Please ensure the good practice taught in Year 7 is continued up through the school:
- Give the file a name (save in My Documents) straight away and save it every 5 minutes.
- Input the text.
- Format using the ICT Department “house style” (see NHS house formatting style attachment) except for work intended for display when WordArt etc can be used.
- When using pictures from the Internet, right click and use Save As to put in My Pictures folder use a relevant name to make it easier to find later. Delete when you have finished with it.
- Pictures need to be formatted to allow them to be moved around; right click select Format Picture, Layout and choose Square or Tight.
- When using colour ensure any text is legible – note the colours appear darker when printed than on the screen.
- Align the picture to the left or right; right click select Format Picture, Layout and choose the relevant Horizontal Alignment option.
- When researching on the Internet paraphrase the text as it maybe copyrighted.
- Spell Check, Proof Read and use Print Preview (ensure you have not got extra, unwanted pages) to avoid unnecessary use of print credits.
- Ensure you have the correct printer selected.
- Keep My Documents current and orderly
- delete old files
- use folders to ensure files are easy to retrieve
