1. Word Tutorial 2 Editing and Formatting a Document

2. Objectives Check spelling and grammar Select and delete text
Move text within a document
Find and replace text
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3. Objectives Change margins Change alignment and paragraph indents
Copy formatting with the Format Painter
Emphasize points with bullets, numbering, bold, and italic
Change fonts and adjust font sizes
Change the document theme
Preview and print a document
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4. Using the Spelling and Grammar Checker
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document, click the Review tab on the Ribbon, and then, in the Proofing group, click the Spelling & Grammar button
In the Spelling and Grammar dialog box, review any items highlighted in color. Possible grammatical errors appear in green; possible spelling errors appear in red. Review the suggested corrections in the Suggestions list box
To accept a suggested correction, click on it in the Suggestions list box, click the Change button to make the correction, and then continue searching the document for errors
To skip the current instance of the highlighted text and continue searching the document for errors, click the Ignore Once button
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5. Using the Spelling and Grammar Checker
Click the Ignore All button to skip all instances of the highlighted text and continue searching the document for errors. Click the Ignore Rule button to skip all instances of a highlighted grammatical error
To type your correction directly in the document, click outside the Spelling and Grammar dialog box, make the correction, and then click the Resume button in the Spelling and Grammar dialog box
To add an unrecognized word to the dictionary, click the Add to Dictionary button
When you see a dialog box informing you that the spelling and grammar check is complete, click the OK button
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6. Using the Spelling and Grammar Checker
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7. Deleting Text
Hold the Ctrl key to select multiple words simultaneously before you delete them
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8. Moving Text in a Document
Select the text you want to move
Press and hold down the mouse button until the drag-and-drop pointer appears, and then drag the selected text to its new location
Use the dotted insertion point as a guide to determine exactly where the text should be inserted
Release the mouse button to “drop” the text at the insertion point
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9. Moving Text in a Document
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10. Cutting or Copying and Pasting Text
The key to cutting and pasting is the Clipboard, a temporary storage area on your computer that holds text or graphics until you need them
Select the text or graphics you want to cut or copy
To remove the text or graphics, click the Cut button on the Home tab, or to copy, click the Copy button on the Home tab
Move the insertion point to the target location in the document
Click the Paste button on the Home tab
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11. Cutting or Copying and Pasting Text
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12. Finding and Replacing Text
When you’re working with a longer document, the quickest and easiest way to locate a particular character, word, or phrase is to use the Find and Replace dialog box
Click either the Find button or the Replace button on the Home tab
Click the More button to expand the dialog box to display additional options, including the Find whole words only option. If you see the Less button, the additional options are already displayed
In the Search list box, select Down if you want to search from the insertion point to the end of the document, select Up if you want to search from the insertion point to the beginning of the document, or select All to search the entire document
Type the characters you want to find in the Find what text box
If you are replacing text, type the replacement text in the Replace with text box
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13. Finding and Replacing Text
Click the Find whole words only check box to search for complete words
Click the Match case check box to insert the replacement text with the same case (upper or lower) as in the Replace with text box. For example, if the Replace with text box contained the words “Pemberly Interiors,” this would ensure that Word inserted the text with a capital (uppercase) “P” and a capital (uppercase) “I”
Click the Find Next button
Click the Replace button to substitute the found text with the replacement text and find the next occurrence
Click the Replace All button to substitute all occurrences of the found text with the replacement text, without reviewing each occurrence
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14. Finding and Replacing Text
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15. Changing Margins for a Document
Make sure no text is selected, and then, in the Page Setup group on the Page Layout tab, click the Dialog Box Launcher. If necessary, click the Margins tab to display the margin settings
Use the arrows to change the settings in the Top, Bottom, Left, or Right text boxes, or type a new margin value in each text box
Make sure the Apply to list box displays Whole document
Click the OK button
To choose from groups of predefined margin settings, click the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon, and then click the Margins button. In the Margins menu, click the group of margin settings that is appropriate for your document
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16. Changing Margins for a Document
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17. Changing Margins for a Document
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18. Aligning Text
The term alignment refers to the way a paragraph lines up horizontally between the margins
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19. Aligning Text
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20. Indenting a Paragraph
When you indent a paragraph, you move the entire paragraph to the right
Indent markers show the paragraph’s current indent settings
In a Hanging indent, all lines except the first line of the paragraph are indented from the left margin
In a Right indent, all lines of the paragraph are indented from the right margin
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21. Indenting a Paragraph
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22. Using the Format Painter
The Format Painter makes it easy to copy all the formatting features of one paragraph to other paragraphs
Select the text whose formatting you want to copy. If you are trying to copy the formatting of an entire paragraph, you can just click anywhere in the paragraph
To copy formatting to one item, click the Format Painter button in the Clipboard group on the Home tab, and then select the text you want to format, or click anywhere in the paragraph you want to format
To copy formatting to multiple items, double-click the Format Painter button in the Clipboard group on the Home tab, and then select, one by one, each text item you want to format, or click anywhere in each paragraph you want to format. When you are finished, click the Format Painter button again to deselect it
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23. Using the Format Painter
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24. Adding Bullets and Numbers
You can emphasize a list of items by adding a heavy dot, or bullet, before each item in the list
Much easier to read and follow than lists that do not have bullets
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25. Adding Bullets and Numbers
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26. Adding Bullets and Numbers
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27. Emphasizing Text Using Bold and Italic
You can emphasize text by formatting it with bold, underline, or italic
These buttons, which are on the Home tab, are toggle buttons
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28. Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts
For common tasks, such as applying bold and italics, it’s often faster to use a keyboard shortcut
Bold selected text: Ctrl+B
Italicize selected text: Ctrl+I
Underline selected text: Ctrl+U
Single-space lines within paragraph that currently contains the insertion point: Ctrl+1
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29. Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts
Double-space lines within paragraph that currently contains the insertion point: Ctrl+2
Select entire document: Ctrl+A
Cut selected text: Ctrl+X
Copy selected text to Clipboard: Ctrl+C
Paste most recently copied item at location of insertion point: Ctrl+V
Undo your most recent action: Ctrl+Z
You can also save time by using KeyTips, sometimes called access keys, to select buttons and commands
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30. Working with Themes and Fonts
The document theme controls the variety of fonts, colors, and other visual effects available to you as you format a document
To apply a font, select the text you want to format, then in the Font group on the Home tab, click the Font arrow, and click the font you want
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31. Working with Themes and Fonts
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32. Changing the Document’s Theme
Each document theme is designed to convey a specific look and feel
Click the Page Layout tab, and then click the Themes button
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33. Changing the Document’s Theme
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34. Previewing and Printing the Document
Click the Office Button , point to Print, and then click Print Preview
From the Print Preview window, you can set the Zoom, check the print settings, and Print the document
Click the Close Print Preview button to return to Print Layout view
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