Word Processing

Unit 2: Manipulating Text With Word

Objectives

At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Produce more refined documents by varying the size and style of lettering, shaping the document for the printed page, and adding special elements such as headers, footers, and tables.
• Correct spelling errors and create a Custom Dictionary.
• Create templates for common styles.

Lecture

Manipulating Text With Word

Skills

In this unit you will learn intermediate word processing skills. They will be covered in a series of lessons, listed below.

• Lesson 4: Basic Text Formatting
• How do you undo an incorrect action?
• How do you select a large block of text easily?
• How do you change the font and size of some text?
• How do you make some text bold, italic, or underlined?
• How do you create subscript and superscript text?
• How do you set the margins of a paragraph?
• How do you set the text alignment and line spacing of a paragraph?
• Lesson 5: Basic Page Formatting
• How do you create headers and footers?
• How do you set up automatic page numbering?
• How do you set and remove tabs?
• How do you set the margins of a page?
• How do you set and remove page breaks?
• Lesson 6: Using Other Writing Tools
• How do you check and correct the spelling of your document?
• How do you create a Custom Dictionary for the Spell checker?
• How do you use the Thesaurus?
• How do you count the number of words in your document?
• How do you set up and use template documents for common document types?

You can, of course, complete the lessons in any order.

Concepts

An understanding of certain concepts is necessary to succeed in the lessons. The following concepts are defined where applicable in the lesson text. You may also click on any concept listed here to see it defined.

1. What are fonts?
2. How are fonts related to the keyboard?
3. What are good fonts to use?
4. What is the ruler?
5. What is a format, e.g., for characters or for paragraphs?
6. How do paragraph margins compare to page margins?
7. What are headers and footers?
8. What is a tab?
9. What are the kinds of tabs?
10. How does using tabs compare to using spaces for horizontal spacing?
11. How does using Page Break compare to using returns for vertical spacing?
12. What is the Page Setup?
13. What is a Custom Dictionary?
14. How does the Spell checker compare to the Thesaurus?
15. What is a template document?

Self-Check

Is using tabs the same as using horizontal spaces? The following self-check will test your understanding of this and other concepts:

• WP Self-Check for Unit #2

Assignments

• Word Processing Assignment for Unit #2

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