ENTERING TEXT IN MICROSOFT WORD

Prepared by Enrico SJ. Cardones

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Upon the completion of this lesson, you should be able to:

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Create a business letter. Use spell check on the fly. Apply word wrap. Use the Tab Key to indent. Use the wrong word form check and grammar check. Distinguish the difference between Backspace and Delete Keys. Use the END Key shortcut.
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Notice that Microsoft Word puts a red jagged line on the word Rumpelstiltski n because MS word does not recognize a proper name.

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In order to resolve this, right-click the word Rumpelstilts kin so that a menu will appear and select ignore.

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Notice, as well, after typing the word types, Microsoft Word automatically wraps up the word types to indicate that it runs out of space in the previous line.
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Notice also that the word shure| is underlined, it means that Microsoft Word finds a misspelled word.

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To rectify the misspelled word, simply right click the word and choices or suggestions of words will appear in a small window. Simply choose the right one.

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Notice again that MS Word automatically wraps the word price towards the next line. Unlike a typewriter, in MS Word you dont need to press ENTER to proceed on the next line.
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In order to place an indent on the next paragraph, you may press the tab button on your keyboard.

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After pressing the tab key, This is how it appears to be.

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After typing the next paragraph, notice that, theres a green scribbled line, that indicates that a word is grammatically incorrect.

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Kindly rightclick the underlined word in green, and then, select the word are in the option to rectify the grammatical error.

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Notice that the underlined word in green disappeared, and was replaced by the appropriate word are

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It seems inappropriate to use the term day and night since the client may call the sender during midnight. We need to use backspace to erase the text

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As seen in the presentation, the inappropriate term has been removed using the backspace key.

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Stating the specific time of day will be the most convenient way to indicate the senders availability.

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Notice the word thru has been used in the sentence. Though thru is acceptable it needs to be replaced.

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The word thru needs to be replaced with a formal word word through. Place the mouse insertion point in between letters r and u of the word thru.

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Pressing the delete key will remove letters from the right side. Delete the letter u and replace it to form a word through

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The word through is already in place. Next, find the keyboard shortcut end, pressing that end key will place the insertion key at the end of the line.

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As it is shown in the presentation, the insertion point is already in the end of the line.

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