WordPerfect 8 for Windows 95
Computing Services Information Document	PC Windows95

Spell Checking your Document

Using Grammar Checker

The Grammatik checker runs the grammar check program and the spell checker program together. To run the Grammatik checker you:
1. Click on Tools and then Grammatik.
2. Grammatik checker will immediately start to check your document.
3. If there are any errors the checker will stop. It will highlight the word, phrase or sentence in question. It will tell you what is wrong, and give you any suggestions in the "Replacement:" box. It will also show you how the new sentence will read in the "New Sentence:" box.

4. At this time you can click on the correct word or phrase given in the "Replacement:" box, or you can type in the correct word or phrase in the "Replacement:" box and press the "Replace" button. If you know that the word or phrase in question is correct, and you don't want to change the sentence, you may want to click on "Skip Once" if you want to skip this word or phrase only once or "Skip Always" if you want to skip this word or phrase for the rest of your document.
5. The Grammatik checker will indicate to you when you are done checking your document. At this time you can click on "Yes" to close the Grammar Checker. 

Inserting an Image in Your Document
You may want to Insert an image into your document, something like this little cutie: 
To do this:
1. Click on the Clip Art icon , which opens the Scrapbook dialog box with a selection graphic images. To insert an image from the Scrapbook, right click on it with the mouse, holding the button down, drag it to your document (this will paste it).
 

1a. From the menu bar, click Insert, than highlight Graphics and click on From File (from your personal files) or Clip art.  2. The Insert Image dialog box will open. (This window looks similar to the "Open" file window). You will find a list of image files that you can choose from. You can also use your own image(s), these should be stored either on a floppy disk (A drive) or on your Rutgers Files (H drive).

By clicking the file icon, a selection of  folders appear within the Graphics Folder. Example: Backgrounds, Borders, Clip art, Pictures, and Textures. Click on one of these folders and to get a list of graphic images or effects within that folder, click on one that you would like to try.  Your image will be placed in your document, surrounded by dots. These dots represent the space being used by your image. You can increase or decrease this space (and thus the size of the graphic on the page) by clicking on one of the black boxes along the edges/corners and dragging it in or out.  You can also move the image by clicking on it, holding down the left mouse button and dragging it to a new location on your page.  If you right-click (click with the right mouse button) on the picture, a menu will list things like: Caption, Content, Position, etc. By highlighting and clicking on one of these choices, you can alter or edit the image.

Inserting Text Art in Your Document

1. From the menu bar, click Insert, highlight Graphics and click Text Art.  ---Or---  1a. On the graphics Menu, click the Text Art icon .  2. The Text Art dialog box will open.  3. Your screen will change to a screen with four tabs: General, 2D Options, 3D Optioned, Advanced Options.
*Example of Text Art	Click on the General tab and set basic Text Art features. Such as the shape of the text, the font to be used, and the color of the characters. The Options tabs allows for more advanced options, such as rotating the image, and adding a shadow to the graphic text and make it stand out more.

Creating a Table

1. On the Menu bar, click on Insert, highlight and click Table, this will display the Create Table dialog box.  1a. From the tool bar, click the Table button , holding the mouse button down, drag it to the number of columns and rows that you will need.  In the dialog box, type in the number of columns and rows needed for the table.  2. Click on Create. You can now type with in the table.  3. Next, as a option, go to the Menu bar and click on View, highlight and click Toolbars.  .

Changing the Look of a Table and Its Parts. You can quickly change the way a table looks by applying a style to the whole table (Speed Format).  You can also change the look of specific parts of the table, such as a border or certain cells.  For example, add shading to certain rows or cells to make a table easier to read, as in the illustration below.

If you insert a column, you can click Keep Column Widths the Same to prevent the existing columns from changing width when the new column is added. New columns or rows contain the same formatting as the column or row where the insertion point is located.

Use Table Borders/Fill to change the line style, color, and fill options of the current cell, a group of cells, or of the entire table. For example, you can choose a border for the entire table, add patterns or color to table cells, or print the table without lines. 
 

Inserting Columns or Rows in a Table  1. Click in the table where you want to insert the columns or rows.  2. Right-click the table, click Insert.  3. Click Columns or Rows, then specify the number of columns or rows to insert.  4. Click Before or After to place the new columns or rows before or after the current insertion point position.   Edit Records in a Data Table  1. Create or open a merge data table.  2. Place the insertion point in the row where you want to add or delete a record.  3. Click Row on the Merge toolbar.  4. To delete the row, click Delete, then click OK.  5. To insert a row, click Insert. Specify where to add the row, then click OK.  6. Type the record data in the new row, then save or merge the file.   *Menu when you right-click on mouse and the cursor is on the table.

Saving and or Converting your Wordperfect Document to Web (HTML) Document
 

You can also click File, highlight and click Internet Publisher. In the Internet Publisher dialog box click New Web Document. This opens a new file in HTML format.  In the Internet Publisher dialog box click Format as Web Document - This converts your file to HTML format but does not save the file.  In the Internet Publisher dialog box click Publish to HTML - This converts your Document to HTML format and saves it.  In the Internet Publisher dialog box click Browse the Web - This opens up a web browser You can also choose "Save As" from the "File" menu, then change "Save As Type" to "HTML" type. This is convenient if you're editing a page you want to put into H:\html (which is the place in your account where your home page goes).

Creating a Bulleted/Numbered List into your Document
 

1. Click Insert, highlight and click Outline/Bullets & Numbering  Bullets.  2. Click a bullet style in the dialog box.  3. Type the text, then press Enter to begin the next list item.  4. Continue to add items by pressing Enter, then typing text.  ---Or---  1a. Click the down arrow on the Bullet List icon  on the Tool Bar, and pick the style of bullet you like. Repeat steps 3 & 4.  5.  To end the list, press Enter  Backspace.   *Bullet & Numbering dialog box

1. Place the insertion point where you want the character, then click Insert, highlight and click Symbol.  2. Select a character set, then select a character.  3. Click Insert to insert the character and leave the dialog box open, or click Insert and Close to insert the character and close the dialog box.  Tip: You can also press Ctrl+W to open the Symbols dialog box.