Moving the Insertion Point and Moving the Insertion Point and Correcting TextCorrecting Text

Instructor: Glenda H. Easter

ITSW 1401, Intro to Word Processing

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Moving the Insertion PointMoving the Insertion Point

Page Up: Moves the insertion point backward through your text a full window at a time.

Page Down: Moves the insertion point forward through your text a full window at a time.

Home: Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the line

End: Moves your insertion point to the end of the line.

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Moving the Insertion Point with Moving the Insertion Point with Keyboard CommandsKeyboard Commands

– Home: Beginning of the line:– Page Up: Top of current window, then top of

previous window: – Ctrl/Home: Beginning of the document– Ctrl/End: End of the document– Page Up: Top of current window then top of

previous window.– Page Down: Bottom of current window, then

bottom of next window.

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Moving the Insertion PointMoving the Insertion Point

When you move around in text with the Scroll Bar, the insertion point will remain wherever you last used it until you click the mouse at a new location.

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Scrolling Click the up arrow to scroll backwards on the

text one line at a time. Click the down arrow to scroll forward in the

text one line at a time Click below the up arrow to move backward in

the text one window at a time. Click above the down arrow to move backward

in the text one window at a time. Drag the scroll box to move forward or backward

quickly.

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Deleting TextDeleting Text

Backspace: Erases text to the left of the insertion point one character at a time.

Del and Delete: Deletes characters following the insertion point.

Ctrl/Backspace: Deletes the word in which the insertion point is located.

Ctrl/Delete: Deletes from the insertion point to the end of the line.

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Delete Word, Line, or PageDelete Word, Line, or Page

Delete a Word: Ctrl/BackspaceDelete a Line: Ctrl/DeleteDelete a Page: Ctrl/Page Down

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Path and Filename CodePath and Filename Code

You can add the path and filename to any document you create very easily.

From the Insert Menu, select Other.A cascading menu will appear, and there

are several options from which to select.For the Path and Filename to appear on the

document, choose that option.

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Using SelectUsing Select

Text can also be deleted by blocking or selecting it.

When text is selected, it shows in reverse video (white on a black background).

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Using Select Using Select (Continued)(Continued)

You can select text with the mouse or keyboard in the following ways:– Press F8 and use the arrow keys to highlight

text.– Click to position the insertion point at the

beginning of the text to be selected. Hold the Shift while you click at the end of the selection.

– Hold the left mouse button down, and drag to highlight the desired text.

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Selecting TextSelecting Text

To select a Word: Point to the word and double-click. To select a Sentence:

– Point to the sentence and triple click– Point to the left margin opposite the sentence and click

once. To select a Paragraph:

– Point within a paragraph and quadruple click.– Point to the left margin opposite the paragraph and

click twice.

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Undo, Redo, and UndeleteUndo, Redo, and Undelete

These features are available in the Edit menu.

Undo: must be used immediately.Redo: Allows you to reverse the last Undo

action.

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Undo, Redo, and Undelete Undo, Redo, and Undelete (Continued)(Continued)

Undelete: Word remembers the last three deletions and will allow you to undelete the last three things that were deleted.

You can change the number of undo’s allowed by selecting Undo/Redo and then History from the Edit menu.

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Undo, Redo, and Undelete Undo, Redo, and Undelete (Continued)(Continued)

In addition to being able to undo or redo an action using the toolbar, you can also use the keyboard command.

Ctrl/Z to UndoShift/Ctrl/Z to Redo

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Reveal CodesReveal Codes These are hidden behind the word processing

text codes. Codes are revealed by Alt/F3. The text at the top is separated from the text at

the bottom with a double line. You can adjust the amount of information to

be reveled by getting the double headed arrow at the reveal codes line, and dragging it up or down.

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General Guidelines for General Guidelines for FormattingFormatting

Formatting changes remain in effect until you make another formatting change that overrides the previous one.

Use Reveal Codes to locate and delete any unnecessary codes.