FORMAT
=> Object
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Business Computing Tips
By K&K Fainges kfainges@bigpond.net.au
FORMAT => OBJECT allows you to change the way things look such as;
pictures, word art, clip art, and just about everything else that you Insert
into a document.
To format an object, first click on the object. Small boxes will appear at
the corners and sides. If you then right click and chose FORMAT, or click on
the menu for FORMAT => OBJECT, a dialogue box will pop up that allows you
to change the size, alignment and other aspects of the object.
Although the menu can change, normally you are offered Colors and Lines,
Size, Layout, and Web.
Colors and Lines (sorry about the spelling but it is an American program)
allows you to put borders around the object, or Fill, in other words, colour
in the inside of the object. have a play with various styles and thicknesses
of line to find your favourite.
Size lets you change the size precisely, by typing the new length and
breadth in. If you want to take it to half, then change the ratio to 50% and
tick the Lock Aspect Ratio, to keep it looking square.
Layout lets you chose how it reacts with the text, i.e. the words around
it. you can have it in front of, close to the words or behind them. Again
experiment but I personally tend to use square. This tab also lets you chose
the alignment, i.e. whether it is in the middle or edge of the page.
Web lets you label the item for the web. There are other options too
depending on what the object is.
If any items are greyed out, in other words, won't let you click on them,
then that option is not available.
Next week: On to Tools
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Please feel free to pass it on to your friends, just let them know I wrote
it.
Karen Fainges holds a Bachelor of Business, and a Grad. Cert of Vocational
and Educational Training. All this is nice but it's the 14 years of having to
make sales or starve that makes her think she has really learnt what does and
doesn't work. A tutor for all ages, she specialises in helping people get
started on the long road to technology.
"It has to be practical, it has to be cheap, and it has to work."
