WORKING WITH TEXT
When the cursor is moved around the page, while
working in a document, the cursor changes its shape. The cursor indicates
the text alignment to be used if double-clicked on in that area of the page.
• If double-clicked on the center of the
page, the alignment will be centered.
• Double clicking to the left will start
left aligned text,
• And double-clicking on the right hand
side will result in right aligned text.
Click anywhere on the page to begin. This feature is called click and type.
| If it appears click and type is disabled, the feature may be turned off. To turn it on follow these steps: | |
| 1. Go to TOOLS on the menu bar and select OPTIONS. | |
| 2. Click on the EDIT tab. |  |
| 3. Check the box that says ENABLE CLICK AND TYPE. | |
| 4. Click OK. | |
To insert text into the document:
| 1. Place the insertion point where the text will be entered in the document. |
| 2. Begin typing text. |
Deleting Text
Deleting text can be done through either of the following steps:
| * Select the text and hit the [DELETE] or [BACKSPACE] key. |
| * To delete characters one at a time, position your cursor after the text you want to delete and hit the [BACKSPACE] key. |
| * To delete characters one at a time you can also position your cursor before the text you want to delete, and then hit the [DELETE] key. |
Sometimes a whole section of a particular document may need to be deleted and new text typed in its place. The overtype mode allows a user to position the cursor before the text to be deleted and as typing, the new text actually types over and replaces the previous text. In this way, the user can see the old text while making changes or rewording the old text.
To type over the text currently in a document following these steps: |
| 1. Place insertion point at beginning of text to replace. |
2. Press the [INSERT] key and overtype mode will start. You will know you are in overtype mode by seeing ‘OVR’ in black across the bottom status bar.
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| 3. Begin typing new text and it will replace the existing text. |
| OR |
| 1. Place insertion point at beginning of text to replace. |
| 2. DOUBLE-CLICK on the ‘OVR’ box on the status bar. (It appears grayed out). |
| 3. Begin typing new text and it will replace the existing text. |
You can select one word, one sentence, a whole paragraph, or drag and select a larger portion of your text.
| *To select one word, place insertion point inside the word and DOUBLE-CLICK. |
| *To select one sentence, press and hold the [CTRL] key, place insertion point inside the sentence and CLICK. |
| *To select a whole paragraph, place insertion point inside the paragraph, and TRIPLE-CLICK. |
| *To select your whole document, go to EDIT on the menu bar and click SELECT ALL OR just press [CTRL] + A. |
*To
select a selection of text, place insertion point
at beginning point and hold the mouse
button down while dragging over the area
of text. Sometimes this results in a ‘runaway’
screen, if so follow these suggestions: |