European Computer Driving
Licence
Module 3 – Word Processing
Chapter 3.3 – Basic Operations
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
Copying text
Z Select the text you want to
copy
Z Click the copy icon once
Z Move the insertion point to
where you want the copy of
the text to appear
Z Click the paste icon
Cutting and pasting text
Z Select the text that you want
to move
Z Click the Cut icon once
Z Move the insertion point to
where you want the text to be
moved to
Z Click the Paste icon
Z
Handy Hint: if moving a block of
text, check to make sure the
spacing between paragraphs is
consistent!
Finding and Replacing text
Z Open the Edit menu, select
Replace
Z The Find and Replace
dialogue box appears
Z Type the word you want to
replace in the Find box
Z Type the word you want to
replace it with in the Replace
box
Z Click on Replace or
Replace All as appropriate
Z
If you select Replace All a
message will appear telling you
how many replacements have
been made!
Displaying and hiding toolbars
Z The Standard and Formatting
toolbars are displayed by default
Z Open the View menu and select
Toolbars – a list of toolbars will
appear
Z To add a toolbar to your screen,
click on it so a tick appears
Z To remove a toolbar, click on it to
deselect it
Z Make sure the Drawing toolbar is
selected – it will appear at the
bottom of the screen
Drawing a horizontal line
Z Select the line tool from
the Drawing toolbar
Z Keep your finger on the Shift
key whilst you click and drag
to draw a line (this will keep
the line straight)
Z To change the line style click
the Line style icon
Z Hold down the Ctrl and Shift
keys when dragging to a
different location to make a
perfect copy!
Spellchecking
Z Click on the Spellchecker
icon or press the F7 key
Z Word will scan your
document - as soon as it
finds a word it does not
recognise, the following
dialogue box appears
Z Click on Change or Ignore
as appropriate
Z You can also right click on a
word and a shortcut menu
will appear – if the correct
word appears, select it
Proofreading
Z You should always proofread
your work
Z 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)
Z It will not tell you if you have
missed out any text
Z You should also check layout
and presentation