Microsoft Office XP Illustrated Introductory, Enhanced Documents Editing
2Editing Documents Unit B Open a document Select text Cut and paste text Copy and paste text Use the Office Clipboard Objectives
3Editing Documents Unit B Use the Spelling and Grammar checker and the Thesaurus Find and Replace text Use the wizards and template Objectives
4Editing Documents Unit B Opening a Document To modify a document, you must first open it. Current drive or folder Files stored on current drive or folder
5Editing Documents Unit B Opening a Document (cont.) The Save command –Use to save changes to a file The Save As command –Use when you want to create a new file with a different filename Opening methods
6Editing Documents Unit B Selecting Text Before deleting, editing, or formatting text, you must select it. –Selected text is highlighted Methods for selecting text
7Editing Documents Unit B Selecting Text (cont.) Selected text Use Down scroll arrow to see more text
8Editing Documents Unit B Cutting and Pasting Text Move text from one location to another –This operation is called cut and paste –Cutting text places it on the Clipboard, a temporary storage area System Clipboard- holds one itemSystem Clipboard- holds one item Office Clipboard- holds up to 24 itemsOffice Clipboard- holds up to 24 items –Cut text using the Cut button or the Cut command –Paste text using Paste button or the Paste command
9Editing Documents Unit B Cutting and Pasting Text (cont.) Special characters, called formatting marks, can help you work with text Formatting mark Paste Options button
10Editing Documents Unit B Copying and Pasting Text Copied text is not removed from the document –Copied text is placed on the Clipboard –Use the Copy button or the Copy command Copied text Pasted text
11Editing Documents Unit B Copying and Pasting Text (cont.) Using the Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands –Reverse the last action with the Undo button –Keep a change that you reversed with the Redo button –Repeat a change with the Repeat command on the Edit menu
12Editing Documents Unit B Using the Office Clipboard Collect up to 24 items on the Office Clipboard –Text and graphics Opens after two consecutive cut and paste actions Stored items Clipboard
13Editing Documents Unit B Using the Office Clipboard (cont.) Copying and moving items between documents –Open both Word documents –Cut or copy text from one document –Paste the text into the second document
14Editing Documents Unit B Using the Spelling and Grammar Checker and the Thesaurus Spelling and Grammar checker flags possible mistakes and suggests corrections Use the Thesaurus to look up synonyms for repetitive or awkward words
15Editing Documents Unit B Using the Spelling and Grammar Checker and the Thesaurus (cont.) Identified misspelled word Suggested corrections Identified grammatical error Suggested corrections
16Editing Documents Unit B Using the Spelling and Grammar Checker and the Thesaurus (cont.) Word in document Possible meanings Synonyms for the selected word
17Editing Documents Unit B Finding and Replacing Text Search for and replace all instances of a word or phrase in a document using the Find and Replace feature. To replace words, you can: –Automatically find and replace all words or –Find and review each individual occurrence of a word
18Editing Documents Unit B Finding and Replacing Text (cont.) Inserting text with AutoCorrect –Create your own AutoCorrect entries Words you often type, such as a nameWords you often type, such as a name Words that you often misspellWords that you often misspell –To create an AutoCorrect entry Click AutoCorrect Options on the Tools menuClick AutoCorrect Options on the Tools menu
19Editing Documents Unit B Using Wizards and Templates Word includes many templates to create documents. –A template is a formatted document that contains placeholder text –Templates for memos, faxes, letters, reports, brochures Word’s document wizards –A wizard is an interactive set of dialog boxes that guide you through the process of creating a document
20Editing Documents Unit B Using Wizards and Templates (cont.) Template Wizard Preview