Basic Editing Show and Hide formatting Marks Select

Basic Editing Show and Hide formatting Marks Select Text Create paragraphs without blank space between them Undo, redo, and repeat recent actions Move and copy text using drag and drop and the clipboard Use the Office Clipboard Find and replace text, and use the Go to command Identify the number of words in a document or a selection

Toggling ¥ Turning and command on and off is know as Toggling ¥ Show Formatting Marks

Select Text ¥ Highlight ¥ a block of text. Can be one character or a whole document

Dragging ¥ Hold down the left button on the mouse, drag the pointer to where you want to drop it off and release the mouse.

Format ¥ Changes its appearance. ¥ Line and Paragraph Spacing

Undo, Redo, and Repeat Commands ¥ These will let you undo whatever you just did, redo what ever you undid, and repeat what ever you did before. ¥ In the Quick Access Tool Bar

Drag and Drop to Move and Copy Text ¥ Select text, position the pointer on tap of the selected text, and then drag selected text to the new location. ¥ If you want to copy it and do that hold the “ctrl” button down and drag it.

Clipboard, Cut, Copy and Paste ¥A temporary storage in the computers memory. ¥ Stores – Cut and Copied Items Cut: selected text is removed from document and put on clipboard ¥ Copy: selected text is copied and placed on the clipboard. ¥ Paste: text is taken from the clipboard and put into the document ¥

Office Clipboard ¥A special clipboard on which you can collect up to 24 selections and use between Microsoft Office Programs.

Go to, Find and Replace ¥ Find will help you locate certain text in a document ¥ Find and Replace will find text and replace with something different ¥ Go To will take you to a certain area of a document.

Number of Words in Document ¥ Word count is in status bar and will tell you how many words, paragraphs, and characters there are in a document.