How to Edit a Document in word 2007
How to Type and Insert Text
To enter text into your workspace, just start typing! The text will appear where the blinking cursor is located, at the left side of your workspace. As you type the cursor moves right followed by your texts.
Spacing Between Words.
While typing, an you want to create space between words use the space bar on your keyboard; the space bar is the longest among the other buttons on your keyboard.
How to Create a Paragraph.
To go to another paragraph, use the enter button on your keyboard.
Other keys have their different functions that we will cover in time.
Selecting or highlighting Text
To change or manipulate any attribute of texts, graphics, images or tables, it must be highlighted. (This is one of the general rules on manipulation of texts or images).
To select a text, a word, a sentence or an image, depress, or hold down the left side button of the mouse and drag accross the desired text, word, and sentence while keeping the left mouse button depressed. If you highlight a text or a word it will look like this:
There are other ways to do all this, when we look at keyboard shortcuts
Deselect the text by clicking anywhere outside of the selection on the page.
How to Insert Additional Text
You can insert a text, word or sentence a document at any point using any of the following methods:
- Type Text: place your cursor with the use of the mouse where you want to add the text and start typing.
Copy, cut and paste
- Copy and Paste Text: before you copy a text, words or sentences Highlight it first,
- Go to the clipboard group on the ribbon, which can be fond under the Microsoft button
- Click on copy
- Go to where you want the text or word to be pasted and click there.
- Go back to the clipboard group and click on paste, and the text or word will automatically appear like magic!!
Cut and paste
- Copy and Paste Text: before you cut Highlight the text, words or sentences you wish to cut
- Go to the clipboard group on the ribbon, which can be found under the Microsoft button
- Click on Cut
- Go to where you want the text or word to be pasted and click there.
- Go back to the clipboard group and click on paste, and the text or word will automatically appear. Second magic!!
How to Delete Blocks of Text
Use the BACKSPACE and DELETE keys on the keyboard to delete text. Backspace will delete text to the left of the cursor and Delete will erase text to the right.
To delete a large selection of text, highlight it using the method outlined above and press the DELETE key.
How to Find and Replace Text
To find a particular word or phrase in a document:
- Click Find on the Editing Group on the Ribbon
- A dialogue box like the one below will appear,
- In the find what space, type in the word you need to find
- Click find word will automatically locate the word or in the document.
- Click on replace and type in the new word.
- Click Replace or replace all. The old word will be replaced with the new in the entire document if it appeared more than one.
To undo changes:
- Click the Undo Button on the Quick Access Toolbar. This action will take you back to your former work.
Quick access button here;
