Word+Processing+3

Students should take a story that they have written into the lab. Establish a procedure where you tell students what they will do in the lab and they are to go in, sit down, log in, open the application that they are going to work in and either wait quietly or begin working. This third lab time, they will open Microsoft Word© and begin typing. You may need to explain that Microsoft Word© is in the Office XP icon, or that they should go to Start, then Programs, then Microsoft Word©. Set this procedure to make your lab sessions will go more smoothly. I should remind you that anytime students go from one setting to another, they need some time to adjust. Once those procedures are set, I always try to give the students 5 or 10 minutes to start the session before I give them anymore directions, so they can reorient themselves to the room and assignment.
 * Student Directions 3rd lab session**


 * 1) Log in to Novell with the class username and password.
 * 2) When the desktop loads, double-click the **Office XP** or **Office Apps** icon. Their computers may have a slightly different name, but it should say **Office** (something).
 * 3) When Microsoft Word© opens, they should begin typing their story, but not the title. Let them type for 10 minutes or so.
 * 4) After a few minutes, stop them, and tell them to click the mouse in front of the first word in their story.
 * 5) Have them click the **Word Art** button at the bottom of the screen (a blue 3-D ** A **), or go to **Insert**, then **Picture**, then **Word Art**.
 * 6) In the style window they should choose a style that they like and click **OK**.
 * 7) In the next window, they should type the title of their story and click **OK**.
 * 8) When the Word Art appears on the document, they should change the **text wrapping** to **Top and Bottom** and move the Word Art to the center of the page, about ½ inch below the edge of the paper.
 * 9) They should now click the mouse at the end of the last word they typed and continue typing the rest of their story.

At the end of the lab time, have students go to **File**, then **Save As**, and type their name as the file name. In the right side of the Save in field there is a button with a down arrow. Click that button and click on the **Allusers drive**. Double-click the **Labs folder**, then double click the folder with your name. This is the only place they can save on the network. If they save the file to the computer’s hard drive, it will be deleted as soon as the computer is turned off. Then they should exit Microsoft Word©. You might want to let the students print their work. Now your students can enter data in any application. If you set those procedures, then students will always go into the computer lab with a purpose, and the sessions there will seem much more beneficial.