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Teachers Pet Text Tool 5
Teachers Pet Text Tool 5
Teachers Pet Text Tool 5
‘Add-Ins’ tab in
Microsoft Word 2007). The drop-down menu contains buttons that perform sets of actions called ‘Macros’ to
the text in a document. Before using the macros you should read these brief instructions:
To make the Teacher’s Pet toolbar available for use on other documents you need to create shortcuts to this
file in the Microsoft Office ‘Start-up’ folder and ‘Workgroup Templates’ folder. To do this, simply double-click
on the ‘Activate’ button below. If you decide you want to remove the Teacher’s Pet toolbar, you can double-
click on the ‘Remove’ button at any time.
If you are unable to activate the Teachers Pet, it may be because your Macro security is set to ‘High’ or ‘Very
high’. Please refer to the ‘Macro Security’ section at bottom of the document to find out how to correct this.
Here’s a list of the macros which the Teacher’s Pet can currently perform:
Word Remover
Similar to the Word Mover except that this macro
will replace the words in the text with blank Select text with your cursor and this macro will
spaces, thus making a gap filling exercise. remove all the letters from the text that you
choose, making another tricky exercise for the
Multi-choice Question Maker students to read.
Select a word or short phrase with your cursor, For Example:
run the macro and then type in 4 definitions for the Fill in the missing vowels:
word/phrase, only one of which should be correct, P_ ssyc_ t, p_ ssyc_ t,
and a multiple-choice question will be created at Where have you been?
the bottom of the document. I've been to L _ n d _ n
To visit the Q _ _ _ n .
Punctuation Remover
Select a text with your cursor and this macro Letter Underliner
removes all the punctuation from the text, which Type in a letter or letter combination that your
your students must then replace! students have difficulty pronouncing and this
macro will underline them, making a useful
reading exercise.
Space Remover
Select text with your cursor and this macro will For Example:
Read the following text out loud, paying extra
remove all the spaces, making it a tricky exercise attention to the underlined text:
for the students to read.
The Hungarians who are learning English think this
For Example: exercise is very helpful.
”ImeantwhatIsaid,andIsaidwhatImeant.Aneleph
ant'sfaithful,onehundredpercent.” Dr. Seuss
Undo Last Macro [Alt+z]
Simple, but effective! This macro enables you to
Letter Remover undo the previous macro in a single click.
Macro Security
To use the Teacher’s Pet Text Tool, you must make sure that Microsoft Word is set to enable Macros. To do
this, click ‘Tools’ > ‘Macro’ > ‘Security’ and set the ‘Macro Security’ to Medium. After this you must close
Microsoft Word to save the changes and then reopen the Teacher’s Pet.
NOTE: This will not compromise the security of your computer in any way. In future, when you open a
document which contains Macros (which can potentially carry a virus) you will be asked whether or not you
want to enable the Macros. Simply choose NO if you are unsure whether the document is safe. This will
disable the Macros, as was the case before.
Warning: If you have received this tool from anywhere other than www.teachers-pet.org, be aware that
Macros can carry viruses. If you are at all unsure about the security of this document, download a fresh copy
from the website for free.