When you start a new document in Word based on the Normal template, you will find a small empty surface to work in, which contains two elements: a vertical line, representing the cursor or insertion point, indicating where in the document will appear the text entered from the keyboard, which will be edited and a horizontal line that marks the end of the document. In a new blank document, the two indicators are in the same position. To enter text, just write it using the keyboard. As you write, the screen will display the entered text, and the insertion point, as expected, moves to the right.
If the line of the text reaches the right edge of the screen, a new row is automatically started, this operation is called automatic alignment of words. Do not press the Enter key to move to a new row, this is automatically being made by Word. You will click only if you want to start a new paragraph. The concept of a paragraph in Word is very important because certain types of formatting can be applied to individual paragraphs. In Word, to start a new paragraph is done as I mentioned before, by pressing Enter. Word inserts a new row and places the cursor at its beginning.
On screen, the result can be like when starting a new row after an automatic alignment of words, but the difference is that Word inserts a paragraph mark. These markings are invisible, but normally we can see them by clicking on Show / Hiden on Standard toolbar. Of course, if you click the same button, the paragraph marks will be hidden. This tool is very useful if you want to know exactly where it starts and where it ends a paragraph from the document that you create.
If you want to unite the two paragraphs into one, move the cursor at the beginning of the row of the second paragraph, press the backspace key to delete the paragraph mark and this is it. As the work progresses in Word, you often have to move the cursor to see or work in other parts of the text. In most cases, we use the keyboard in the following way: to move a character to the left or right using the left or right arrows, to move one word to left or right, by pressing Ctrl + Left or Ctrl + right arrow, to move a row up or down, by pressing the up or down arrows, to move a paragraph up or down, by pressing Ctrl + up arrow or down arrow, to move from the beginning or end of a row, when Home or End keys are pressed, to move forward or back one screen using the Page Up or Page Down keys, to move in the extreme top or bottom of the screen, using Ctrl + Page Up or Ctrl + Page Down, to move at the beginning or the end of the document, using Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End.
In addition to using the mouse scroll one row up or down, we can click up or down the vertical scroll bar. To move one screen up or down, we have to click on the vertical scroll bar and scroll it. To move an arbitrary number of lines simply scroll the pages with your mouse. Click on the button to preview the page if you want to print it. In this situation, you can move from one page to another using the vertical scroll bar.
Many operations that are made in Word first assume what arethe words we want to modify. An example would be to highlight a sentence; first, must be selected and then clicked on the Underline button. If the mouse is used, we address to the selection bar, which is a column that is at the left margin of the document. When the mouse pointer moves from the document to the selection bar, it takes the form of an arrow, which is directed obliquely upward and to the left.
Different ways can be used to make a selection of a text: to select more words, place the mouse pointer to the beginning of the text, keep the left button and drag it over the text selection, to select a word, double-click on the word, to select a sentence, press Ctrl key and click on the sentence, to select a row click on the right on the selection bar, to select multiple rows, select the first row and then move up or down, according to your preferences. I know that I have mentioned them already in another article, but I consider them to be very important, especially if you are in the article marketing business or perhaps a student to Journalism. You will use the Word editor in an extensive way, that’s why is better to understand what it does.
To select a paragraph, double-click on the selection bar next to the paragraph. To select the entire document keep down the Ctrl key and click anywhere on the selection bar or press Ctrl + A. To select any page from the beginning of the text, where the insertion point is, keep the Shift key pressed and move the insertion point at the end of the selected text. To cancel a selection, click anywhere on the screen, or use the keyboard to move the insertion point.
When you select the text by moving the mouse, the program automatically selects the whole words. If you want to select certain parts of a word, you can deactivate or reactivate this option as follows: click Tools, Options to open the dialog box, click Edit, then the check box for When Selecting, Automatically Select Entire Word, press Ok.
We can remove large areas of text and move or copy text from one place to another within a document. To delete a block of text, first select it and then press the Delete key or Backspace key. To remove and replace it with another text directly enter new text. To move or copy text, select it and then perform several steps: click Edit, Copy or press the Copy button on the toolbar or by pressing Ctrl + C, move where you want the text to be placed, click Edit again, Cut or the Cut button on the toolbar or pressing Ctrl + X to move the cursor in the area where the copied text will be. Click Edit, Paste or press the button on the toolbar tool or Ctrl + V.
Also, you can also use the mouse to move or copy text. This is called drag and drop and is one of the most convenient methods. First select the text, place the mouse pointer on the text that will turn into an arrow. To copy the text, hold down the Ctrl key. To move the text, simply move the cursor. This effectively gets the text into the new position. Release the mouse button immediately after you have moved the text, press the Ctrl key. If a mistake was made during editing or modification of this text, it can be repaired by using the Undo button or Ctrl + Z.
