HOMEMADE HOLIDAY CARDS
Youth Intern: Becky Broderick Site: Gravenhurst Public Library Programs you can create homemade cards with: Microsoft Word Microsoft Publisher Online E Cards **Right click versus Left click** Microsoft Word – Using Downloadable Templates − Microsoft word does not have an automatic card program in it - It was not designed to make cards, but you can and they often look really nice - What we are going to use is called a downloadable template - This is a card template that we are going to download off the Microsoft website into our word document - There are a variety to choose from (if you do not like any of these templates, you can make one from scratch) − First thing we are going to do is open up internet explorer and go to the Microsoft website - http://office.microsoft.com/ − Search for card templates Download process − Click download, download again – warning message might pop up − Click ‘Download Now’ (to download without resolving this problem) − Click ‘Save’ NOT OPEN − It will ask you save as – this gives you an opportunity to save it where you can find it later – so you know where it is − Type in file name − Click save − Message will appear saying download complete, select open file − Now you are going to extract the file (right now it is a temporary internet file, you want to save it to your hard drive) − Choose a destination to extract it to –click save − Now you can open it from that location − Close all windows except for the internet page (unless your done with downloading templates, then you cans close it), and click on my document (my computer or wherever you saved it) – open file Working on the Card − Can use either half page fold, quarter page folds − First step is to click on show/hide option – why it is important − Second thing you want to do is format pictures - Make sure you are clicked onto picture, four dots appear and mover symbol - Once clicked on, right click on picture, select format picture - Layout Option – change to behind or in front of text - Picture option is where you can make the image a watermark, black and white, or adjust the brightness etc. − Inserting pictures – from file and from clip art - From file – browse – my pictures usually (or if the picture was sent to you and you downloaded it off an email, it will be in my received files) - From clipart – type in keyword search, enter and click on picture, then click the arrow to insert - *Remember to format those pictures as well* Copy and Paste From the Internet − Pictures and texts − Highlight, right click menu, click on copy → go to program you want to paste into, right click menu, click option paste. Creating A Personalized Christmas Envelope − File − Page Set Up − Landscape − Paper Size Tab – Envelope #10 Printing − Print Properties – Paper Quality Tab − Manual Feed − Advanced Button – Paper Size – Envelope #10 Publisher - New – templates – blank publication or card template - Page setup for tent cards (half page fold – which way you want it to open) - Choose design (if you want) - Choose color scheme (only shows up if you have a design template) - Choose a layout (heading and picture and text space, or just picture or just text, etc. all arranged different ways) - OR do none of that and just design your own. - **remember to format pictures** Publisher − Made with templates (print out on a single page) − Made from blank publication (portrait or landscape fold, using rulers, rotating objects, word art versus text boxes, printing (front and back) Creating A Personalized Christmas Envelope − New document − Envelope option → follow prompts − Make sure to set up printer, manual feed (#10 envelope). Online − Create and Send Online to Email Addresses - http://www.free-e-cards-online.com/ - http://www.free-christmas-cards-online.com/ ______________________________________________________________

Stats: From April 2007 until Dec. 1 2007

Number of People who Visited a CAP site: 1,431,181
Number of Computer/Internet training sessions held: 6,514
Number of people who received computer and internet training: 18, 426
Number of Assistive Technology Training Sessions Held: 2,418
Number of People who Received Assistive Technology Training: 7,163
Total Number of Cybercamps Delivered: 695
Total Number of People Registered for Cybercamps: 4,654

Total Number of Camps Conducted for the Following Groups:

Children: 1,685

Teens: 633

Adults: 614

Seniors: 638

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