ABC-Ya

= [|ABC-Ya! Word Clouds] =



Brief Instructions for using ABCya!


 * 1) Go to the ABCya! website here: []
 * 2) Type or paste text into the box and press the arrow underneath the box.
 * 3) Also, note the navigation at the bottom of the page for grade levels K-5.
 * 4) Clicking those links will take you to another page with computer games specific to that grade level. This is a pretty cool peripheral service!
 * 5) ABCya! will then create your tag cloud which you can then customize.
 * 6) To customize, look for buttons in top right corner, above the tag cloud.
 * 7) You can click Randomize to reformat your tag cloud.
 * 8) Click font, then choose from the list if you want to change the text font.
 * 9) Click color, and choose a new color scheme from the list.
 * 10) Click layout and choose whether you want the tag cloud to be all horizontal, all vertical, or a mix of the two.
 * 11) Additionally, you can right click on any word to delete it from the cloud.
 * 12) When you are happy with the way your tag cloud looks, you then have options for saving or printing underneath the tag cloud.
 * 13) To save it, click the save button and save to your computer. Simple as that.
 * 14) To print it, click the print button, choose your printer, and print it!
 * 15) You can also do screen shots if you'd like according to the directions in the menu navigation.
 * 16) Please note that this is probably one of the easiest tag cloud creators to use. If you are using these with younger kids, this is the one to use!

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