Tips and Tricks for Writing in MS Word
Copy and Paste
Sometimes you want to duplicate text or move a paragraph to another location. To copy text, highlight the text you want to copy. Click the Copy button on the Standard toolbar. Click the cursor on the location where you want the text inserted. Then use the Paste button to insert the text in that location. If you want to move the text, you can follow the same procedure, but use the Cut button from the Standard toolbar. If you want to use the keyboard you can use the following combinations: to copy you use Ctrl+C, to paste you use Ctrl+V, to cut you use Ctrl+X.
When you paste text between Word documents, the formatting that Word applies to the pasted text depends on whether the text you copy includes a section break and on whether the document you copy to is empty. If you include a section break when you copy text, you create a new section when you paste the text into another document.
Drag and Drop Text
Drag-and-drop editing is the easiest way to move or copy a selection a short distance. To drag text to a new location, highlight the text to be moved. Place the pointer somewhere in the middle of the selected text. Press and hold the mouse button. Drag the highlighted text to the spot where you want it moved. Release the mouse button.
Correcting and Deleting
To correct simple typing mistakes, press either the [BACKSPACE] or the [DELETE] key. Depending on your computer, the key will delete either the text preceding or following the insertion point respectively. To delete more than a few characters, it’s faster to select the text you want to delete and then press either the [BACKSPACE] or the [DELETE] key.
Undoing Mistakes
If you make a mistake in Word, you can “undo” the action or command. For example, if you accidentally delete a word, you can bring it back again by pressing the Undo button or clicking the Edit menu and selecting Undo. If you decide to go through with the action after all, you can press the Redo button or click the Edit menu and select Redo. There are certain actions you can’t undo, such as saving or printing a document.
