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Double Click and
Type
As you move your mouse
I-beam around a blank Word document, notice how the I-beam changes. Attached to
the I-beam is an alignment icon indicating left, center or right alignment.
Word‘s Double Click and
Type feature allows you to double click any place on a blank page you wish to
type. Word will automatically put in the necessary paragraph returns to move
your insertion point to the place you double clicked. It will also change the
paragraph alignment to the type that was displayed on the I-beam when you double
clicked.
The Insertion Point
Text will insert into a
Word document at the insertion point. (To switch to overtype mode, press the
Insert key on the keyboard. To return to Insert mode, press the Insert key
again.)
To position the
insertion point in your document:
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Move the I-beam mouse pointer
to the spot you wish to insert text and click.
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Use the arrow keys on the
keyboard.
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Ctrl/Home keystroke combination
moves the insertion point to the beginning of your document.
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Ctrl/End keystroke combination
moves the insertion point to the end of your document.
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The scroll bars do not move
the insertion point.
Insert blank lines
into a document
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To insert a blank line into a
document, press the Enter key to insert a paragraph return.
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To move text down the page,
insert paragraph returns in front of the text.
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To delete blank lines, delete
the paragraph returns.
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To see inserted paragraph
returns, click the Show/Hide button  on
the standard toolbar.
Backspace and
Delete
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The Backspace key will erase
characters to the left of the insertion point.
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The Delete key will erase
characters to the right of the insertion point. Delete will also erase selected
items.
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To make editing or
formatting changes to text, the text must be selected first.
Text Selection
Methods
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Click and drag across text with the mouse
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Click and Shift/click--For large amounts
of text, click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the
selection, and Shift/click at the end.
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Control/click to select non-contiguous
selections (Word 2002 only)
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Click in the left margin to select a line
of text
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Click and drag in the left margin to
select a block of text
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Double click to select a single word.
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Triple click to select a paragraph
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Control/a will select all. Select All is
also on the Edit menu.
 Typing Replaces
Selection and Undo
In Windows-based
applications, including Microsoft Word, selected text will be replaced by
typing. If you accidentally replace selected text, click the Undo button on
the standard toolbar. In Word, you can undo changes back to the last time you
saved.
 Moving and Copying Text
Selected text or graphics can moved or copied
to new locations within a document. Text can also be moved between documents
and between applications. To move text, cut and paste. To copy text, copy and
paste. When text is cut or copied it is stored temporarily on the “clipboard.”
The clipboard is a Windows feature that is used to store files, text and
graphics. Multiple selections can be stored on the clipboard at one time. The
clipboard selections will display in the task pane. To paste a selection, click
on it. Clipboard selections can be pasted repeatedly.
To move or copy selected text or graphics:
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Select the text or graphic.
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From the Edit menu, choose Cut. (Or
click the Cut  button)
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Position the insertion point at the place
in the document you want the cut text or graphic to insert.
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From the Edit menu, choose Paste. You
can also click the Paste  button
or select an item to paste from the Clipboard task pane.
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To copy text, follow the steps above, but
from the Edit menu, choose Copy instead of Cut. (Or click the Copy
 button)
Drag and Drop
Selected text or graphics can also be moved
short distances by dragging with the mouse. To drag and drop text:
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Select the text you wish to move.
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Point the mouse pointer at the selection. When the pointer
changes from an I-beam to a pointer, click and drag the selection to the new
location. The shadowed insertion point will indicate where the text will
insert when the mouse is released.
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If text is accidentally moved via drag
and drop, click the Undo button on the standard toolbar.
Changing the appearance of your text once it
has been typed and edited is called formatting. You can make formatting changes
before or after text is typed. To change text after it has been typed, remember
to select the text first.
 Format font
Select the font from the
Font list on the Formatting toolbar and type the text. If listed fonts are not
displaying in their font, follow these steps:
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From the Tools
menu, choose Customize
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Enable the check
next to List font names in their font. Click Close.
To change text that has
already been typed, select the text, and choose a font from the font list.
For more font formatting
choices, from the Format menu, choose Font to open the Font dialog box.
Remember to select the text you want to change first.
Default Font
To change the default
font for all new blank documents:
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From the Format
menu, choose Font.
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From the Font
dialog box, choose the font and font size.
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Click the Default
button and choose Yes.
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This is a permanent
change. However, the default font can be changed again following the above
steps.
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