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 * HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN DIGITAL STORY BOOK **

It is really simple to make your own digital story book. Just follow these steps and you are set. It is as easy as that. Click on the hyperlink to view what I have created in under ten minutes. 
 * 1) **Open Microsoft Excel
 * 2) **Where it says Sheet numbers, change to page numbers
 * 3) **Highlight the first page
 * 4) **Go to the quick access toolbar – drop down arrow – select “more commands” – In the menu ensure it is on “All Commands”
 * 5) **Select “Speak Cells”, add to toolbar and click ok
 * 6) **Click on a box in excel and start writing your first page story.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">7) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Click out of the box and then back onto it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">8) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Click on “speak cell” icon (it will read aloud what you just wrote)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">9) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can add more text in a different cell if you wish, all you have to do is highlight all the cells before clicking the speak cell icon.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">10) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To insert images, click on “insert – clip art”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">11) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can make the text larger; insert your own sound, video clips.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">12) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To get rid of the cell appearance all you have to do is change the colour of the background.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">13) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">To turn pages : insert menu – shapes – arrow – Draw it, can change the colour – select arrow – insert menu –hyperlink – select “page in this document – then select page two (or the next page of what you have named it).