Directions for Each Step

Editing Checklist Make the following changes by using your toolbars (NOT by right clicking)—you might want to print the checklist, so you can check off each thing as you do it. Directions on how to complete each step below can be found on page 2 of this document. The other materials you will need for this assignment can be found on page 3-4 of this document.

Save this article to your C: drive at home and title it “Late Night Treat for Star Gazers” Leave two lines between the name of the person who took the picture and the first sentence of the article. Leave one line between each paragraph under BOTH subtitles—there should be 6 paragraphs total Change the font size to the entire article to size 16. Change the font style of the entire article to “Veranda” Make the Nasa’s Mission title size 18 font Make the What you need to know subtitle bold Center the Late Night Treat for Star Gazers to make it the title. Use the ruler to indent the first word in each paragraph 0.5 inches Underline the subtitle NASA’s Mission Make the text (not the title) two columns Spell check the article and correct any spelling mistakes. Remove the indent on the first paragraph under What you need to know subtitle by deleting the spaces. Insert the picture provided at the bottom of the text (the telescope picture) on the left side of paragraph that starts with “Attention star gazers…”at the beginning of the text. Use the corner picture handles to make the picture smaller (smaller than it was originally, small enough to fit in the space it should be in). Format the picture by wrapping the picture and choose square. Italicize the word “safe” in the second paragraph under the subtitle What you need to know Insert a header in the center of the page including your first and last name, followed by your teacher’s name on the line underneath your first and last name, and then add the date on the line underneath your teacher’s name. Highlight and then cut the very last sentence of this text. It starts with “NASA has set up a live web chat…” Find the number of words in the article and write the total here ______words Save the changes you made to the article. Print a copy to turn in to your teacher. Directions for each step:

1. Go to fileclick “save as” locate your C: drive the right side of the box and click it in the file name box at the bottom type the name to save it as 2. Put your cursor before the first line of the paragraphpush enter twice 3. At the end of each paragraph, press enter to leave a blank line between each paragraph 4. Highlight the entire text click the home tab at the top and find the font size box (when you put your cursor over each box, it will tell you what each box is)change to 16 5. Highlight the entire text click the home tab at the top and find the font box (when you put your cursor over each box, it will tell you what each box is)change to veranda 6. Highlight the Nasa’s mission subtitle with your mouse click the home tab at the top and find the font size box (when you put your cursor over each box, it will tell you what each box is)change to 18 7. Highlight the What you Need to Know subtitle with your mouse click the home tab at the top and find the letter B (when you put your cursor over each box, it will tell you what each box is)click it one time 8. Highlight the Late Night Treat for Sky Gazers title with your mouse click the home tab at the top and the center button to center the text (when you put your cursor over each box, it will tell you what each box is)click it one time 9. click the view tabclick one time in the ruler box and a ruler should appearput your cursor at the beginning of the line you want indentedon the ruler toolbar, move the top triangle (it is an upside down triangle) to 0.5 inches 10. highlight the subtitle Nasa’s Mission 11. Highlight the entire text (everything below the picture) click on the page layout tab find the columns button and click it click on two 12. Highlight the entire textclick on the review tab click the ABC button that says spelling and grammar check correct all spelling mistakes EXCEPT for names of people 13. Click on the picture and drag it up to the paragraph you need it atClick on the picture one time and it will be outline with a dot-to-dot line Click on the bottom right hand dot and push it towards the top of the picture to make it smallerclick on the picture againclick on the format tabfind the text wrapping box and click itclick square 14. Highlight the word safe with your mouse click the home tab at the top and look for italicize button (when you put your cursor over each box, it will tell you what each box is)click it one time 15. click on the insert tab find the button that says header and click itclick the first box (blank) click on the home tab click the center button follow the directions from the checklist 16. Highlight the last sentence of the text click the delete button on your keyboard 17. Highlight the entire text click the review tab find the word count button and click it Late Night Treat for Sky Gazers On Tuesday, the first total lunar eclipse in three years will be visible across the U.S. April 14, 2014 By Stephanie Kraus with TIME and AP reporting

Tout and tout – KAREN BLEIER—AFP/GETTY IMAGES On Tuesday, April 15, there will be a total lunar eclipse that will turn the moon a coppery red, NASA says. Attention all sky gazers: get ready for a beautiful moon to grace the night sky. Tonight, the first total lunar eclipse in more than three years will be visible throughout North and South America. And, it’s in color. According to NASA, the total lunar eclipse will take place on the night of April 14–15. Most of the United States will be able to view it, National Public Radio reports. It will last 78 minutes, beginning at 3:06 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time and ending at 4:24 a.m. The U.S. Naval Observatory’s page has a handy link that allows you to input your city and figure out exactly when you’ll see the eclipse. People in the United States will not be able to witness a full lunar eclipse in its entirety again until 2019.

What You Need To Know In a total lunar eclipse the Earth blocks the Sun’s light from reaching the Moon. The moon becomes dimly lit in an orange or red glow for about an hour, NASA says. Because of its color, it is often called a “Blood Moon.” That's from light around the edges of the Earth— essentially sunrises and sunsets — splashing on the lunar surface and faintly lighting up the moon, says Alan MacRobert, senior editor at Sky & Telescope magazine. While a lunar eclipse last for a few hours, a total solar eclipse lasts for only a few minutes at any given place. Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are completely safe to watch. So, stargazers do not need special glasses to protect their eyes. Over the next 18 months, there will be three more blood moons: October 8, 2014; April 4, 2015; and September 28, 2015. But scientists say blood moons are not common. Astronomers have a name for four complete lunar eclipses in a row that happen in six-month intervals—it's called a tetrad, NASA says. The tetrad has happened only three times in over 500 years. Before the dawn of the 20th century, there was a 300-year period when there were no tetrads at all. "The most unique thing about the 2014–2015 tetrad is that all of them are visible for all or parts of the U.S.A.," longtime NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak said in a statement.

NASA’s Mission There’s one downside to Tuesday’s lunar eclipse—it could damage a NASA spacecraft that’s been circling the moon since fall. The robotic orbiter is called Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or LADEE (la-dee) for short. The science-collecting part of the mission was planned to finish in March but it went overtime. The orbiter was not designed to handle a lengthy eclipse. Scientists don't know if it will be able to withstand the cold temperature in the long eclipse. Even if it freezes up, LADEE will crash into the far side of the moon the following week as planned, after successfully completing its science mission. Scientists expect LADEE's final day to occur on or before April 21. NASA has set up a live web chat starting at 1 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday to answer questions about the eclipse.