The relationship of the object’s height to its width is called the ruler ratio. ____________________

A floating object is an object that acts as if it were sitting in a separate layer on the page. ____________________

To draw a square instead of a rectangle, a circle instead of an oval, or an equilateral triangle instead of an isosceles triangle, press and hold the Tab key while you drag to draw the shape. ___________________

Graphics that are already drawn or photographed and available for use in documents are called cropped art. ____________________

To add shading or patterns to a paragraph, select the text you want to shade. In the Paragraph group on the Insert tab, click the arrow beside the Shading button, and then click a color in the palette that opens. ____________________

To format only part of the document in columns without opening the Columns dialog box, select the paragraphs you want to format in columns. Then, click the ____ button in the Page Setup group on the Page Layout tab, and use any of the commands on this menu.

Word Case 6-2
Cole is using WordArt in a flyer announcing his appearance on a local television show.  Please answer the questions below.

Cole has already typed the text onto his page, and now he wants to use WordArt on existing text.  He has selected the text.  What should he do next? 

Now Cole wants to change the WordArt style, color, and outline color.  How can he accomplish this task?

To add shading or patterns to a paragraph or lines of text, select the text you want to shade. In the ____ group on the Home tab, click the arrow beside the Shading button, and then click a color in the palette that opens.

Columns are easy to create in Word. You click the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon, and then, in the ____ group, click the Columns button.

To insert clip art, click the Insert tab, and then, in the ____ group, click the Clip Art button.

If you want to move an inline object from one line to another line in the document, click it to select  it, and then use drag-and-drop or the ____ commands to move it, just as you would with text.

You can specify the border ____, for example, whether the border consists of a single or a double line, is thick or thin, or includes a shadow or a 3-D effect.

When you insert an object, it is inserted as a(n )____ object in the text, which means it is treated as if it were a character in the line of text.

If you want to change the border style, you need to click Borders and Shading on the menu to open the____ dialog box.

To specify the amount of space between the border and the text or edge of the page, click the ____ button on the Borders tab, or the Page Border tab in the Borders and Shading dialog  box.

To create a SmartArt graphic, click the ____ tab, and then, in the Illustrations group, click the
SmartArt button.

You can resize SmartArt graphics as you would resize any object. Instead of squares or circles, the sizing handles on a SmartArt graphic are ____ at each corner and in the middle of the sides of the selection rectangle.

FIGURE 6-1


Word Case 6-1
Madison is adding text to shapes in her Word document, and wants to center them within the text boxes in the shapes. Please refer to the figure above while answering the questions below.

Madison also wants to center her text horizontally in the text box. What should she do?

Madison wants to center the text vertically within the text box.  What options should she use in the Format AutoShape dialog box?

The squares and circles that appear on the selection rectangle are called ____.

____ is stylized text that is treated as an object.

The term ____ refers not only to drawn images, but also to photographs, movie clips, and sound files.

To change the object to a floating object that is positioned in a predetermined location on the page, click the Position button in the ____ group on the Format tab, and then click one of the options in the gallery under With Text Wrapping.

You can also use Word’s ____ tools to create your own graphics and add them to your documents.

To draw a shape, click the shape you want to draw on the menu. The pointer changes to the ____ pointer. Drag the pointer on the document to draw the shape.

If you don’t want part of a graphic to appear in the document, you can ____ off the part you don’t want.

You can change the line ____, or thickness, of lines or shape outlines in your drawing.

You can cut, copy, and paste objects the same way you do text, using either the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands or by ____ the selected object.

A____________________ is a special type of label in a drawing that consists of a text box with an attached line to point to something in the drawing.

An ____________________  is anything that can be manipulated as a whole, such as clip art or another graphic that you insert in a document.

____________________ are pictures that help illustrate the meaning of the text and make the page more attractive.

The box that appears when the object is selected is called the ____________________.

A ____________________ is a shape specifically designed to hold text.

Please briefly describe these five Text wrapping options: In Line with Text, Square, Tight, Through, and Edit Wrap Points.

In Word, pictures are graphic files stored on your computer.

In the Search for box, type a word or words that describe the type of clip art you wish to insert. These words are called clip art words.

Borders and shading add interest and emphasis to text, so you should use them as often as possible.

Borders around a paragraph draw a reader’s attention to the paragraph.

To fill the object with a different color, use the Shape Fill button on the contextual Format tab.

When you select a clip art image, the Picture Tools contextual tab called Format appears.

Sometimes a document can be more effective if the text is formatted in multiple columns.

After you create columns, you might need to change the point at which a new column starts.
You can do this by inserting a table break.

In the Align group, you can click the Recolor button, and then click a style to recolor the image all in one shade.

To add shading to an entire page, in the Page Background group on the Page Layout tab, click the Shading button.