Use Smart Tags in a Microsoft Word Document
Updated: April 14, 2004
Curriculum Areas: Language arts/math/social studies/science
Grade Level: 3 and up
Application: Microsoft Word 2002
Tip: Use Smart Tags in a Word document.
Description: Office XP Smart Tags are a set of buttons that are shared across the Office applications. These buttons appear when the user needs them. For example, students can use the Name, Address, and Date Smart Tags to save time when writing letters to their town's local politicians or to President Bush about a recycling program. Whenever students need to enter a person's address in a letter, Smart Tags can help. If they need a map showing where a place or address is located, Smart Tags can help with these tasks, too.
Important: Before students can utilize addresses to use in their letters, those names and addresses need to be entered into Contacts in Microsoft OutlookŪ. Once they are entered into the Contacts list, students will be able to easily enter the addresses into their documents. The names and addresses can be entered directly into the Outlook Contacts list. Or, the names and addresses can be typed into a Word document, and then the Word Smart Tags feature can be used to add them to the Contacts list.
How to:
1. | First plan out the letter that you will use for this assignment. |
2. | Start Microsoft Word 2002, and make sure a new document is visible. |
3. | Across the top of your letter, type items such as the date and a school name. |
4. | Four lines below the date, type the name of the person to whom you will be writing your letter, and then press ENTER. You should see a line beneath the name you just typed. |
5. | Point to the person's name to see the Smart Tag appear (the letter i in a circle). Click the tag to see a list of options.
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6. | Click Insert Address to enter the person's address into your document. |
7. | Continue typing your letter, remembering to save it regularly. |
Additional Classroom Use of Smart Tags: Try viewing a map of the address you entered in your letter. This feature can come in handy when you want to integrate map skills across the curriculum, even when writing letters.
How To: Point to the address in your document, and then click Display Map from the Smart Tag list. Your Web browser will start and will display a map of the address from Expedia.com.
