1. Lesson 3: Word – Editing the Business Etiquette Column

2. Learning Objectives After studying this lesson, you will be able to:
Use a variety of techniques for selecting text
Edit documents and use Undo, Redo, and AutoCorrect
Use the Spelling & Grammar Checker
Move and copy text
Automatically find and replace text in a document

3. Select Text Select (highlight) text in order to do something with it
Mini toolbar appears when you select text
Select in the typing area; mouse pointer is an I-beam
Select from the selection bar; mouse pointer is a white arrow

4. Edit Documents Add text Delete text Replace text
Position insertion point and start typing
Delete text
Position point and press Backspace or Delete
Or, select block of text and tap Delete
Replace text
Select block of text and type new text in its place

5. AutoCorrect Makes corrections for you! teh becomes the
aboutthe becomes about the
tothe becomes to the
(tm) becomes ™
:-) becomes 

6. Spelling & Grammar Checker
If AutoCorrect doesn’t fix a typo, the Spelling & Grammar Checker comes to the rescue!
Red squiggly underline indicates possible misspelling
Blue squiggly underline means possible grammar or contextual error
Tip! Not every misspelling is caught—be sure to proofread!

7. Undo and Redo Back out of a catastrophe by clicking Undo
Change your mind? Redo what you undid
Undo
Redo
Tip! You cannot undo all actions, such as saving a document or selecting text.

8. Items cut or copied are temporarily stored in the Clipboard
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Cut: Removes data
Copy: Copies data to a new location
Paste: Use together with Cut or Copy to place the last item cut/copied at the insertion point
Items cut or copied are temporarily stored in the Clipboard

9. Find and Replace Text
Word locates terms entered in the Navigation pane
Find this term . . .
. . . and replace with this term