To Resize and Save Worksheets
Microsoft Word ® or Microsoft PowerPoint® must be installed on the computer you are using to use these directions for resizing. PowerPoint Viewer® is a free download. This program enables you to view PowerPoint® presentations but not to write them so you cannot use that program to edit (change the size of) these worksheets. I strongly suggest that if Microsoft PowerPoint® is available to you that you use that. It is much easier to manipulate pictures using Microsoft PowerPoint® than when using Microsoft Word ®.
The worksheets are in picture format. Each one is scanned in separately and posted on the site as a .GIF. GIF is one of two formats used to post images on websites. The other format is .JPEG; this one is mainly used for photographs. Both formats can be handled the same way when changing the size or saving to your own disc.
When using Microsoft Word ®, save each worksheet as a picture. To do this right click on the worksheet and select the command save picture as. You can either keep the name I have given the worksheet of make up a new one of your own. Because there are so many different versions of Microsoft Word ® I cannot write specific instructions on how to resize the worksheet but here are some general ones.
Use your Office Assistant. Type the word resize into the search field in Help. This will more than likely give you instructions on how to resize the worksheet with the version of Microsoft Word ® that you are using.
General instructions:
Click on the worksheet to select it. Look for tiny handles on the corners. When you run your cursor/mouse over these corners it ought to change to a double ended arrow. When it changes to the double headed arrow, hold down your left mouse button and drag the corner to the edge of the page. This will make the worksheet larger.
To Save
Click on File and select Save As
Type the name for the file that you select and then click OK. Make sure you note which folder the file is being put into. Look at the top of the (dialog) box you are working in. It is up to you where you store these files but it is easier to find them if all the worksheets are in the same folder. Sometimes these pictures can only be seen properly if they are stored in My Pictures. If the folder you are saving to is not My Pictures, click on the down arrow at the end of the box that indicates the destination folder (top box). A whole list of possible folders will display. Select the folder you want (or maybe even put it on a floppy) and save it there. To find My Pictures first select My Documents and then look for My Pictures within that folder.
Office XP® has some other features that make resizing easier. If you are using this program look at the icons at the bottom of your screen and select the one that says actual size. Click it. The pictures will enlarge. Print after it has been enlarged.
To Save to PowerPoint®
With the worksheet you want to copy displayed, right click it. Select copy from the menu. Click copy.
Open PowerPoint® to a blank slide. Right click on the blank slide. Select paste from the menu. The worksheet should display. Using the picture tool bar, flip the picture on its side. PowerPoint® orients everything into landscape. When you finish resizing the worksheet, it will be on its side but it will cover the whole page. The printer will print it out just fine.
Next, click on the worksheet. Move your cursor over the corners until you see it form a double headed arrow. Pull the worksheet so it covers the white page on the slide.
To print this page, click file and then choose print from the choices on the menu. When the printer dialog comes up be sure to select current slide so only this worksheet will print. You can continue to add worksheets to this presentation by selecting new slide. To save, click file then select save as and give this presentation a name that you can remember. You might put the worksheets you find the most useful on a presentation like this so you and your student will have study materials available without going online.
