Objectives To examine methods of selecting text To

Objectives • To examine methods of selecting text. • To demonstrate techniques of selecting text. • To identify types of formatting which can be applied to text. • To show techniques formatting text in a document. 2

Main Menu Selecting Text Methods of Selecting Text Formatting Text in a Document 3

Text • Must be selected in order to be formatted or edited • Can be selected using many different methods 5

Types of Text Selection • Contiguous Selection - selection of text which is located next to each other or touching in a sequence • Non-Contiguous Selection - selection of text which is not located next to each other or touching in a sequence 6

Methods of Selecting Text with the Keyboard Item to Select Keys to Press One character to the right Shift and Right arrow One character to the left Shift and Left arrow One line up Shift and Up arrow One line down Shift and Down arrow To the end of the line Shift and End To the beginning of the line Shift and Home To the end of the document Shift, Control and End To the beginning of the document Shift, Control and Home Entire document Control and A 7

Methods of Selecting Text with the Mouse Item to Select Mouse Action One word Double-click One sentence Control and click in the sentence One line Click in the selection bar to the left of the line One paragraph Double-click in the selection bar to the left of the paragraph Entire document Triple-click in the selection bar Non-contiguous text Select the first block, press and hold the Control key and then select additional blocks of text Selection barnarrow strip along the left page margin which automates the selection of text 8

Finding Text • Can be accomplished by using the Find button in the Editing group of the Home tab - when clicked the Navigation Pane opens and users can type in the term or terms they would like to find in the document 9

Instructions: Show the Methods of Selecting Text video segment 11

Formatting Text • Improves the text’s appearance and readability • Can help to: - enhance and emphasize text - set a tone for the file • Can be completed while text is selected or users can set the formatting prior to typing the text 13

Formatting Text • Commonly includes changing or customizing the text’s: - font size font style font color Fonta complete set of characters in a specific face, style and size Font Stylethe slant and weight of the characters in a font set Font Sizeheight of an uppercase letter in a font set; measured in points Font Colorthe shade of the characters in a font set 14

Formatting Text • Can be completed by using the: - Font group on the Home tab - Mini toolbar • contains many of the same commands which are found in the Font group • appears over selected text 15

Font Group • Can be used to change the: - font type size case style text effects highlight color • Contains the Clear Formatting button which, if clicked, removes the formatting from the selected text 16

Format Painter • Can be used to copy formatting from one location to another in a document • Is located on the Home tab in the Clipboard group • Requires users to: - select the content with the formatting to be copied - click Format Painter - select the content which needs the formatting applied 17

Instructions: Show the Formatting Text in a Document video segment 19

Acknowledgements Director of Brand Management Megan O’Quinn Graphic Editors Hilary Jasper, Megan O’Quinn Collaborators Stephanie Tullis Business & Computer Technologies Educator Videography/Post Production Jake Saye Video Narrator Lora Cain V. P. of Brand Management Clayton Franklin Quality Control Director Angela Dehls © MMXVIII CEV Multimedia, Ltd. Executive Producer Gordon W. Davis, Ph. D. 20