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Handy Microsoft Word Tips

Selecting Text

  • If you want to highlight one line: click the selection area to the left of the line.

  • If you want to highlight a paragraph: double-click the selection area to the left of any line in the paragraph, or triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.

  • If you want to highlight a sentence: hold down the Ctrl key and click anywhere in the sentence.

  • If you want to highlight one word: point your mouse to the word and double click your left mouse button.

Handy Shortcut Keys:

Hold down Ctrl on your keyboard and press the letter specified

  • Ctrl A - Select All
  • Ctrl B - Bold
  • Ctrl C - Copy
  • Ctrl E - Centre
  • Ctrl F - Find
  • Ctrl I - Italics
  • Ctrl J - Justify
  • Ctrl N - New Document
  • Ctrl O - Open
  • Ctrl P - Print
  • Ctrl Q - Clear Formatting
  • Ctrl S - Save
  • Ctrl U - Underline
  • Ctrl V - Paste
  • Ctrl Z - Undo

Quiz 1 - Graphics and Drawing

  • From the Insert Clip Art dialog box, what two ways can you use to insert a picture?
  • Name three text wrapping styles
  • How do you change the colour of a drawing shape?
  • How do you insert Clip Art?
  • How do you access the drawing toolbar?
  • Identify two methods that you can use to resize a picture

Quiz 2 - The Internet

  • What is a browser?
  • What is a URL?
  • What are the different ways to connect your computer to the Internet?
  • Why is security an issue on the Internet?
  • How do hyperlinks work?
  • What tool do you use to look for information on the Web?
Quiz 3 - Bullets and Numbering
  • What toolbar is the numbering button located on?
  • How can you turn bullets or numbering off?
  • What are numbered paragraphs?
  • What toolbar is the bullets button located on?
  • How do you change a bullet?

Quiz 4 - Tables

  • How can you select an entire table without having to drag the mouse pointer across the entire table?
  • What keyboard shortcuts can you use to move the insertion point to the first cell in the table?
  • What are three ways in which you can insert a table into a document?
  • What is the Table AutoFormat feature?
  • How do you delete a column from a table?

Quiz 5 - Formatting

  • How can you select a sentence within a paragraph?
  • What keys do you press to select text to the right of the insertion point?
  • If you make a mistake when editing a document, what can you do to fix the problem?
  • What are three ways that you can scroll forward through a document?
  • How do you delete a document in Word?
 

 
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