Use the constraints of formatting to show students that computers have an underlying set of rules.

  • For instance, the border of a text box is not allowed to be outside of the margins of the document it is in, even if the text inside of the box is still inside the margins. Even though you may only want the text to be inside the margins, the rules force the border of the text box to be so, too.

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Interview with Susan Scarbrough