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?
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