Jan's Working with Words

Exercise Word 2-6: On Your Own -
               Letter & Template

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What you will do:

Create a letter of your own Create your own letter template and save it

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Start with:, Show Marks is on.

1. Create a letterhead template.
   You may modify an existing template if you wish.
   Include at least:
   • A Word Art logo
   • A text box
   • Your name and address [Return address]
   • A Date field
   • Temporary text for inside address [recipient's address], greeting, and body
   • A closing and your own signature
     
2. Add a header with your name, date, Exercise Word 2-5
   
3. Save your template to the Student Templates folder with a name like  mylettertemplate-Lastname-Firstname.dotx 
   Note the template extension!
   
4. Save it again to your Class disk in the  word project2  folder with the same name as above.
5. Print the template and close it.
   
6. Open a new document using your new template and write a complete letter.
   
7. Save the letter to your Class disk as  
   myletter-Lastname-Firstname.docx  in the  word project2  folder.
8. Print the letter.
   (Since you saved the template with the header info included, it is part of the letter already!)
   
9. Be neat! If you share your computer, go to the Student Templates folder and delete your template.