Seasons / TV

Getting Started

You are deciding between “Seaons” or “TV Shows”…

Add Table

Type “Seasons” or “TV Shows” at the top and [Enter] to the next line.

Then go to Insert > Table … and insert a table 3 x 4.

Your document should look like this so far…

Column 1 Text

In the first column add the seaons or shows

Seasons

Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter

TV Shows

The Night Manager
Jack Ryan
Prison Break
Manifest

If you copy & paste, make sure to Backspace to get rid of the extra line…

Column 3 Text

If you are doing “Seasons”, copy the holidays below into the 3rd column…

Spring
Spring Break
Easter
Summer
No School
Canada Day
Camping/Lake
Fall
Thanksgiving Day
Halloween
Remembrance Day
Winter
Christmas
New Year's

If you are doing “TV Shows”, copy the actors below into the 3rd column…

The Night Manager
Hugh Laurie
Tom Hiddleston
Olivia Colman
Elizabeth Debicki
Jack Ryan
John Krasinski
Wendell Pierce
Abbie Cornish
Prison Break
Wentworth Miller
Dominic Purcell
Sarah Wayne Callies
Manifest
Melissa Roxburgh
Josh Dallas
Jack Messina

Backspace after pasting each time so there are no empty lines after any of the text. If there are, go back inside and delete them.

If you do a quick CTRL+A to see what’s shaded, you should have no extra shading below any text. If you do, go back inside and delete the extra lines…

Format Text

Default Font

Start by selecting the entire page (CTRL+A). Then change the default font to Bookman Old Style, size 14.

Bullets

Select the last column and set to bullets.

Page Heading

Select the page heading “TV Shows” and set the font type to Showcard Gothic, size 36.

Column 1

Then select the first column and set to Showcard Gothic, size 22.

Center Page Heading

Center the page heading.

Spacing

Bottom Margin

Pull down the Bottom Margin using the Ruler to just a little bit past the 1/2″.

Paragraph Spacing

  1. Select all the text on the page (CTRL+A) and go to Paragraph options.
  2. Set the paragraph spacing to 6pt before & after, line spacing to Single and make sure the box is empty (not shaded or checked).

Table Alignment

Cell Alignment

Select the entire table. Then go to Table Layout > Alignment … and set to middle-middle.

Then select the 3rd column only and set to align left-middle.

Text Direction

  1. Select the first column.
  2. Go to the Table Layout tab and click on Text Direction 2x until the text is like this…

Table Layout

Row Heights

Select the table using the 4-pointed arrow. Then change the row height to 2″.

Column Widths

Click in the 1st column. Change the column width to 1.5″

Click in the 2nd column. Change the column width to 2.5″

Click in the 3rd column. Change the column width to 2.5″

So far your page should look like this…

Borders & Shading

Borders

Select the entire table again.

Go to the Borders drop-down menu, choose the last option Borders & Shading … it should open a new window.

  1. Choose a dark color
  2. Change the size to 6pt
  3. Click on None
  4. In the Preview area, click the top & middle horizontal lines.
  5. Click on OK to close the window.

Your table should now look like this…

Row Shading

Click beside the 1st row to select it.

In the pop-up toolbar or on the Home tab, change the Shading to a light shade of the same color.

Click beside the 3rd row to select it and set it to the same shading color.

You should have table like this…

Pictures

For each of the given photos below, right-click on it and “Copy Image”. Click in the empty cell in the 1st row and paste (CTRL+V).

Select each picture, then go to the Picture Format tab and do the following…

  1. Crop > Aspect Ratio > 4:3
  2. Set the Height to 1.6″
  3. Set the Quick Style to the thin black border.
  4. Click off to set the picture.
Crop > Aspect Ratio > 4:3
Height = 1.6″
Quick Style

Everything should fit on one page…