Of course, a seating chart isn't useful unless the desks are labeled. To add a name to each desk

• Click View>Zoom, change the viewing size to 75 percent, and then click OK.
• On the Drawing toolbar, click the black "A" that looks like a typewriter font.
• Click a desk on the chart, and type the name of the student who sits at that desk.
• Click outside the desk. Notice that the program wrapped the name back to the left margin.
• After you've typed one name -- and before you go on to the next name -- click File>Print Preview to make sure you can read the name. Change font size, color, and/or style as necessary for readability. The font should be as large as possible while still fitting every student's name in his or her "desk" area. (You might want to label the desk of the student with the longest name first!)
• Save your work.

Next: Keep the chart for years to come.