrl+M to move to the Foreground layer.

75. Click the Text tool on the Objects toolbar.

76. Click and drag a frame in the rectangular area for the front inside flap.

Using the Measurements Toolbar 77. The front inside flap text frame should be selected.

78. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

79. Change the x number to 21.

80. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

81. Change the y number to 0.5.

82. Click in the Width text box on the Measurements toolbar.

83. Change the number to 3.5.

84. Click in the Height text box on the Measurements toolbar.

85. Change the number to 10.

Making Text Frames for the Front The front cover will have two text frames.

86. Click the Text tool on the Objects toolbar.

87. Click and drag a frame in the rectangular area for the front.

Using the Measurements Toolbar 88. The front text frame should be selected.

89. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

90. Change the x number to 13.

91. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

92. Change the y number to 0.5.

93. Click in the Width text box on the Measurements toolbar.

94. Change the number to 8.

95. Click in the Height text box on the Measurements toolbar.

96. Change the number to 2.25.

97. Click the Text tool on the Objects toolbar. Creating a Dust Jacket Page 7

98. Click and drag a frame in the rectangular area for the front.

Using the Measurements Toolbar 99. The front text frame should be selected.

100. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

101. Change the x number to 13.

102. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

103. Change the y number to 8.25.

104. Click in the Width text box on the Measurements toolbar.

105. Change the number to 8.

106. Click in the Height text box on the Measurements toolbar.

107. Change the number to 2.25.

Making a Text Frame for the Back Inside Flap

108. Click the Text tool on the Objects toolbar.

109. Click and drag a frame in the rectangular area for the back inside flap.

Using the Measurements Toolbar 110. The back inside flap text frame should be selected.

111. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

112. Change the x number to 0.5.

113. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

114. Change the y number to 0.5.

115. Click in the Width text box on the Measurements toolbar.

116. Change the number to 3.5.

117. Click in the Height text box on the Measurements toolbar.

118. Change the number to 10.

Making a Text Frame for the Back

119. Click the Text tool on the Objects toolbar.

120. Click and drag a frame in the rectangular area for the back.

Using the Measurements Toolbar 121. The back text frame should be selected.

122. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

123. Change the x number to 4.

124. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar. Creating a Dust Jacket Page 8

125. Change the y number to 0.5.

126. Click in the Width text box on the Measurements toolbar.

127. Change the number to 8.

128. Click in the Height text box on the Measurements toolbar.

129. Change the number to 10.

Making a Text Frame for the Spine 130. Change the Zoom box to Whole page.

131. Click the Text tool on the Objects toolbar.

132. In the gray Scratch Area, drag out a rectangular frame for the spine.

Using the Measurements Toolbar 133. The spine text frame should be selected.

134. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

135. Change the x number to 7.5.

136. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

137. Change the y number to 5.

138. Click in the Height text box on the Measurements toolbar.

139. Change the number to 1.

140. Click in the Width text box on the Measurements toolbar.

141. Change the number to 10.

142. Click in the Rotation text box.

143. Change the number to 270.

144. The spine text box not fit perfectly in the space.

Formatting the Text Frames Each text frame can have different margins and different amounts of columns. In the dust jacket, it is important to move the text away from the edge of the frame, because the paper will be folded.

145. Select the front inside flap.

146. Press Ctrl+T to make the frame transparent.

147. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Text Frame Properties.

148. Copy the settings in the picture to the right.

149. This will set the margins inside the frame.

150. Click OK.

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151. Double-click the Format Painter tool on the Standard toolbar.

152. Click in the back inside flap to apply the formatting.

153. Click in both front text frames to apply the formatting.

154. Click in the back text frame to apply the formatting.

155. Press the Esc key to deselect the Format Painter.

156. Do not format the spine.

157. You can now see through all the frames except for the spine.

Entering Text into the Top Front Frame

158. Click in the top front text frame.

159. Change the Zoom box to 100%.

160. Type TO RISE FROM EARTH.

161. Press Enter.

162. Type An Easy to Understand Guide to Spaceflight.

Entering Text into the Bottom Front Frame 163. Click in the bottom front text frame.

164. Type Wayne Lee.

165. Press Enter.

166. Type Space Mission Design Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

167. Click Format on the Menu bar, point to Align Text Vertically, and select Bottom.

168. Look at the pictures to the right.

Inserting a Picture 169. Press Esc to deselect the text frame.

170. Click the Zoom box drop-down arrow on the Standard toolbar and select Whole Page.

171. Click Insert on the Menu bar, point to Picture, and select From File.

172. The Insert Picture dialog box opens.

173. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Look in box and select Network Neighborhood. Creating a Dust Jacket Page 10

174. Double-click Wright-ms1 (Zeus).

175. Double-click Students 200_.

176. Double-click the Advanced Computers folder.

177. Double-click the Publisher Files folder.

178. Click Astronaut Floating Above the Earth to select it.

179. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Views button and select Preview.

180. This will give you a quick look at the picture before opening it.

181. Click the Insert button .

Resizing the Picture 182. The Astronaut Floating Above the Earth picture should be selected.

183. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Scale Picture.

184. The Scale Picture dialog box will open.

185. Change the Scale height and width to 160%.

186. Click OK.

Figure 5: The picture is centered on the page. Placing the Picture 187. The picture should be selected.

188. Move the picture so that the middle resizing handles are sitting on the green Ruler guide and the pink Layout guides.

189. Look at Figure 5.

The middle resizing handles are sitting on the green Ruler guide and pink Layout guide.

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Rearranging the Picture and Text Layers The picture is centered on the page, but the picture may cause the text to wrap if you make the font size larger. Like Paint Shop Pro, you can send a picture layer below a text layer.

190. The picture should be selected.

191. Click Arrange on the Menu bar and select Send Backward.

192. The picture moves behind the text.

Entering Text into the Spine Frame 193. Click in the spine text frame.

194. Type TO RISE FROM EARTH.

195. Press Tab twice.

196. Type Wayne Lee.

197. Press Ctrl+T to make the frame transparent.

198. Look at the picture to the right.

Inserting Text into the Front Inside Flap Normally, when you compose a story, you should use a word processing program like Microsoft Word. Word has a powerful spell and grammar checker that Publisher lacks. Most DTP programs like Publisher let you insert a document created in another program. For this dust jacket, pretend that you have already composed the front and back inside flaps, and the back in Microsoft Word.

199. Click in the front inside flap text frame.

200. Click Insert on the Menu bar and select Text File.

201. The Insert Text dialog box opens.

202. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Look in box and select Network Neighborhood.

203. Double-click Wright-ms1 (Zeus).

204. Double-click Students 200_.

205. Double-click the Advanced Computers folder.

206. Double-click the Publisher Files folder.

207. Click Dust Jacket Front and Back Inside Flaps to select it.

208. Click OK.

Inserting a Picture 209. Press Esc to deselect the text frame.

210. Click the Zoom box drop-down arrow on the Standard toolbar and select Whole Page.

211. Click Insert on the Menu bar, point to Picture, and select From File.

212. The Insert Picture dialog box opens.

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213. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Look in box and select Network Neighborhood.

214. Double-click Wright-ms1 (Zeus).

215. Double-click Students 200_.

216. Double-click the Advanced Computers folder.

217. Double-click the Publisher Files folder.

218. Click Wayne Lee to select it.

219. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Views button and select Preview. This will give you a quick look at the picture before opening it.

Figure 6

The resizing handle is at 7.88 inches on the Y-Axis.

220. Click the Insert button .

Placing the Picture 221. The picture should be selected.

222. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

223. Change the y number to 1.34.

224. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

225. Change the y number to 7.88.

226. Look at the picture to the right

Inserting Text into the Back Text Frame

227. Click in the back text frame.

228. Click Insert on the Menu bar and select Text File.

229. The Insert Text dialog box opens.

230. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Look in box and select Network Neighborhood.

231. Double-click Wright-ms1 (Zeus).

232. Double-click Students 200_.

233. Double-click the Advanced Computers folder.

234. Double-click the Publisher Files folder.

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235. Click Dust Jacket Back to select it.

236. Click OK.

Inserting a Picture 237. Press Esc to deselect the text

frame.

238. Click the Zoom box drop-down arrow on the Standard toolbar and select Whole Page.

239. Click Insert on the Menu bar, point to Picture, and select From File.

240. The Insert Picture dialog box opens.

241. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Look in box and select Network Neighborhood.

242. Double-click Wright-ms1 (Zeus).

243. Double-click Students 200_.

244. Double-click the Advanced Computers folder.

245. Double-click the Publisher Files folder.

246. Click Free Floating Above Earth to select it.

247. Click the drop-down arrow next to the Views button and select Preview. This will give you a quick look at the picture before opening it.

248. Click the Insert button .

Resizing the Picture 249. The Free Floating Above Earth picture should be selected.

250. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Scale Picture.

251. The Scale Picture dialog box will open.

252. Change the Scale height and width to 80%.

253. Click OK.

Placing the Picture 254. The picture should be selected.

255. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

256. Change the x number to 5.34.

257. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

258. Change the y number to 5.06.

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259. The picture should be sitting on the green Ruler guide and the pink Layout guides.

260. Look at Figure 7.

Figure 7: The picture should be centered in the back frame.

Rearranging the Picture and Text Layers 261. The picture should be selected.

262. Click Arrange on the Menu bar and select Send Backward.

263. The picture moves behind the text.

Creating a Background 264. Press Ctrl+M.

265. This is the command to Go to Background layer.

266. Click the Rectangle tool on the Objects toolbar.

267. Click and drag a rectangular frame that covers the document.

268. Click Format on the Menu bar, point to Fill Color, and select Gray.

269. This is a temporary color.

Using the Measurements Toolbar 270. The rectangle frame should be selected.

271. Click in the x text box on the Measurements toolbar.

272. Change the x number to 0.

273. Click in the y text box on the Measurements toolbar.

274. Change the y number to 0.

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275. Click in the Width text box on the Measurements toolbar.

276. Change the number to 25.

277. Click in the Height text box on the Measurements toolbar.

278. Change the number to 11.

Formatting the Front Text Frame 279. Press Ctrl+M.

280. This is the command to Go to Foreground layer.

281. Click in the top front text frame.

282. Triple-click the title TO RISE FROM EARTH.

283. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Font.

284. The Font dialog box opens. Figure 8: The front page after final formatting. 285. Change the Font Color to Red.

286. Change the Size to 44 points.

287. Click OK.

288. Click the Center button on the Formatting toolbar.

289. Triple-click the subtitle An Easy to Understand Guide to Spaceflight.

290. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Font.

291. The Font dialog box opens.

292. Change the Font to Arial.

293. Change the Font Color to White.

294. Change the Size to 22 points.

295. Click OK.

296. Click the Center button on the Formatting toolbar.

297. Click in the bottom front text frame.

298. Triple-click WAYNE LEE.

299. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Font.

300. The Font dialog box opens.

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301. Change the Font Color to Light Blue.

302. Change the Size to 36 points.

303. Click OK.

304. Triple-click the last paragraph.

305. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Font.

306. The Font dialog box opens.

307. Change the Font to Arial.

308. Change the Font Color to White.

309. Change the Size to 18 points.

310. Click OK.

311. Look at Figure 8.

Changing the Character Spacing of the Top Front Text Frame Making the title stand out is important. You have It would look nice if the subtitle were as wide as the title.

312. At the top of the front text frame, triple-click the title TO RISE FROM EARTH.

313. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Character Spacing.

314. The Character Spacing dialog box opens.

315. Change the Tracking to Loose.

316. Change the amount of tracking to 112.5%.

317. Click OK.

318. Triple-click the subtitle An Easy to Understand Guide to Spaceflight.

319. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Character Spacing.

320. The Character Spacing dialog box opens.

321. Change the Tracking to Loose.

322. Change the amount of tracking to 115%.

323. Click OK.

324. Look at Figure 9.

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Figure 9: The text in the title and subtitle is looser. Now it is the same size as the picture (more repetition).

Formatting the Back Text Frame 325. Click in the back text frame.

326. Press Ctrl+A to select all.

327. Click the Center button on the Formatting toolbar.

328. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Font.

329. The Font dialog box opens.

330. Change the Font to Arial.

331. Change the Font Color to White.

332. Change the Size to 14 points.

333. Click OK. Figure 10: Use the Format Painter to format the title and subtitle.

Using the Format Painter 334. Click in the top front text frame.

335. Click in the title paragraph—TO RISE FROM EARTH.

336. Click the Format Painter tool on the Standard toolbar.

337. Drag over the title in the back text frame.

338. The title in the back frame has the same formatting as the front frame.

339. Click in the top front text frame.

340. Click in the subtitle paragraph.

341. Click the Format Painter tool on the Standard toolbar.

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342. Drag over the subtitle in the back text frame—An Easy to Understand Guide to Spaceflight.

343. The subtitle in the back frame has the same formatting as the front frame.

344. Look at Figure 10.

Formatting the Front and Back Inside Flaps 345. Click in the front inside flap text frame.

346. Press Ctrl+A to select all.

347. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Font.

348. The Font dialog box opens.

349. Change the Font to Arial.

350. Change the Font Color to White.

351. Change the Size to 14 points.

352. Click OK.

353. Change the Zoom box to 150%.

354. At the top of the front inside flap text frame, click and drag over the top three paragraphs.

355. Click the Center button on the Formatting toolbar.

356. Triple-click the title TO RISE FROM EARTH.

357. Click the Font Color button on the Formatting toolbar and select Red. Figure 11

358. Using the Formatting toolbar, change the Font to Times New Roman.

359. Using the Formatting toolbar, change the Font Size to 20 points.

360. Click the Format Painter tool on the Standard toolbar.

361. Drag over the author’s name—Wayne Lee, in the third paragraph.

362. Look at Figure 11.

Creating a Raised Cap in the Front Inside Flap In Microsoft Word, you created a drop cap to make a paragraph stand out. In Microsoft Publisher 2000, you can also make drop or raised caps.

363. Click the Zoom box drop-down arrow on the Standard toolbar and s elect Whole Page.

364. Click anywhere in the first paragraph of body text

365. Click Format on the Menu bar and select Drop Cap.

366. The Drop Cap dialog box opens.

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367. Click the Custom Drop Cap tab.

368. Select the Up design.

369. Change the Size of letters to 2 lines high.

370. The Number of letters should be 1.

371. Change the Font to Times New Roman.

372. Change the Color to Red.

373. Click OK.

374. The Drop Cap should look like the picture to the right.

Connecting the Front Inside Flap Frame to the Back Inside Flap Frame Notice that the text in the front inside flap does not fit in

the frame. The Overflow indicator at the bottom of the text frame tells you that there is text that will not fit in the frame. The overflow area is where Publisher stores text that will not fit in a text frame. You cannot see text that's stored in the overflow area.

What are Connected Text Frames? When text frames are connected, text that won't fit into the first text frame automatically appears in the next text frame. A chain of connected text frames can span multiple pages and have numerous columns.

If text frames are connected, they will have the Go to Next Frame and Go to Previous Frame buttons on the lower-right or upper-left corner of the frames.

375. The Overflow indicator at the bottom of the text frame tells you that there is text that will not fit in the frame.

376. Click the Connect Text Frames button on the Standard toolbar.

377. The mouse pointer turns into a pitcher of text .

378. Click anywhere inside the back inside flap text frame to “pour” the text into the second frame.

379. Look at Figure 12.

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Figure 12

More Repetition 380. Click in the front inside flap text frame.

381. Triple-click WAYNE LEE to select it.

382. Click the Format Painter tool on the Standard toolbar.

383. Carefully, Drag over the author’s name—Wayne Lee, in the back inside flap.

Formatting the Spine 384. Click the Zoom box drop-down arrow on the Standard toolbar and s elect Whole Page.

385. Click in the top front text frame.

386. Triple-click the title TO RISE FROM EARTH.

387. Click the Format Painter tool on the Standard toolbar.

388. Drag over the title in the spine text frame.

389. Click in the bottom front text frame.

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390. Triple-click WAYNE LEE to select it.

391. Click the Format Painter tool on the Standard toolbar.

392. Drag over the author’s name—Wayne Lee, in the spine text frame.

393. Click the Center button on the Formatting toolbar.

394. Click Format on the Menu bar, point to Align Text Vertically, and select Center.

395. The spine should look like the picture to the right.

Adding the Credits

396. Click the Text tool on the Objects toolbar.

397. In the back text frame, drag out a rectangular frame.

398. Type Jacket created by.

399. Press Enter.

400. Type your names.

401. Press Ctrl+A to select all.

402. Press Ctrl+E to center the text.

403. Click the Text Color tool on the Formatting toolbar and select White.

404. Using the Formatting toolbar, change the Font to Arial.

405. Using the Formatting toolbar, change the Font Size to 14 points.

406. Move the credits frame into the blue clouds area of the picture in the back text frame.

407. Resize the frame if your names do not fit on one line.

408. Press Ctrl+T to make the frame transparent.

409. Look at the picture to the right.

Changing the Background Color 410. Press Ctrl+M.

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412. Click the rectangle frame.

413. Click Format on the Menu bar, point to Fill Color, and select Black.

414. Look at Figure 13 to check your dust jacket. Figure 13: The completed dust jacket

Spell Check the Document 415. Click in any text frame.

416. Press F7.

417. Spell check the dust jacket carefully.

418. Press Ctrl+S to save your document.

E-mailing a Document to Your Teacher 419. Start Internet Explorer.

420. In the Address bar text box type www.lausd.k12.ca.us.

421. The LAUSD home page opens.

422. Click the WebMail hyperlink.

423. The WebMail login page opens.

424. Enter your Login and Password.

425. Click Log In button . Your Inbox opens with your old and new e-mail.

426. Click the Address button on the Toolbar.

427. The Address Book window opens.

428. In the left windowpane, click the e-mail address of your teacher.

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429. Click the TO button .

430. Your teacher’s name will automatically be entered in the To text box.

431. In the left windowpane, click your e-mail address.

432. Click the CC button . You will send yourself a copy of this letter.

433. Click the OK button .

434. You are taken back to the Create Message window.

435. The addresses that you chose appear in the appropriate text boxes.

436. In the Subject text box type Dust Jacket.

437. Type a greeting.

438. Press Enter twice.

439. Type a short message to your teacher explaining that you are sending the dust jacket.

440. Press Enter twice.

441. Type a closing.

442. Press Enter twice.

443. Type your name.

Adding the Attachment

444. Click the Attachments button .

445. The Attachments page opens.

446. Attaching a document requires 3 steps.

447. Click Browse to select the picture file that you want to send.

448. The Choose a File dialog box opens.

449. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Look in box and select your period folder.

450. Click the Add File button .

451. The transfer of an attached file requires 30 seconds to 10 minutes, depending on connection rates and file size.

452. When the file attached, the filename and size appear in the Attached Files box.

453. Click the OK button .

454. The Create Message page opens.

455. You will see your attachment listed.

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Spell Check the Message

456. Click the Spell Check button .

457. The WebMail Spell Check is similar to the Microsoft Word spell check.

458. Check the spelling in your document.

459. Click the OK button when you are done.

460. Click the Send button to send your message.

461. After your message is sent, your Inbox will open.

462. You should see the message you just sent to yourself in the Inbox.

463. If you don’t see the message you just sent to yourself, click the Check button in a few minutes.

464. Click the Logout button on the Toolbar.

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