How to Create a Star Wars Opening Crawl on Microsoft Word 2010

In this guide, you will be taught how to create your own amazing Star Wars Opening Crawl using Microsoft Word 2010....

1. Open up a blank Microsoft Word document.
2. On the View Bar, press the box to the left of "Gridlines." A large grid should appear on your screen.
3. On the Insert Bar, press "Shapes," and then select "Text Box" under "Basic Shapes."
4. Drag the "Plus" sign onto all four edges of the grid. You should have a white rectangle across your screen.
5. On the Format Bar, press "Shape Effects," then select "3-D Rotation," and under "Perspective," select "Perspective Relaxed." You should have a tilted Text Box.
6. On the Format Bar, press "Shape Fill," and then select "No Fill." You should have a black-bordered, transparent and tilted Text Box on your screen.
7. On the Format Bar, press "Shape Outline," and then select "No Fill." You should see nothing on your screen except the grids.
8. Now you need an image of the starry background from Star Wars. (Use the eighth image below if you can't find one on the Internet.)
9. On the Insert Bar, press "Picture," and select the background you are going to use. It should appear on the screen. 
10. On the Format Bar, press "Wrap Text," and then "In Front of Text."
11. Drag your picture so it covers the whole screen. If you are using the image that I provided, you will have to turn the green circle until your picture has been turned 90° to either the left or right, then continue with the step.
12. On the Format Bar, press "Send Backward," and then select "Send to Back." You should be able to select the Text Box now.
13. Now all you need to do type in your text, and then your crawl is ready!

A FEW TIPS

• Make sure that all the text is selected in yellow and that all the important characters, planets, or events are typed in CAPS.
• Make sure that when you do add into a fan-fiction story or document, you add the "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." text. I found that it was easier to use an image rather than a Text Box.
• I found a cool add-on to the crawl is to add a really small Star Wars logo above the crawl heading. It actually came out pretty well in the end!

Below: Step 1-12 screenshots