How to use the Newspaper Article Template

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1. Open the “Newspaper Article Template”

2. Highlight the text where the “date of the article” goes and begin typing the article date.

3. Highlight the text where the “title of the newspaper article” goes and begin typing the newspaper article title.

4. Highlight the text where your name goes and type “by” and your name.

5. Highlight and delete the text in the box where you will insert your saved picture, map, broadside, etc.
1. Go to “Insert” on the menu, choose “picture”, choose “from file” and locate your image.

6. Highlight the text where the newspaper article will be typed and begin typing your information.

7. To move your image to a different location in the article, click on the border around the image.  When you see a 4-headed arrow, click and hold and drag the image to a different location.

8. To save your work, click on “File”, choose “Save as”.  Type the article title as the name of your file and make sure you it is a word document.