4.6.10 Using the Thesaurus
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
2:41 PM
Create a new blank document in Word.
Save as 4.6.10 My Traits in the Word folder in your P:drive.
Type 10 adjectives that describe your personality, physical appearance, temperament, or character. (See the list of character traits if you need ideas.)
Next, use the thesaurus to find a synonym for each of the 10 words.
Challenge yourself to choose new or less familiar words.
Save changes and close the Word document.
Go to [link]
Click File, Open MS Office Document
Browse to the file you saved above.









Click Shape, Letters. Pick the letter of your first name.
Choose Mask to see an outline of your initial.
Click Word List
Select a word and then click clone. 
Clone it as many times as you want it 
to appear in your word cloud. 
(To make it interesting, all words should NOT be cloned the same 
number of times).
Apply a weight to the words. (The sample word
list had the highest weight at 17.)
Click Apply to see the results. 
Make any changes to number of words in the Word list 
so that most of your words are used. 


Choose a Theme that has a white background.
Make any changes to colors that you would like.












Make any font changes you'd like.
Make any direction changes you'd like.
Adjust the slide bar (zoom) if needed.



Click File, Save as image. Save as a .jpg. Use your name as the filename. Upload image to Teams.
Click Apply 
to see color changes.