Q: Measure the distance between the ground and the bottom of the door that will lead out onto the deck. This is the height your deck flooring will sit at. Check to see if the ground is flat or slanted. If it's slanted, you'll have to factor that into your design. Go with a basic rectangular deck if you're on a budget. If you have more money to spend, consider adding curves and angles to your design. Use shape to break up your deck space and make it more practical. For example, if you know you want to use four chairs to make a sitting area on your deck, you could design a circular area that extends off the deck and then set up the chairs there. The chairs will all be facing each other so they'll work well with the circular design. Check the water drainage in the area and fix any problems you may have before you build your deck. You don't want to ruin the flooring of your deck. Keep in mind that the larger you design your deck to be, the more it will cost to build. Make the size of your deck proportionate to the size of your house and yard. You don't want a deck that covers all the grass in your yard or that's bigger than your house. If you're designing a large deck, consider breaking up the space with shape. For example, instead of designing a large rectangular deck, you could design the deck so it's multiple rectangles that extend out from the center. Keep the deck between 20-30% of your home's total square footage. Pay attention to the length of boards you need. For example, if you want to build a 13 feet (4.0m) deck, consider switching it to 12 feet (3.7m) since it is more standard of a board size. You can also leave it unpainted if you want it to have a more natural look. If you decide to paint it, choose a color that pairs well with the exterior of your house. Choose a bright accent color like blue or green if you want your deck to pop against your house. Go with a color like gray or charcoal if you don't want it to be obvious when your deck is dirty. If your deck's going to be over 30 inches (76.2 cm) high, you'll have to include guard rails in your design. The guard rails will run along the perimeter and down any stairs, so choose a style that you like. If there's a nice view from your yard, pick a guard rail with posts that are thin and spaced far apart so you can see through them. Get creative with your deck railings. Use baroque-style balusters to add an elegant touch to your deck, or pick a railing with aluminum posts to make your deck stand out.
A: Figure out how high your deck needs to be. Survey the terrain where the deck will go. Decide what shape your deck will be. Plan how big your deck will be. Choose a color for your deck. Choose a railing design if you're building an elevated deck.

Q: Line up the numbers so the 2 is above the 7, the 5 is above the 4, and so on. In this method, we'll learn how to add integers that are too large to do in your head or on a number line. Write a + to the left of the bottom number, and a line underneath it, just as you probably learned to do for smaller addition problems. It might seem a little odd to start from the right, since when reading numbers we start from the left. We have to add in this order to get the right answer, though, as you'll see later on. Underneath the two numbers to the right, 3 and 1, write what you get when you add them together: 4. Moving left, you'll add 0+6, 5+4, and 2+7. Write the answers below each pair of numbers. You should end up with the answer to the problem: 9,964. Check your work if you made a mistake. You should notice something different as soon as add the first pair of numbers on the right. 7+5 equals 12, a two digit number, but you can only write one digit beneath that column. Keep reading to find out what to do, and why you always need to start on the right instead of the left. 7+5=12, but you shouldn't put both the 1 and the 2 underneath the bottom line. Instead, put the last digit, 2, underneath the line and put the first digit, 1, above the column to the left, 5+3. If you're curious about how this works, think about what dividing the 1 and 2 means. You've actually split 12 into 10 and 2. You can write the full 10 above the numbers if you want, and you'll see that the 1 lines up with the 5 and 3, just like before. You now have three digits to add for this number, since you added a 1 to this column. The answer is 9, so your answer so far should be 92. Keep moving left until you've added all the numbers, in this case just one more column. Your final answer should be 992. You can try more complicated problems, like 974+568. Remember, each time you get a two digit number, only write the last digit as the answer, and put the other digit above the column to the left, the one you'll add together next. If the last column ends up with a two digit number, you can just write it as your answer. See the Tips section for an answer to the problem 974+568 after you try to solve it.
A: Write the addition problem 2,503 + 7,461 with one number over the other. Start by adding the two numbers furthest to the right. Add each other number the same way. Now begin adding 857+135. Add 7+5 and learn where to put the answer. Add 1+5+3 to get the next digit of the answer. Finish the problem as normal.

Q: .odt file and select "Open with" "WordPad". This will not work in Windows XP. If you're using Windows XP or a Mac, you can use an online conversion service or your Google Drive account. The file will now be a .doc file.
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Right-click on the . Click "File" and select "Save as" "Open Office XML document". Name and save the file wherever you'd like.