Tornadoes Close Button

In this activity, you will use your word processing skills to edit a report on tornadoes.

  1. Open the Tornadoes document by clicking on the icon.



  2. Add the title Tornadoes to the beginning of the report.


  3. Select the title and then change the font size to 36 and center-align the title. You also need to format it bold and italic. Change the font to Arial.


  4. Insert a clip art image of a tornado after the title. Use the keyword, tornado or funnel clouds, for your search.


  5. The following paragraph is missing from this report. Type the following paragraph into the report. It should be the third paragraph.
  6. A lot of tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counter-clockwise. But, in the southern hemisphere - for instance, Australia - the opposite is true.

  7. Change the color of the following words in the document: dangerous, powerful, August, and puffy.


  8. Check the spelling in the document. Fix any spelling errors.


  9. Use the thesaurus to replace a word of your choice with a synonym.


  10. Type your name at the end of the report.


  11. Format your name with a fancy font, and use any combination of bold, italics, underline and color.


  12. Insert a second piece of clip art at the bottom of the document. You can search on any keyword.


  13. Save the document using a new file name to your floppy disk or wherever your teacher instructs you. Print the document and then close the program.