1. Open Google Docs and go to New/More/Drawings

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2. Give your drawing a name and add your name i.e. Postcard John Smith

3. Select a grid size. Go to File/Page Setup/custom

Choose centimetres first.This will fit the two sides of as postcard - the front and the backChoose custom 1

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3After choosing centimetres chhose 22 X 33

4. Draw your top postcard first – 2 blocks in on each side and halfway down

Choose Insert/Shape/RectangleGo halfway down (14 blocks)

5. Now copy the top postcard and paste it underneath

Click on the corner. Choose Edit copy/edit paste

Keep a border of 2 blocks all the way around

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5. Select View/100%

Note:View the grid at 100% -go to View /100%

6. Search for your postcard imageGo to Tools/Research

Let’s find an image for the top of the postcard

7. Type in what you require and select images when asked

8. Drag the image across and fit it to the template

Notice that the shape is too long for the picture

9. Adjust the shape to fit the image and adjust the other shape equally

Count gridlines when you adjust and do the same for the second square

10. Choose a very light fill colour for the other side of the postcard

Go to the paint pot and select a light colour

11. Insert a line for the address sideGo to Insert/Line

12. Add a stamp! Go to Tools/Research/South African stamp

Choose a stamp and drag it across

13. Resize the stamp and place it on the postcard

14. Now write your message – go toInsert/Textbox

15. Use Arial size 12 for your writing

16. Insert a textbox on the right hand side as well

17. Fill in the email addresses

Add TO ( for your friend’s name and email address) andFROM (for your name and email address

18. Add your name to the title by clicking on it

19a. Share your postcard in two ways

Share as a complete folder of postcardsIf your teacher has created a Shared Folder in Google Drive with all your drawings in that shared folder, then your teacher can share the drawing with a teacher from another school.

19b. Share your postcard in two ways

Share individually with another student

Click on Share and choose ‘Can view’. Add the student’s email address and click on Done.

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