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Project 2: Autobiography

Type an autobiography for yourself that is at least two pages in length.
Include a title for your autobiography, centered and bold, on page 1.
Include at least three side headings which start at the left margin and are bold. Consider using the following side headings or include at least three side headings of your own. Remember to format your side headings with the appropriate heading style.
- The Early Years
- The High School Years
- Future Plans

Ideas to write about under each heading:

Early Years:

Discuss where you were born, your home, your family, your friends, your school, and any memorable occasions.

High School Years:

Describe your high school, your friends in high school, your favorite subjects, favorite teachers, extracurricular activities, and any memorable occasions.

Future Plans:

Discuss what will you do when you graduate. If you plans include college, discuss where your are going to apply, why you decided to go there, your planned major, and when you will graduate. After college or high school graduation, where you want to live, and how you intend to accomplish your goals.

Double space the report and indent the first line of each paragraph. To double space the text, you must display the Paragraph dialog box. If you are beginning your report, open the box, or if your report is already typed, select all the text before opening the Paragraph dialog box.
- To display the Paragraph dialog box, click Format, and then Paragraph.
- At the Paragraph dialog box, make sure the Indents and Spacing tab is selected, click the arrow under the spacing box, and then choose double.
- To indent the first line of each paragraph, press the Tab key.
Check page breaks in the document and adjust them if needed. To check for page breaks, you will need to change to the Print Layout view. The default view for Word is Normal, which displays a page break as a row of dots. In Print Layout view, a page break displays as an actual break in a page.
- To change to the Print Layout view, click View and then Print Layout or click the Print Layout View button at the left side of the horizontal scroll bar. (The Print Layout View button is the third button from the left side of the screen before the horizontal scroll bar.)
- To change back to the Normal view, click View and the Normal or click the Normal View button at the left side of the horizontal scroll bar. (The Normal View button is the first button from the left.)
- You need to be in Print Layout View to check page breaks. If you have an orphan line, a line in a paragraph by itself on a different page, you should keep the paragraph together. To keep a paragraph together, you can instruct Word not to insert a page break within a paragraph.
- To instruct Word not to insert a page break within a paragraph, display the Paragraph dialog box with the Line and Page Breaks tab selected, and the click Keep line together. The same steps can be used to keep a group of consecutive paragraphs together. To do this, select the paragraphs first, display the Paragraph dialog box, and then click Keep lines together.
Proofread and spell check.
Save the document and name it Proj2.