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[h=2]Show/Hide Codes
[h=3]Why Display Non-Printing Characters?
General Editing. Display non-printing characters when you need to follow a specified format.
Combining two paragraphs. Erase the returns that separate paragraphs. Returns are
represented on the screen by paragraph symbols
. Erasing the symbol will erase the return
Deleting tabs. Place the insertion point to the right of the tab symbol
, and press the Backspace key.
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[h=5]Display Paragraph Characters:
It is easier to combine and separate paragraphs by erasing and inserting the actual paragraph symbols.
Each paragraph symbol contains important information about the format of
the paragraph preceding it (type size and style, indentation, borders, etc).
[h=2]Show/Hide Codes
[h=2]Challenge
Open a
previously saved document.
Select the
Show/Hide Codes button on the
Standard toolbar.
Correct any obvious formatting mistakes you may have made.
Deselect the
Show/Hide Codes button.
[h=2]Text Boxes
[h=3]Introduction
[h=4]By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:
- Move and Resize a Text Box
[h=2]Text Boxes
[h=3]Working With Text Boxes
Certain kinds of information are best displayed using text boxes. If you create
newsletters, flyers, reports, announcements, school projects, or other types
of publications, you will use Word's text box feature
Concentrate on your writing before you worry about
pasting your text in a text box. Remember, content first, design issues second.
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[h=5]To Create a Text Box:
Choose
Insert
Text Box.
The mouse pointer becomes a
crosshair
.
Place your insertion point where you want your text box.
Left click and drag the text box until it is the appropriate size. Release the left mouse button when ready.
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[h=5]To Insert Text into the Text Box:
Click once inside the text box.
The box is selected and a blinking insertion point appears inside the box.
Begin typing.
Format text (change font, font size, style, etc) in the usual manner. (Select text first, make changes later.)
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[h=3]Moving and Resizing Text Boxes
[h=5]To Resize a Text Box:
Click once on one of the box's borders.
The box is now highlighted. Sizing handles (small squares) appear. · Hover
the mouse pointer over the sizing handle (small squares) until it turns into a diagonally pointing arrow
Click and drag the sizing handle until the box is the desired size.
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[h=5]To Move a Text Box:
Click once on the text box's border.
Hover your mouse pointer over the border until it becomes a crosshair with arrows.
Using this crosshair, click and drag the box until it is in the desired location.
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[h=3]Using the Format Text Dialog Box
The methods for creating and moving a text box are somewhat
inexact. Using the
Format Text Box dialog box, you can specify colors and lines, size, layout, and textbox
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[h=5]To Use the Format Text Box Dialog Box:
Double click on a text box border. The
Format Text Box dialog box appears.
You have several tabs to choose from:
- Color and Lines: Fill text box with color, define borders
- Layout: Text wrap and alignment
- Textbox: Internal margins
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[h=3]Did You Know?
You can access the Text box feature from the
Drawing toolbar.
Choose
View
Toolbars
Drawing. The
Drawing toolbar appears.
Click the
Text box button
. Don't confuse this button with the
Rectangle button. You cannot insert text using the
Rectangle button.
[h=2]Working with Columns
[h=3]Introduction
[h=4]By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:
[h=2]Working with Columns
[h=3]Working With Columns
Certain kinds of information are best displayed
using columns. (Think about your local newspaper.) If you
create newsletters, flyers, reports, announcements, school
projects, or other types of publications, you will use Word's column feature.
[h=2]Working with Columns
[h=4]Columns
Working with columns can be a little difficult, but with the
right approach, you'll have columns mastered in no time
It's easier to enter document text into a single column and then
convert it into multiple columns. Focus on your writing first, then concentrate on design issues.
[h=2]Working with Columns
[h=3]Working With Columns
[h=5]To Work with Columns:
Switch to
Print Layout View.
Select the text you want to change to columns.
To make equal columns, move the insertion point to the end
of the text and insert a continuous section break by choosing
Insert
Break
Continuous.
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[h=5]To Enter a Title that Spans the Columns:
Enter the title at the beginning of the first column.
Click the
Columns button on the
Standard toolbar, and drag to select number of columns.
[h=2]Working with Columns
[h=3]Revising Column Structure
You can change column width, the number of columns, and the white space between columns.
[h=2]Working with Columns
[h=5]To Add or Delete Columns:
- Select the desired number of columns and click OK.
OR,
Click in the columns section of your document and click the
Columns button.
Drag to select the desired number of columns.
[h=2]Working with Columns
[h=5]To Change the Amount of White Space Between Columns:
Drag the Left or Right margin markers on the ruler.
. Erasing the symbol will erase the return
, and press the Backspace key.
