Microsoft Word tutorial origin doc

NOTE: After making appropriate settings, your figure should have axes and tick marks on all four 
sides; bottom and left axes should have titles and numbers on them; and each axis should extend 
in each direction slightly beyond data points and numerical scales. 

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E. Sizing and positioning
The small square in the top left corner of your figure with a number in it (the Layer icon) can be used 
to adjust the size and position of your figure. 
a. Double-click on the “Layer icon”; click on “Layer properties” in the pop-up menu and select 
the “Size/speed” note card. 
b. Make sure the “Units” box reads % of page; set both “Left” and “Top” to 20, “Width” to 65 and 
“Height” to 50; click on “OK/ OK”. The figure should be sized and positioned nicely on the 
page. 
F. Relabeling the X axis 
The purpose here is to illustrate how to use subscripts/superscripts, etc. and how to control font 
sizes. The abscissa is to be relabeled Concentration (10
-4
 mol/L) and set to “font size” 24.
1. To insert the 10
-4
mol/L unit: 
a. Double click on “x axis label”, a pop-up box will appear with the title, Concentration, in the 
top and bottom sub-boxes. (This is the title you gave the X axis earlier.) 
b. Place the cursor just after Concentration in the top box, insert a space and type (10 mol/L). 
c. To insert the -4 power, locate the cursor just after the 10, click on “x
2
” at the top right side of 
the label square and type -4 in the parentheses that appear. 
d. Click on “OK”. 
2.To set the font size of the X axis to 24, replace any number in the “Size” box with 24. 
3. Follow the same procedure to set the font size of the Y-axis title to 24.