1. European Computer Driving Licence
Module 3 – Word Processing
Chapter 3.3 – Basic Operations

2. Selecting Text To select How to do it A word Double-click on the word
One or more lines
Click in the left margin beside the line. Drag down the left margin to select several lines.
A sentence
Hold down Ctrl key and click anywhere in the sentence
A paragraph
Triple-click anywhere inside the paragraph
An entire document
From the Edit menu choose Select All (or you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A)
A large block of text
Click the mouse at the beginning of the text, scroll down, hold down the shift key and click again
Non-adjacent text
Select the first bit of text, hold down the Ctrl key and select another piece of text

3. Copying text Select the text you want to copy Click the copy icon once
Move the insertion point to where you want the copy of the text to appear
Click the paste icon

4. Cutting and pasting text
Select the text that you want to move
Click the Cut icon once
Move the insertion point to where you want the text to be moved to
Click the Paste icon
Handy Hint: if moving a block of text, check to make sure the spacing between paragraphs is consistent!

5. Finding and Replacing text
Open the Edit menu, select Replace
The Find and Replace dialogue box appears
Type the word you want to replace in the Find box
Type the word you want to replace it with in the Replace box
Click on Replace or Replace All as appropriate
If you select Replace All a message will appear telling you how many replacements have been made!

6. Displaying and hiding toolbars
The Standard and Formatting toolbars are displayed by default
Open the View menu and select Toolbars – a list of toolbars will appear
To add a toolbar to your screen, click on it so a tick appears
To remove a toolbar, click on it to deselect it
Make sure the Drawing toolbar is selected – it will appear at the bottom of the screen

7. Drawing a horizontal line
Select the line tool from the Drawing toolbar
Keep your finger on the Shift key whilst you click and drag to draw a line (this will keep the line straight)
To change the line style click the Line style icon
Hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys when dragging to a different location to make a perfect copy!

8. Spellchecking Click on the Spellchecker icon or press the F7 key
Word will scan your document - as soon as it finds a word it does not recognise, the following dialogue box appears
Click on Change or Ignore as appropriate
You can also right click on a word and a shortcut menu will appear – if the correct word appears, select it

9. Proofreading You should always proofread your work
The spellchecker will not tell you if you have used the incorrect version of a word (eg their instead of there or form instead of from)
It will not tell you if you have missed out any text
You should also check layout and presentation