How do users add text to a specific location on a Word document? Enter text boxes! By watching a helpful video, viewers discover how to create, move, and resize text boxes. Additionally, they learn how to change the shape of text boxes to further master Word.

Concepts

microsoft word, basic computer skills, Computer Skills, word processing

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Additional Tags

college and career readiness

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Instructional Ideas

• Print the text-based lesson and allow students to use it to take notes on the video 
• Have scholars practice adding and modifying text boxes in a Word document

Classroom Considerations

• Video 20 from the 44-part Microsoft Word series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes a supplemental text lesson 
• Narration is clear and slow-paced

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2