MS Word Tutorial - Selecting Text

​Microsoft Word

​Introduction to Microsoft Word - Selecting Text

​What do we remember?

Questions from last session ​

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Ribbons are divided in to ?

Multiple Select

In Microsoft Word what do you find in the recent list?

• files that have been recently open

• files you have recently used

• All Word documents

• All Microsoft documents

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What does the CTRL-Y shortcut do?

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What does the CTRL-Z shortcut do?

​Let's Practice

Now we can practice, try double clicking on random words to highlight​

1. Open the Document

2. ​Save the document (Save As) to the my document folder

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​MS Word Prac Document

• Content​

  • ​Media File

    • ​MS Word Practice Document

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​Go to Connect

​Time to practice

​Try double clicking on words

Highlight and change words

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Try this 5 times​

Onward and upward​

​Time to practice - Cut and Paste

​Try triple clicking on a word

Highlight your paragraph

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Use the controls on the move the paragraph down to the bottom of the page​

Onward and upward​

​Top left hand corner of the Home Ribbon

​1. Highlight your paragraph

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2. Click the Cut button​

3. Scroll to bottom of the page

4. Select the place you want put the text

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5. Click on the Paste button​

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​Using the shortcut keys, put the paragraph back at the top of the page

​Shortcut keys

1. Triple click on a word in the paragraph

2. Once the paragraph is highlighted press CTRL-X

3. Move to the top of the page

4. Click once at the beginning of the first word on the page

5. Press CTRL-V

Well Done!​

​Time to practice - Copy and Paste

​Try triple clicking on a word

Highlight your paragraph

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Use the controls on the move the paragraph down to the bottom of the page​

Onward and upward​

​Top left hand corner of the Home Ribbon

​1. Highlight your paragraph

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2. Click the Copy button​

3. Scroll to bottom of the page

4. Select the place you want put the text

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5. Click on the Paste button​

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​Shortcut keys

1. Triple click on a word in the copied paragraph

2. Using the Delete key, delete the paragraph​

3. Move back to the top paragraph

4. Triple click on a work in the paragraph​

5. Once the paragraph is highlighted press CTRL-C

6. Move to the bottom of the page

7. Click once where you would like to place the paragraph

8. Press CTRL-V

Well Done!​