Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Become familiar with the “Edit” tab on the menu bar. Enable Word Wrap. Adjust your font. Use the “View” pull down from the menu bar. Start typing. Save your document. Print your finished document.

Answer: Undo is the first item you will find under the Edit pull down on the menu bar. You can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Z for this function also. Once you use Undo you will find Redo as an option in its place.  The rest of the menu, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Find, Find Next, Replace, Go To, Select All, and Time/Date, are standard in nearly all Windows programs that deal with word documents. The “Go To” option is only available if Word Wrap is disabled and if your document contains numbered lines. Notepad defaults with Word Wrap turned off. Unless Word Wrap is enabled, all text you type will be on the same line until you press the “Return” key and the line will scroll indefinitely. In order to fix this, open the next pull down on the menu bar. Word Wrap is the first option you will see. Simply select Word Wrap and your document will be adjusted accordingly. Select Font from the Format option on the menu bar. Now, you have the ability to select from a series of preloaded fonts, choose options for Bold, Italics/Oblique, or Bold/Italics. You can also select your font size from this window.  A change in font affects the entire document. You cannot use one type of font on one part of the document and another type on another part. From the dropdown menu item listed as “Script” in the Font window, you can find characters that are not available in the standard “Western” style fonts. The only option you will find is called “Status Bar.” This option is also only available when Word Wrap is disabled. When word Wrap is disabled, a notification will display on the lower border of your document window showing you where your cursor is located in the document. It is recommended that you enable Word Wrap. Adjust the font as you desire and remember that it will be consistent with the entire document text. Note that the “Tab” key will move your cursor ten spaces across your text line, unlike Microsoft Word, which moves five spaces. Once you have finished, navigate to the “Save As” option from the File pull down on the menu bar. Notepad uses the default folder “My Documents” on Windows 7, and the “OneDrive” folder on Windows 8.1.  If you would like to save your document in a different place, simply browse your preferred folder from the “Save As” window and select it. Notepad will switch to this choice for future documents. Remember that all of your files will be saved with the .txt extension. Click on the File menu and then select the Print option from the dropdown. This will bring you to a separate window where you can select the printer and options you would like, and click print. To change the settings that determine how your printed document will look, click the File menu, and then click Page Setup:  To change the paper size, tap or click a size in the Size list. To change the paper source, tap or click a tray name or a feeder in the Source list. To print the file vertically, click Portrait; to print the file horizontally, click Landscape. To change the margins, enter a width in any of the Margins boxes.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Start with the author's last name and first initial. Place the publication date in parentheses after the author's name. Provide the title of the article using sentence-case. Type the name of the newspaper in italics with the page number. Add the website URL or database, if applicable. Use the author's last name and the year for in-text citations.

Answer: If the newspaper article has more than one author, list them in the order they appear in the by-line, separated by commas. Type an "and" before the last author's name. The period after the initial also constitutes the closing period at the end of this section.  Example: Clark, K. If the article has no author, start your bibliographic entry with the title of the article in sentence-case. Capitalize only the initial word and any proper nouns. Put the year the article was published first, then type a comma. Provide the name of the month in unabbreviated form followed by the day. Close the parentheses and place a period immediately after.  Example: Clark, K. (2017, July 17). For articles with new author, put the date in parentheses after the title of the article. After the date, type the title of the article along with any subtitle. Only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns. Place a period at the end, or other punctuation as necessary. Example: Clark, K. (2017, July 17). Villains take over Gotham; Superman stays away. For print newspapers, include the section and page number after the name of the newspaper. The page number is not italicized. Place a period after the page number. If there is no page number, such as if you found the article online, place a period after the name of the newspaper. Example: Clark, K. (2017, July 17). Villains take over Gotham; Superman stays away. The Daily Planet, p. A1. Starting with the words "Retrieved from," let your readers know where you found the article. APA style only requires a URL for the newspaper itself, not a direct permalink to the article itself.  Database example: Villains take over Gotham; Superman stays away. The Daily Planet, p. A1. Retrieved from Collected DC News. URL example: Villains take over Gotham; Superman stays away. The Daily Planet, p. A1. Retrieved from http://www.dailyplanet.com In addition to a bibliography, APA style calls for parenthetical citations within your text whenever you either paraphrase or quote a source. If quoting directly, include the page number if possible.  Paraphrase example: (Kent, 2017) Direct quote example: (Kent, 2017, p. A1)


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Ready your rope. Apportion the length of and secure the end strands.

Answer:
You'll need your rope divided into three strands to tie this splice. Your rope may have adhesive or a fastener on the ends to prevent it from fraying. You may need to cut these ends free with a knife or scissors to divide your rope into three strands.  If your rope is made of many strands, you should try to collect these into three even groups of strands to use in your splicing. A back end splice is especially useful for preventing a rope that has become unraveled from fraying. This splice will securely keep the rope together. You can use this same splice to fasten two different ropes together, too. Simply use the end of a separate rope instead of using one end of the same rope, which is the example provided here. First measure out enough length in your end strands to tuck around the body of your rope at least four times. Then fasten the base of this length with durable tape, like electrical tape or duct tape, to prevent the body of the rope from unraveling. The tape at the base of your end strands should encircle the rope completely to create a sleeve or collar that prevents your rope from unraveling more than you want.