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Thursday, October 4, 2012

In The Lab

Today you will be using Google Docs to type your personal narrative.

You will send the URL (link) of your document to me with this Send The Link form.

Here is a video I made for using Google Docs

Send the link:


Directions for Google Docs
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Go to mymail.lausd.net
              Click “open
            Enter the prefix of your email address (the part before @lausd.mail)
            Enter your password (id code) à hit enter

Create and Save your document
            Click the red button called  Create à click “document”
            Click on the document title “Untitle Document” à and “Rename” it
            Name your document as follows:
· Last First P1 Narrative
· Last First P3 Narrative
· Last First P5 Narrative
· Last First P7 Narrative


Set Your Document Permissions by "Sharing"
            Go to menu on the right and click the blue “Share” button
            Look in the section “Who Has Access”
              Change the setting from “Private” by clicking the “Change” button
              Mark the circle: “Anyone with the link”
              Scroll down to the “Access” section of that table à change “can view” to “can edit”
     
             The link to the document is highlighted.  Copy it and paste it into the “Send the Link” form

Start typing your document
             Use the justify icon to right justify.  Type your name and period (not the date)
              Center the title

Tab Key vs. Spacebar
               Use spacebar once after each word and twice after the end of  a sentence
               Use the tab key to indent paragraphs
               Use Justify icons to center or left justify

 Changing the Spacing
Highlight the text you want to change
Click edit menu à scroll to document styles
Under “Line Spacing,” chose double spacing