Microsoft Word practice exercise for
Text editing:
Exercise 1: Basic Text Editing in Microsoft Word
Step 1: Open Microsoft Word
Click on the Windows Start button or press the Windows key on your keyboard.
Type "Microsoft Word" and press Enter to open the application.
Step 2: Create a New Document
Once Microsoft Word is open,
Click on "Blank Document" to create a new document.
Step 3: Type and Format/Edit Text
Type the following text exactly as shown, including formatting (e.g., bold, italics, underline):
Title: My Recipe
Ingredients: - 2 cups flour - 1 cup sugar - 1/2 cup butter - 2 eggs - 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and butter.
3. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until the dough forms.
4. Roll the dough into small balls and place them on a baking sheet.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Let cool before serving.
Enjoy your homemade cookies!
Instruction: Apply the following formatting to the text:
1. Make the title ("My Recipe") bold.
2. Make the ingredients and instructions lists bulleted.
3. Italicize the word "Enjoy your homemade cookies!"
Step 4: Edit and Proofread
Go through the text and correct any spelling or grammar errors.
Change the word "dough" to "cookie dough" in step 3 of the instructions.
Replace "10-12 minutes" with "15-20 minutes" in step 5 of the instructions.
Step 5: Save Your Document
Click on "File" in the top left corner.
Select "Save As" and choose a location on your computer to save the document.
Give your document a name like "Recipe.docx" and click "Save."
Step 6: Close Microsoft Word
Click on the "X" button in the top right corner of the Word window to close the program.
Congratulations! You've practiced basic text editing in Microsoft Word, including formatting,
proofreading, and saving your document. Feel free to explore more features and continue practicing to
improve your Word skills.
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Certainly! Let's practice typing, deleting, selecting, copying, pasting, cutting, undoing, and redoing text in
Microsoft Word:
Exercise: Typing and Editing Text
Step 1: Open Microsoft Word
Follow the previous steps to open Microsoft Word and create a new blank document.
Step 2: Typing Text
Type the following sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
Step 3: Deleting Text
Click at the end of the sentence you typed.
Press the "Backspace" key to delete the last word ("dog") in the sentence.
Step 4: Selecting Text
Click at the beginning of the sentence.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag your cursor to the end of the sentence. This will highlight the
entire sentence.
Step 5: Copying Text
Right-click on the highlighted sentence.
Select "Copy" from the context menu.
Step 6: Pasting Text
Click your cursor at the end of the sentence where you deleted the word "dog."
Right-click in this location.
Select "Paste" from the context menu. The sentence you copied earlier should be pasted here.
Step 7: Cutting Text
Click at the beginning of the sentence you just pasted.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag your cursor to the end of the sentence to select it.
Right-click on the highlighted sentence.
Select "Cut" from the context menu. The sentence will be removed.
Step 8: Undo and Redo Actions
To undo your last action (cutting the sentence), you can press "Ctrl + Z" on your keyboard or click the
"Undo" arrow in the top-left corner of the Word window.
To redo the action you just undone, press "Ctrl + Y" on your keyboard or click the "Redo" arrow next to
the "Undo" arrow.
Congratulations! You've practiced typing, deleting, selecting, copying, pasting, cutting, undoing, and
redoing text in Microsoft Word. These are fundamental text editing skills that will be useful for various
tasks in Word and other text editing software