Hello, welcome to today's computing lesson.

My name is Mr. Little and I'm really delighted to be here with you today.

The title of today's lesson is "Editing text," and it's from the unit desktop publishing.

And I know if you work hard and try your best today, it's gonna be a successful lesson.

So let's get started.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to change the font of text to make it suitable for its use in desktop publishing.

There are two keywords for today's lesson.

I want you to look and listen out for them.

The first one, and we'll do my turn, your turn, is, my turn, desktop publishing.

Your turn.

Brilliant.

And desktop publishing is software that helps you make documents such as greeting cards, posters, or certificates.

We'll learn about that more as we go through today's lesson.

The second word is, my turn, font.

Your turn.

And font refers to the style in which text is presented.

And we're gonna look at some different fonts in today's lesson.

So remember to look and listen out for those two keywords.

I've split today's lesson into three parts.

First of all, we are gonna look at explaining what desktop publishing is.

Desktop publishing.

Brilliant.

It's one of our keywords already.

Desktop publishing means using software, so that's a programme on a computer, a laptop, a tablet, or a phone, or any other device that helps you make documents.

And that might be documents such as cards.

So birthday cards, greeting cards, thank you cards.

It might be posters or even certificates.

So desktop publishing could be split into its two words, desktop and publishing.

So desktop actually means the computer or the workspace you will be using.

And to publish something means to arrange text and images to produce something.

So in lots of the examples today of our desktop publishing, you are gonna see text and images that have been produced to make something like a card or a poster, or a certificate.

Now desktop publishing got its name, 'cause originally, so that's first of all, it was only done on desktop computers.

So that's a computer with a PC, with a screen, a mouse, and a keyboard.

And you might be using one of those PCs today.

However, you can do desktop publishing on devices such as laptops, tablets, phones, and desktop computers.

And sometimes, when it's written down, you might see it referred to as DTP.

But if you're doing desktop publishing on a phone, a laptop, a tablet, or a PC, you're doing desktop publishing.

Let's check our understanding.

Can you decide if this statement is true or false? Desktop publishing can only be done on a desktop computer.

It's false, isn't it? But why is that? Desktop publishing can be done on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, or even phones.

So let's look a bit further about what desktop publishing actually is.

It involves changing text or images.

So on the screen now, you can see I've typed some text, and you might have seen the images on the previous slide of the desktop computer or the laptop, and it makes something more interesting.

So let's say hello to Jacob.

He's done some desktop publishing to make a birthday card for his friend, Sofia.

There's Jacob and there's Sofia.

And here's Jacob's first attempt at a birthday card.

Now it's quite plain, and that's fine if Jacob and Sofia like plain birthday cards, but Jacob can use desktop publishing to make it more interesting, make it more appealing to Sofia.

So let's see what he's done.

You can see he's added different colours.

So he's added a purple colour for the text and he's added some images of some confetti, a balloon, and a birthday cake.

And then he's changed the text of the name Sofia on the card.

So he's made his birthday card little bit more interesting by doing some desktop publishing.

Let's take a look at some other examples of desktop publishing.

So we looked at that birthday card that Jacob made Sofia.

Posters are examples of desktop publishing.

And this poster tries to promote you eating five fruit or vegetables a day.

And you might have those posters around school or you might have seen them when you're out and about.

It might be a poster for promoting vegetables or eating fruit, or perhaps washing your hands, or trying to promote something else like a show, or a festival, perhaps.

Desktop publishing also involves making invitations.

So this invitation is for Sofia's birthday party.

It looks like she's turning eight very soon.

And lucky her, she's got a birthday party at Spacetown on Saturday the 8th of March.

So all three of these examples, the birthday card, the poster, and the invitation are all examples of desktop publishing.

So let's go back to Jacob and Sofia.

They're having a conversation about the other documents they could make using desktop publishing.

Jacob says, "I could make a storybook using desktop publishing, or even a comic book." And Sofia says, "I could design a certificate or a class timetable." Oh, that's really interesting.

Jacob and Sofia have come up some other examples.

So we had our birthday card, our poster, and our invitation.

Jacob said he could use a storybook.

That's right.

That uses texts and images, or a comic book.

And Sofia's gonna design a certificate or a class timetable.

Really interesting.

Another true or false statement here for you to decide on.

So desktop publishing means using software to create documents of text and images.

Is that true or false? It's true.

Well done if you got that right.

So time for a practise task to put all of that knowledge about what desktop publishing is into practise.

So on the mind map here, I want you to write some examples of things you could make when desktop publishing.

So think back to all the examples that I shared.

Think back to the examples that Jacob made or wanted to make, and that Sofia wanted to make too.

And see if you can add as many as you can to this mind map.

So pause the video and have a go.

So let's look at some examples now of things you might have written.

Now yours might be in a different order, which is absolutely fine, or you might have include other things, which is absolutely fine.

So let's see what we've got.

We've got a birthday card, an invitation, a poster, a timetable, a book, or a certificate.

Well done if you got any of those right.

For the second part of today's lesson, we are gonna learn how to change font style, size, and colour.

So font is one of our other keywords, isn't it? And that's the style the text is presented in.

So at the moment on the screen, the font I've chosen is in the colour black.

It's in the font Lexend and it's in the size 18.

So we are gonna learn all about the different styles, sizes, and colours you can choose.

'Cause when you are desktop publishing, that can make what you are making, what you are publishing more interesting.

Let's return to Jacob and Sofia's conversation here.

Jacob says, "The font I use when typing my homework might be different to the font I use when making a birthday card." Well, really interesting there.

Jacob must have done some homework online or on a computer, or a PC, or tablet, or phone.

And he's used a different style of font to when he was doing some desktop publishing, making a birthday card for Sofia.

Sofia has also noticed that in her reading book, the size, style, and colour of the font, is usually different in each book.

And that's right.

I'm sure a book you might be reading at the moment will have a different style, size, and colour font to a book you might have read before.

So let's look at the font style now.

Each font style has a name and we're gonna look at five examples of different fonts.

And it's the same words, but they're written in different styles of fonts, with a font name in brackets because each font has a name.

So here, school finishes at 3:15 PM is in the font, or is written in the font, Lexend.

Let's look at a different example of a font.

Do you notice the difference? So school finishes at 3:15 PM here is written in a font called Kalam.

Another example.

Do you notice the difference? School finishes at 3:15 PM here is written in a font that's very common, actually.

And it's called Arial.

Our fourth font is called Calibri.

And again, school finishes at 3:15 PM is written in Calibri.

And finally, our fifth font example, is a font called Lobster.

So you can notice, I think that's the most different out of all the fonts.

And school finishes at 3:15 PM on the bottom there is written in Lobster.

Now there are hundreds, thousands, probably even millions of fonts you can choose when you are desktop publishing.

But here are some common ones.

And I'm sure you'll be able to choose one that you like on your desktop publishing.

So when you're doing desktop publishing, we know we can change the style of the font.

You can also change the size of the font to make font or text bigger or smaller.

So let's look at, again, five examples of the same words, the same text, but it's written in different sized fonts.

So let's start with size 40.

Can you see how much bigger that is than what I've written at the top of this slide? Now the fonts are gonna get smaller.

So school finishes at 3:15 PM here is written in size 40.

Let's look at it written in size 36.

So it's slightly smaller.

And size 24, smaller again.

Size 14, even smaller.

And then size eight there right at the bottom.

Now when you are desktop publishing, you do have to think carefully about the size of the font 'cause you want to make sure the people who are reading what you are making can read it with the size you are choosing.

So on my slides, I always use size 18 or above, but you can choose a size that's relevant for what you are making.

That's really important.

And the third thing we're gonna look at when desktop publishing is changing the colour of the font.

This is one of my favourite things to do.

So below are some examples of the same text again, written, but in different coloured fonts.

So that font colour is black, school finishes at 3:15 PM.

We've got it in red.

Blue.

Green.

And you can, when you're desktop publishing, actually change individual words.

So school and finishes in that bottom example is in two different colours, and you can actually change the colour of each letter.

So have a look at the end of that sentence at the bottom, school finishes at 3:15 PM, I've coloured the P differently and the M differently there.

And even the full stop.

So Jacob here has been doing some desktop publishing, and here are the before and after versions of Jacob's birthday card to Sofia.

So remember, we looked at that at the start of the lesson.

Here's the before and here's the after.

And I'm gonna check your understanding now.

Which two things has Jacob changed in the font? So two things from these is A, font style, B, font size, or C, font colour.

He's changed the font style.

I think he's changed from Lexend to Kalam.

Don't worry, you don't have to remember the names, but I know them 'cause I use them a lot.

And secondly, he's changed the font colour.

You can see he's changed from black to purple.

He's not changed the font size here.

Now let's look at some of Sofia's desktop publishing.

She's made some before and after versions of a birthday party invitation for her birthday party.

Remember, she's going to Spacetown.

So here's the before and here's the after.

Which two things has Sofia changed here? Is it A, the font style, B, the font size, or C, the font colour? Well done if you selected the font size.

Can you see the difference between the bit at the top of Sofia's desktop publishing? Sofia is turning eight on the before example is much smaller than on the after example Sofia is turning eight.

She's increased the font size.

She's made it bigger.

And she's also changed the font colour.

Because notice on the after version, it's a blue background with white font.

On the before example, it's a grey background with black font.

So she changed the font colour there too.

Well done if you've got those right.

So let's learn how to actually do that.

How to change the font style, size, or colour when you are editing text.

You have to highlight text you want to change by clicking and dragging the mouse over the text.

Then go into the toolbar, which is normally at the top of a page, and select a font from the list.

Now in the toolbar, it might look something like this, and you are looking for the name of the font style here.

So let's watch and learn how to do that.

In this clip, I'm using the software from Canva, but you can use any other software that allows you to edit or change text.

So I want to change the font style of the words Happy Birthday and Sofia, and they're in two different text boxes.

So let's start with the Happy Birthday text box.

I'm gonna move my mouse and click on it, and I can either double-click to highlight everything in the text box, or I can click and drag my cursor to select everything I want to change.

Now that Happy Birthday is selected, I'm gonna go to my toolbar, which is at the top and click on font.

Now in Canva, there are lots of different fonts that I can choose from.

So I'm gonna scroll down and choose one I like.

Let's choose this one and keep an eye on the Happy Birthday text box.

Notice how it changes font style.

So let's do the same for the word Sofia.

Let's click on the text box, double-click to highlight it all, or I can click and drag to highlight what I want to change.

Now the font is already open, so let's choose a different font, and let's choose this one.

There we go.

So let's look how to change the size of the text now.

You have to highlight the text you want to change by clicking and dragging the mouse over the text.

And again, go to the toolbar, and you can either use the add or subtract symbols to change the size, or you can type in a font size.

So next to the font style, usually on the toolbar, is the ability to change the font size.

Let's watch how to do that.

In this clip, I'm using the software from Canva, but you can use any other software that allows you to change or edit text.

And I'm gonna show you how to change the font size.

So I want to change the size of the words Happy Birthday and Sofia.

I'm gonna make Happy Birthday larger and Sofia smaller.

So to do that, I need to click on the text box as the words Happy Birthday in.

I want to highlight my text by either double clicking or clicking and dragging to highlight everything I want to change.

I'm gonna go to the toolbar at the top, and you can see it's got the number 13.

2 in at the moment.

I can either click add to increase the font size or minus to decrease the font size, or I can put in a number that changes the font size.

And if I click on that number, it gives me some options.

Let's go for 28 and see what that looks like.

So I'm happy with that.

Actually, let's make it a tiny bit bigger.

So let's increase.

32.

I'm happy with that.

Now let's make Sofia smaller.

So let's click and double-click, or click and drag to highlight what I want to make smaller.

Let's go to the font size at the top and see it's 50 at the moment.

Let's make that smaller.

And let's make that 30.

There we go.

And then to change the colour of the font, you do the same.

You highlight the text you want to change by clicking and dragging the mouse over the text.

You go to the toolbar, again, which is usually at the top.

And select a colour from the text colour symbol.

So on the software I'm using, the text colour symbol is the word A, and it's underlined by a thicker grey line.

Let's watch how to do that.

In this clip, I'm using the software Canva, but you can use any software that allows you to edit or change text.

I want to change the font colour here, so I'm gonna change the colour of the words Happy Birthday and then the name Sofia.

They're in different text boxes.

So to start off, I'm gonna click on the text that I want to change, and I can either double-click or I can click and drag all of the texts I want to change the colour for.

Now in the toolbar at the top, you are looking for the symbol that says A, and with the black underline which says text colour.

Now when I click that, it opens a sidebar with lots and lots of different colours.

Canva actually suggests colours that I could use already, that match other styles in the presentation.

So let's choose this dark grey colour for Happy Birthday.

I'm happy with that.

Now let's change the colour of the name Sofia.

So let's click on that text box and I'm gonna double-click to highlight.

I'm gonna choose my text colour and we are gonna choose an orange colour here to match the other styles in the presentation.

There we go.

That's how to change text colour.

So, practise task time.

Using the downloadable template or your own document, I want you to change the following.

Only change the font style, the font size, and the font colour.

I don't want you to change anything else.

Don't be changing the images or the background colour yet.

So we've got another version of a birthday card for Sofia.

We've got two bits of text, Happy Birthday and Sofia.

I want you to change the style, the size, and the colour of those pieces of text.

So let's look at Jacob's before and after versions of his different card to Sofia.

And Jacob has edited the text by changing the font style, the font size, and the font colour.

Here's the before and here's the after.

Can you notice how he's made Happy Birthday larger? He's increased the font size.

And he's changed the colour, he's changed it from black to grey.

He's also changed the style of both fonts.

So let's look at Sofia in the before and after.

Before it's black and now it's orange.

And I think it's a different font style too.

So your version of this task might be slightly different.

And I just want you to check, have you changed the font style, font size, and font colour? Well done if you have.

The final part of today's lesson is clear communication when desktop publishing.

When your desktop publishing, it's really important to try to communicate the most important messages clearly.

You have to think carefully about the size of the font, the style of the font, and the colour of the font.

Jacob asks here, "Why is it important to communicate clearly when desktop publishing?" It's important, and let's look at some examples here.

If your font size is too small or too big, it might not be easy to read.

If you choose a font style that's difficult to read, people who are reading what you've written in your text might find it difficult.

And also, using lots of font colours or using some colours that together might make text difficult to read, might not communicate what you are trying to say in your desktop publishing.

If there are too many colours or lots of colours, sometimes it doesn't work.

And finally, using lots of images sometimes can make things hard to understand.

There is a saying when desktop publishing, sometimes less is more.

So sometimes by putting less images on a piece of desktop publishing, it actually communicates your messages more or more clearly.

Let's check your understanding.

I want you to decide if this statement is true or false.

You should always use lots of different coloured fonts to communicate a message.

It's false.

Can you think why that is? It's because, sometimes, when you use too many font colours or some font colours together, it might make your text difficult to read.

So let's look at this example.

Jacob's made a poster to promote healthy lifestyles.

He's made the text size too small here, which makes it difficult to read.

So I can read the eat your five a day in the middle there, but I think what he's written at the bottom, eating five fruits or vegetables each day as part of a healthy lifestyle, I think that text size is too small.

In this example, Jacob has chosen a font style that's not easy to read from a distance.

Again, I can read eat your five a day clearly in the middle, but the sentence at the bottom might be difficult to read from a distance.

What do you notice about this example? It's the colours that Jacob's chosen, isn't it? He's chosen a font colour that's difficult to read.

So let's look at this example and check your understanding here.

What has Jacob done in this example do you think? Has he, A, used a font style that is hard to read, B, used too many images which distract from the text, or C, chosen a font colour that is unclear.

I think it's B.

I think he's used too many images, which actually distract from the text.

I think less images here would be better.

So in this example, I think Jacob has chosen an appropriate font size.

The text is clear and easy to read, especially from a distance.

The style that makes it clear to read and the colour.

So he's got a lighter green background with dark green text.

He's also chosen an appropriate number of images.

He's not used too many that distract and it's really clear what they are.

So time for a final practise task.

Put all of what you've learned into practise.

So in a different design for Sofia's birthday card, Jacob here hasn't communicated clearly.

The text is not easy to read.

So using the file provided, I want you to change Jacob's design to make it clearer.

You might want to change the font size, the font style, and/or the font colour.

And I'll allow you here to perhaps delete or move some of the balloon images too.

So pause the video and have a go.

So let's look at what Jacob's done by changing the font style, size, and colour of the text, and removing some of the balloon images.

I think now his birthday card is better and his message is more clear.

So let's look at that before and after.

He's changed the font style, the size, and the colour, and taken away some of those images.

So that's the end of today's lesson, but before we finish, let's have a summary of what we've learned.

Remember, desktop publishing is software that can help you make documents such as cards, posters, or certificates.

We even looked at some invitations today, didn't we? When you are editing text, you can change the font style, the size, and the colour.

And we looked at loads of different examples of doing that and hopefully you had a good go at the practise task.

And when you are editing text, it's really important to ensure that the font style, size, and colour are appropriate.

The messages you wanted to communicate are really clear and easy to read, and they draw attention to the most important details.

Thanks for learning with me today.

See you soon.