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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
I'm typing up a story for a town hall meeting and a game we are doing
involves a mad lib type story. Am I able to type it up in word, and if so what do I need to do to get it to look like a mad lib with the blank line with the clue/verb underneath it? |
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Answer: How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
How to Set Up a Mad Lib Type Story in Microsoft Word
1. Open a new Word document and type out your story, leaving blank spaces where you want the user to fill in their own words.
2. To make the text boxes stand out, you can add a border or change the fill color. To do this, click on the text box and then click on the "Format" tab that appears. From there, you can choose the "Shape Outline" or "Shape Fill" options to customize the appearance of the text box. 3. Save your document and you're ready to go! By following these steps, you should be able to create a mad lib type story in Microsoft Word with blank spaces and clues/verbs underneath them. Have fun with your town hall meeting game!
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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
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What's a town hall meeting? What's a mad lib? And what version of Word are you using? Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "MG Chicago" MG wrote in message ... I'm typing up a story for a town hall meeting and a game we are doing involves a mad lib type story. Am I able to type it up in word, and if so what do I need to do to get it to look like a mad lib with the blank line with the clue/verb underneath it? |
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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
A mad lib is a "fill in the blanks" story--e.g., "a _____(noun) went into a
_____(adjective) bar." The town hall meeting bit I think does not matter to the Word techniques. ***Option 1: If you want to be able to edit the story, using Equations would get you close to what you want. A Fraction that is blank on top with (noun) below gets you the underscore and the clue below it, but the underscore is a bit higher than flows naturally with the text. However, you can let Word wrap the lines, as the equations are just objects inserted into the text. To experiment with this option, use Insert | Object | Microsoft Equation (with the cursor where you want the blank/clue). Once the Equation window comes up, hit Help to see how it works. I can't figure out how to lower the position of the equation, though. ***Option 2: The "do-it-once and print" way, with lots of manual adjustment and hassle. Type your story, inserting the blanks by typing shift-minus many times. After doing this once, you can copy and paste the blank. When the story is done, manually double-space by hitting enter twice at the end of each line. In the blank lines thus created, use tab and space to put your clue underneath the line. If you ever need to edit, you may need to manually fix all those line breaks, so don't do this until editing, spellchecking, everything is ALL DONE. On 12/9/06 3:36 PM, "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi What's a town hall meeting? What's a mad lib? And what version of Word are you using? Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "MG Chicago" MG wrote in message ... I'm typing up a story for a town hall meeting and a game we are doing involves a mad lib type story. Am I able to type it up in word, and if so what do I need to do to get it to look like a mad lib with the blank line with the clue/verb underneath it? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
In Option 1, I think you can select the resulting equation and lower it
using the Character Spacing tab of Format | Font. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . A mad lib is a "fill in the blanks" story--e.g., "a _____(noun) went into a _____(adjective) bar." The town hall meeting bit I think does not matter to the Word techniques. ***Option 1: If you want to be able to edit the story, using Equations would get you close to what you want. A Fraction that is blank on top with (noun) below gets you the underscore and the clue below it, but the underscore is a bit higher than flows naturally with the text. However, you can let Word wrap the lines, as the equations are just objects inserted into the text. To experiment with this option, use Insert | Object | Microsoft Equation (with the cursor where you want the blank/clue). Once the Equation window comes up, hit Help to see how it works. I can't figure out how to lower the position of the equation, though. ***Option 2: The "do-it-once and print" way, with lots of manual adjustment and hassle. Type your story, inserting the blanks by typing shift-minus many times. After doing this once, you can copy and paste the blank. When the story is done, manually double-space by hitting enter twice at the end of each line. In the blank lines thus created, use tab and space to put your clue underneath the line. If you ever need to edit, you may need to manually fix all those line breaks, so don't do this until editing, spellchecking, everything is ALL DONE. On 12/9/06 3:36 PM, "Shauna Kelly" wrote: Hi What's a town hall meeting? What's a mad lib? And what version of Word are you using? Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "MG Chicago" MG wrote in message ... I'm typing up a story for a town hall meeting and a game we are doing involves a mad lib type story. Am I able to type it up in word, and if so what do I need to do to get it to look like a mad lib with the blank line with the clue/verb underneath it? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
On 10-Dec-2006, Daiya Mitchell wrote:
***Option 1: If you want to be able to edit the story, using Equations would get you close to what you want. A Fraction that is blank on top with (noun) below gets you the under- score and the clue below it, but the underscore is a bit higher than flows naturally with the text. Then Suzanne Barnhill wrote: In Option 1, I think you can select the resulting equation and lower it using the Character Spacing tab of Format | Font. Actually, a better option than using a fraction in Equation is to use an "underscript" template. The underscript is in the second row of palette buttons, third from the left, in a palette called "Subscript and superscript templates". (This is the palette next to the one with fractions.) Once this palette is open, you'll notice the underscript template right in the middle -- second column, third row. This template has the advantage of "noun" (or whatever) being smaller than regular text, as it is in an authentic Mad Libs tablet. To get the line inside the template, first enter the underscript template into the "equation", then with the insertion point inside the top half of the template, enter an "underbar" template. Underbars and overbars are three palettes to the right of subscripts & superscripts, immediately to the right of the integrals palette. The underbar is in the first column, second row. Once this nested "underscript/underbar" template is in the document, you can copy and paste it to other places in the document to keep from constructing it every time. -- Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com Director of Training http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates" MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
This is a great idea, Bob. I tried it, and there's one more thing you have
to know: After inserting the underbar, you need to change the style in the top box to Text so that you can insert spaces to make the line as long as required. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bob Mathews" wrote in message ... On 10-Dec-2006, Daiya Mitchell wrote: ***Option 1: If you want to be able to edit the story, using Equations would get you close to what you want. A Fraction that is blank on top with (noun) below gets you the under- score and the clue below it, but the underscore is a bit higher than flows naturally with the text. Then Suzanne Barnhill wrote: In Option 1, I think you can select the resulting equation and lower it using the Character Spacing tab of Format | Font. Actually, a better option than using a fraction in Equation is to use an "underscript" template. The underscript is in the second row of palette buttons, third from the left, in a palette called "Subscript and superscript templates". (This is the palette next to the one with fractions.) Once this palette is open, you'll notice the underscript template right in the middle -- second column, third row. This template has the advantage of "noun" (or whatever) being smaller than regular text, as it is in an authentic Mad Libs tablet. To get the line inside the template, first enter the underscript template into the "equation", then with the insertion point inside the top half of the template, enter an "underbar" template. Underbars and overbars are three palettes to the right of subscripts & superscripts, immediately to the right of the integrals palette. The underbar is in the first column, second row. Once this nested "underscript/underbar" template is in the document, you can copy and paste it to other places in the document to keep from constructing it every time. -- Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com Director of Training http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates" MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
On 10-Dec-2006, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
This is a great idea, Bob. I tried it, and there's one more thing you have to know: After inserting the underbar, you need to change the style in the top box to Text so that you can insert spaces to make the line as long as required. Oh yeah; you're right. I guess that's why newsgroups are a team effort -- to take care of memory gaps in old guys like me. ;-) -- Bob Mathews bobm at dessci.com Director of Training http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 Design Science, Inc. -- "How Science Communicates" MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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How do I set up a document akin to a mad lib?
Wow, pretty snazzy, all. Looks much better than the fraction. I'm tempted
to write a mad lib just to use this new skill. I hope the original poster will benefit--but if not, it's in the archives! -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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