Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Word Processing - Lesson 2

Shortcut Keys
CTRL+C Copy the selected text or object
CTRL+X Cut the selected text or object
CTRL+V Paste text or an object
CTRL+Z Undo the last action
CTRL+Y Redo the last action

Selecting Text

Any amount of text Drag over the text.
A word Double-click the word.
A graphic Click the graphic.
A line of text Move the pointer to the left of the line until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.
Multiple lines of text Move the pointer to the left of the lines until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then drag up or down.
A sentence Hold down CTRL, and then click anywhere in the sentence.
A paragraph Move the pointer to the left of the paragraph until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then double-click. Or triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.

Text Formating
Change the look of text by applying character formatting
To apply character formatting to a single word, select the word. To apply character formatting to several words or a few characters within a word, select the text you want to change.

Use the Format Icons

Or
From the Menu Select Format Font