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1 Formatting and Editing Skills
Objective 4.01: Apply appropriate formatting to keyed documents and use editing tools and operational keys effectively

2 Essential Questions Why is formatting applied to fonts, paragraphs, and pages? How can the editing tools in a word processing program assist you?

3 Word Processing Word processing software is a type of application software that is used for creating text documents, such as: letters, memos, and reports

4 Two Word Processors We Use
Google Docs available through the Google Cloud and your WakeID portal saves work automatically and is available wherever you access it through the Internet Microsoft Word installed on computer as a program does not save automatically, user must name file and save only available through the MS Word program installed on a computer

5 Title bar – displays the filename of a document
Google Docs Title bar – displays the filename of a document Ribbon – replaces menu bars; provides you with groups of commands to use when creating a document Cursor – on-screen blinking character that shows where the next character will appear Scroll bar – allows you to scroll throughout a document that is too long to fit on one screen

6 Title bar – displays the filename of a document
Microsoft Word Toolbar – provides you with buttons that allow you to access frequently used commands Title bar – displays the filename of a document Ribbon – replaces menu bars; provides you with groups of commands to use when creating a document Cursor – on-screen blinking character that shows where the next character will appear Scroll bar – allows you to scroll throughout a document that is too long to fit on one screen

7 Typing Paper Standard Paper Size: 8 ½ x 11 inches
There are 66 lines per page. Six lines equals one vertical inch.

8 Page Orientation Orientation – the direction in which you can print on a page Portrait – height is greater than the width Landscape – width is greater than the height Portrait 8 ½” x 11” Landscape 11” x 8 ½” Most word processing documents are printed in portrait orientation.

9 Document Margins Margin – the blank space at the top, bottom, left, and right of a document where you cannot type Header – allows you to type above the top margin at the top of each page of a document Footer – allows you to type below the bottom margin at the bottom of each page of a document

10 Format Format – to place text on a page so that it looks good and is easy to read

11 Text Alignment Tool Bar Alignment Buttons Alignment – the way multiple lines of text line up along the left, right, or both margins Left align – text is lined up along the left margin, leaving a jagged right margin Right align – text is lined up along the right margin, leaving a jagged left margin Center align – text is centered between both margins, resulting in jagged left and right margins Justified – text is aligned along the left and right margins, with no jagged edges Justify Left Align Right Align Center Align Left align – text is lined up along the left margin Right align – text is lined up along the right margin Center align – text is centered on the page Justified – text is lined up along both margins

12 Horizontal Centering When text is centered between the left and right margin Commonly used when formatting: Invitations Announcements Title pages Lets Hoop It Up!!! Participate in our Hoops For Heart Campaign to help raise money for the American Heart Association February 27-March 3, 2012 See your PE teacher for more details.

13 Horizontal Centering Click on the Center align button

14 Line Spacing Line spacing – the spacing between lines of text in a document Single Space (SS) – Strike Enter 1 time; leaves no blank lines between lines of text in a document Double Space (DS) – Strike Enter 2 times; leaves 1 blank line between lines of text in a document Triple Space (TS) – Strike Enter 3 times; leaves 2 blank lines between lines of text in a document Quadruple Space (QS) – Strike Enter 4 times; leaves 3 blank lines between lines of text in a document Word wrap – the automatic wrapping of text from the end of one line to the beginning of the next line without having to press the Enter key

15 Vertical Centering When text is centered between the top and bottom
margin Commonly used when formatting: Invitations Announcements Title pages

16 Vertical Centering in MS Word
1. Select Page Layout tab from the ribbon 2. Click on the arrow in the bottom right-hand corner of the Page Setup group

17 Vertical Centering-MS Word
3. Select the Layout tab from the Page Setup window 4. Choose Center alignment from the Vertical alignment list

18 Vertical Centering- Google Docs
Currently, there is no “vertical centering” option in Google Docs However, a work around could be create a 1x1 table with no borders, 8.5 row height center text in table’s “cell” vertically Here’s a quick video of how to do this

19 Text Formatting Ways to format your font:
Font – the specific design for a collection of letters, numbers, and symbols Examples: Times New Roman Chiller Broadway Arial Goudy Stout Ways to format your font: Color SIZE Bold Underline Italicize

20 Text Formatting Bullets and numbering – used to arrange items in a list with each item beginning with a bullet or a number

21 Editing Editing – the process of updating a word processing document to: make changes correct errors make it visually appealing

22 Editing Tools Cut – the word processing tool that removes text or graphics from the current location in a document Copy – the word processing tool that allows text or graphics to be copied to another location within a document

23 Editing Tools Clipboard – temporary storage location for text or graphics that have been cut or copied Paste – the word processing tool that places text or graphics that have been cut or copied in a new location within a document

24 Editing Tools Spell Check – the word processing tool that checks your document for incorrectly spelled words, similar to an electronic dictionary Grammar Check – the word processing tool that checks selected words in a document for grammatical errors Thesaurus – the word processing tool that allows you to find synonyms (words with similar meanings) for words in a document

25 Shift – Used to capitalize alphabetic keys and type symbol keys
Operational Keys Home – moves the cursor to the beginning of a line Backspace – deletes text to the left of (behind) the cursor Insert – allows text to be inserted within a line of text Page Up – moves one screen above the current cursor position Escape (Esc) – allows you to exit unwanted menus and dialog boxes Tab – used to indent; moves the cursor 5 spaces on a line Num Lock – locks the numbers of the numeric keypad Delete – deletes text directly in front of (to the right of) the cursor Page Down – moves one screen below the current cursor position End – moves the cursor to the end of a line Caps Lock – Locks the alphabetic keys in uppercase Enter – used to move the cursor down to the next line Shift – Used to capitalize alphabetic keys and type symbol keys Alternate (Alt) – used with other keys to access tabs on the ribbon Control (Ctrl) – used with other keys to execute (carry out) out commands Arrow keys – move the cursor in the direction of the arrow, one character at a time

26 Combine operational keys to save time!!!
Control and Page Up – moves you to the first page of a multi-page document Control and Home – takes you to the first line of a document Control and End – takes you to the last line of a document Control and Page Down – moves you to the next page of a multi-page document

27 Function Keys Allow you to quickly access frequently used functions
Examples: F1 – allows you to access the Help tool F7 – allows you to access the Spell Check tool


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