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2. Computer Practice N4

3. TEXT MANIPULATION (2)
MODULE 5

4. SPECIAL PRINT FUNCTIONS
UNIT 5.1

5. How to align text as you type
Move the cursor to the left margin.
Select alignment (left, centre, right, justify).
Now type the text to be aligned.
Press Enter once done with the alignment.

6. How to align existing text
Move the cursor to the beginning of text you want to align.
Highlight the text.
Select alignment (left, centre, right, justify).
Now type the text to be aligned.

7. VIDEO: Paragraph formatting (MS Word 2016)

8. How to align text using the keyboard
Justify left
Ctrl+L
Justify right
Ctrl+R
Justify centre
Ctrl+E
Justify (full)
Ctrl+J

9. How to apply different font styles (bold, italics and underline) using the formatting toolbar
Click on the B I U formatting toolbar for the one you want to activate.
B is for BOLD, I is for italics and U is for underline.
When you have finished with the selected format, click on the B I U again to deactivate the function.

10. VIDEO: Font formatting (MS Word 2016)

11. How to apply different font styles using the keyboard
BOLD
Ctrl+B
ITALICS
Ctrl+I
UNDERLINE
Ctrl+U
DOUBLE UNDERLINE
Ctrl+Shift+D
DRAW A SINGLE LINE
Shift+Underline key
SMALL CAPITAL LETTERS
Ctrl+Shift+K
SUPERSCRIPT 19°
Ctrl+Shift+=
SUBSCRIPT V02
Ctrl+=

12. Assessment activity 5.1 – 5.2
Test your knowledge of this section by completing Activity 5.1 – (pages 63 – 64 of your Student’s Book)

13. How to make a protected (hard) space
Press Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar.
Use this function to keep certain words together when Microsoft Word would prefer to wrap the words.

14. How to convert case
This can change your existing text from upper to lower case or from lower to upper case.
Highlight the text you want to change.
Press Shift+F3.

15. VIDEO: Inserting the date and time (MS Word 2016)

16. Assessment activity 5.3 – 5.7
Test your knowledge of this section by completing Activity 5.3 – (pages 67 – 71 of your Student’s Book)

17. THE HELP MENU
UNIT 5.2

18. The help menu MS Word has a help menu available.
To activate the Help function, press F1 on the function keys.
Figure 5.9: The Help function (2003 and 2010)