1. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Microsoft Office
Word 2010
Lesson 2: Manipulating Text
Courseware #: 3240

2. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Lesson 2 Objectives
• selecttext
• use cut, copy and paste
• use the clipboard
• move text with drag-and-drop
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Selecting Consecutive Text
• Click at beginning of text to select, and then drag to
“mark” text
– Can increase or decrease selection holding mouse
button
– If using keyboard, position cursor, hold Shift, and
press arrow keys
• To select entire word, double-click the word.
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Selecting Consecutive Text
• To select entire sentence, press and click in
sentence
• To select entire paragraph, triple-click in
paragraph
• To select all text:
– On Home tab, in Editing group, click Select, click Select All,
+A
or
– press
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Selecting Non-Consecutive Text
• To select multiple pieces of text, select first piece of
text and then press to select each piece of
text
• Select blocks of text using
– Position cursor at beginning of block of text to select, press Alt
as you drag to bottom right of block
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using the Selection Bar
• Move cursor to “left margin” area of screen until it
looks like:
• To select line of text, click at left of line of
text
• To select entire paragraph, double-click at
left of that paragraph
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using the Selection Bar
• To select entire document, triple-click in
selection bar, or press and click once in
selection bar
• To select multiple lines, drag to select text.
• Use to select non-consecutive text
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8. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (pp. 42-43)
•In this exercise, you will try selecting different
amounts of text in the document to make
changes to the document.
•You will need the Tolano Adventures
Employee List document to complete the
practice.
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using the Undo, Redo, and Repeat
Commands
 The Undo command reverses recent actions. To
use the Undo command, click the Undo button
on the Quick Access Toolbar.
 The Redo command reverses an Undo action.
 The Repeat command repeats the most recent
action.
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using Undo
• To activate Undo:
– In Quick Access Toolbar, click
Undo, or
– Click button itself to undo last action
or command
– Click arrow to undo up to last 100
consecutive actions or commands
performed
– press
action performed
+Z to undo last
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using Repeat ( Used to be called
“redo”)
•To repeat the last action just performed:
– In the Quick Access Toolbar, click Repeat, or
– press +Y
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using Cut , Copy and Paste
Cut Remove from original location in current
document, and place in Clipboard.
Copy Copy from original location in current document,
and place in Clipboard.
Paste Insert item from Clipboard into document at
current cursor position.
Clipboard Temporarily stores cut or copied items
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using Cut
•To cut or move item, after selecting it:
– On Home tab, in Clipboard group, click Cut, or
– Press +X , or
– right-click item and then click Cut
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using Copy
•To copy an item, after selecting it:
– On Home tab, in Clipboard group, click Copy,
or
– Press +C , or
– right-click item and then click Copy
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using Paste
• To paste item, place insertion point where you want
to paste item:
– On Home tab, in Clipboard group, click Paste , or
– press , or
+V
– right-click item and then click Paste , or
– click item in Office Clipboard, or
– click arrow for item in Office Clipboard, and then click
Paste
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Paste Options Button
• Appears below & to the right of the pasted item
• Click to display how pasted item can appear here
• Number and type of options vary based on item
Keep Source Keep formatting for item as it was in original document.
Formatting (K) Appearance matches the original appearance
Merge Formatting Appearance matches or merges with the text in the
(M) location where it is being pasted
Use Destination Use style that exists for this document on pasted item.
Styles (S)
Keep Text Only (T) Remove any existing formatting with original item and
keep text only.
Set Default Paste Set how all pasted items of this type to appear.
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Using the System Clipboard to Move and
Copy Text
 The Clipboard is a temporary storage
place in the computer’s memory. To use
the Clipboard, you cut or copy text.
 The Clipboard can hold only one
selection at a time.
 The Clipboard is available to all the
programs on your computer, and it is
sometimes called the system
Clipboard.
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Using the Office Clipboard to Move and
Copy Text
• The Office Clipboard is a special clipboard
where you can collect up to 24 selections. It
is available to Microsoft Office programs.
• Unlike the system Clipboard, which is
available all the time, you must activate the
Office Clipboard to use it. (Click on the
dialog launcher)
• You can use the Office Clipboard to copy
content between Office programs.
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Clipboard task pane
•Clipboard task pane
with two items
collected on it
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Using the Office Clipboard
• On Home tab, in Clipboard group, click
Office Clipboard Task Pane
Paste All Paste all items currently in
Clipboard in same order as in
Clipboard.
Clear All Clear all items from Clipboard.
Options Select options for Clipboard.
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (pp. 45-46)
•In this exercise, you practice selecting items
for text replacement, undoing these
changes, & then copying & pasting text locks
into the same as well as another document.
•You will need the Tolano Adventures
Employee List and the TEC Employee List
documents to complete the practice.
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22. Microsoft®
Word 2010 Core Skills
Moving Text Using Drag-and-Drop
 The easiest way to move text is to drag the text to the
new location. This is called drag-and-drop.
 This method is best used to move text short distances.
 Does not use Clipboard, leaving the contents of Clipboard
intact
 As you drag the selected text, a vertical line follows the
pointer indicating where the text will be positioned.
 A “ghost” cursor appears as a guide
 To copy the text instead of moving it, press and hold
while you drag it
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Word 2010 Core Skills
Learn the Skill (p. 47)
•In this exercise, you practice moving text
using the drag-and-drop method to move
some text around in the Tolano Adventures
Employee List document
•You will need the Tolano Adventures
Employee List document to complete the
practice.
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