Microsoft Word 2000, Selecting and Editing Text ITSW 1401, Intro to Word Processing Instructor: Glenda H. Easter

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 22 Non-Printing Characters Tab characters: used to indent text. Line-Break Characters: Used to start a new line within the same paragraph. Shift/Enter - A Line Break Character: This is used to create a a paragraph of short lines, such as an address.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 23 Non-Printing Characters (Continued) Nonbreaking Space: Use this to prevent two words from being divided between two lines. Ctrl/Shift/Space should be typed between the first and second word to keep the two words together. This is useful when typing someone’s name, or typing a date where you do not wish the parts to be separated.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 24 Word Remembers, Even If You Don’t Word remembers the last three locations in the document where you edited or keyed text. Press Shift/F5 to return the insertion point to these locations.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 25 Repeat Command You can repeat text elsewhere in a document by using the Repeat Command. Press F4 Press Ctrl/Y Select Repeat from the Edit menu. Type word to be repeated, and move cursor forward in the document. At the location where the text is to be inserted, press F4, or one of other methods listed above to insert text.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 26 Selecting Text When you select text, it appears as a highlighted block of text called a selection. A selection may be: A Character A group of characters A word A sentence A paragraph An entire document.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 27 Selection Techniques A Series of Characters: Click and drag oir click one end of the series, hold down Shift, and click the other end. A Word: Double-click the word. A Sentence: Press Ctrl and click anywhere in the sentence. A Line of Text: Move the mouse to the outer edges of the left margin, selection bar, and click the left mouse button.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 28 Selection Techniques (Continued) A Paragraph: Triple click anywhere in the paragraph, or Point to the paragraph in the selection bar, and double-click. The Entire Document: Hold down Ctrl and click anywhere in the selection bar, or Triple-click anywhere in the selection bar.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 29 Keyboard Selection One character to the right:Shift/  One character to the left:Shift/  To the end of the line:Shift/End To the beginning of the line:Shift/Home One line up:Shift/  One line down:Shift/ 

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 210 Keyboard Selection (Continued) One screen down: Shift/PgDn One screen up: Shift/PgUp To the end of the document: Ctrl/Shift/End

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 211 Keyboard Selection (Continued) To the beginning of the document: Ctrl/Shift/Home An entire document: Ctrl/A

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 212 Document Properties Information that describes your document is called a property. Your document automatically saves with some properties defined. Filename Date Created File Size

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 213 Document Properties (Continued) Additional properties can be added to a document: Title Subject Author’s name Keywords

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 214 Document Properties (Continued) If you use Word’s Property command to key a specific word for the subject of the document, you can later find that document easily. When you select the Open Menu function, click in the Text or Property Box found in the lower right-hand corner of the Open command. Key the name of the document you are looking for, as shown on the next screen.

Selecting and Editing Text, Chapter 215 Document Properties (Continued) Note the Text or Property Dialog Box shown above.