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Just start typing and words will appear on the page! The blinking cursor will show you where the words will be placed. Move the cursor by using keyboard arrows or by placing the mouse where you’d like the words to be and then click the left button on the mouse.
 Selecting Text – There are multiple methods. Choose the one that suits you and the situation!
Method #1
  1. Place the insertion point either at the beginning or at the end of the text to be selected.
  2. Hold the left mouse button down.
  3. Drag the mouse (insertion point) over the text.
  4. Release the mouse button when the text has been selected.
Method #2
  1. Place the insertion point either at the beginning or at the end of the text to be selected.
  2. Hold down the SHIFT key.
  3. Use the arrow keys to select the text.
Method #3
  1. Double-click on the word to be selected. -or-
  2. Triple-click within the paragraph to be selected. -or-
  3. Hold down CTRL + A to select everything on the page.
Formatting Text can be done multiple ways.
1. Using the Font Window:
  • Select the text to be formatted.
  • Click on Format…Font.
  • In the Font window, choose the font, style, size and color that you’d like.
  • Notice the sample in the Sample window.
  • Click OK when you are finished

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Using the formatting toolbar
  • Select the text to be formatted.
  • Make your formatting choices by clicking on the various choices in the Formatting Toolbar.
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Correcting mistakes - Use whichever key is the most convenient for the task. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the errors.
  • The “backspace key” will erase keystrokes to the left of the insertion point.
  • The “delete” key erases keystrokes to the right of the insertion point.
  • The “Undo” button - a lifesaver! It “undoes” the last change you made
FormatPainter – the perfect tool when you want to “copy” the format of a word. Example: if you have formatted a heading (such as FormatPainter) and you’d like to use that same style on all the other headings of your document, you don’t have to change each word’s style, font, size one-at-a-time. Here’s what you do:
  • Place the cursor in the text whose format you’d like to copy.
  • Click once on the FormatPainter tool in the formatting toolbar.
  • Select the text you’d like to change and click the left mouse button.
If there are multiple words to change, double-click the FormatPainter tool instead of clicking once. This will keep the FormatPainter active until you click the FormatPainter button one more time to turn it off.
Aligning Text
  • Select the text to be aligned.
  • Use the alignment shortcuts on the Formatting bar to choose the appropriate alignment.
Copying /Pasting Text– A wonderful tool to use when editing a written document or taking notes from the Internet (Just be sure to copy/paste the url and ask for permission!)
  • Select the text/picture/clipart to be copied.
  • Right-click, then click “Copy”.
  • Move the insertion point to the selection’s new location.
  • Right-click, then click “Paste”.
Changing Character Spacing (kerning) – Font size adjusts the size of the “Black space” (letters, numbers, etc.). Kerning adjusts the “white space” (the space between the letters, numbers, etc.). This is important when you want to have certain words on one line.
How to adjust the white space:
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  • Select the words to be adjusted.
  • Click on Format, then Font.
  • Click on the “Character Spacing” tab.
  • Click the drop-down arrow next to Spacing.
  • Select your choice. See the window at the right.
  • Start by making small adjustments until it’s just the way you want it.
  
Changing Line Spacing
  • Select the text to be changed.
  • Click on Format, then Paragraph.
  • Click on “Indents and Spacing”.
  • Select the line spacing you need.
  • Click OK.