Working With Text
What do you mean by Typing Text?
Typing text means to enter text.
What is a Font Face?
Font is the basic design of the words displayed in the text that you have typed.
What are the steps to Delete text?
Select the text to be deleted. Press the delete key.
Use the backspace key to delete the text to the left of the cursor.
Use the Delete key to delete text to the right of the cursor.
What is the shortcut key to insert a new line?
The shortcut key to insert a new line are as follows:-
ENTER
SHIFT + ENTER
ALT + ENTER
What do you use the spacebar for?
Use the spacebar as a separator for your words and sentences.
What is a Font Size?
Font Size is the Size of each letter in the sentence.
Write the steps for changing the font style from Normal to Bold for the text in a paragraph.
The following are the steps for changing the font style from Normal to Bold for the text in a paragraph:
Select the text that you want to apply the font style bold to.
Under the Font Formatting subtask menu, click Bold.
OR
Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + B
How can you change the alignment of the text?
We can change the alignment of text by the following way?
Select the text that you want to align.
Move the cursor to the Home tab, in the Paragraph group.
Click Align Left , Align Right , click Justify or centre align as required
What are Paragraph Markers?
Paragraph marker is used to see the enter key, spaces etc
Write short notes on Font Style?
Font style shows the emphasis on each letter when they are displayed.
Each font can be made bold, italicize or underline.
It helps to emphasize certain words
Write the steps for replacing the sentence “India is a vast country” in a paragraph with another sentence “Delhi is the Capital of India”
The following are the steps for replacing the text:
Select the text ‘India is a vast country’
Start typing ‘Delhi is the Capital of India’
Write the steps to correct Grammatical Errors?
The steps to correct grammatical errors are:
Select Spelling and Grammar button from the main tab bar or press F7 button on the keyboard.
The Spelling and Grammar dialog box will notify you of the mistake. Grammatical errors will be highlighted in green.
Write a short note on Spacebar and Tabs?
Use the spacebar as a separator for your words and sentences.
Avoid using the spacebar to create columns of text. Instead you use the Tab key.
If you press the spacebar, word will make additional spaces, which you will then have to delete.
What are the different types of alignment available?
The different types of alignments are as follows:-
Left Alignment
Right Alignment
Center Alignment
Justify Alignment
How do you set line spacing in a paragraph ?
The steps are as follows:-
Choose Home-------> Paragraphs sub task menu
click on the down arrow located near lower right corner to display the paragraphs formatting submenu.
The Paragraph dialog box appears .
The Indents and Spacing tab of the Paragraph dialog box provides a drop down under Line spacing.
Single spacing causes 12 points, 1 ½ line spacing is 18 points and double spaced lines will be 24 points apart.
Write the steps to move the selected text.
The steps to move a text are:
Select the text that is to be moved.
To move the text, press CTRL + X keys.
To paste cut the text, press CTRL + V keys.
What are the steps to Insert text in a given Document?
To insert text in an existing document, follow the steps given below:
Move the cursor by using the arrow buttons on the keyboard or positioning the mouse and clicking the left button where you want to insert the text.
Type the text you want to insert.
Differentiate between the following: Font Face and Font Size?
Font Face
1. It is the look of the text.
2. Times New Roman, Arial, etc.
Font Size
1. It is the size of each letter.
2. 12, 16, etc.
Write the steps for checking wrong spellings of words, if any, in a paragraph of text?
The steps to correct/check wrong spellings of words are:
Select Spelling and Grammar button from the main tab bar or press F7 button on the keyboard.
The Spelling and Grammar dialog box will notify you of the first mistake and misspelled words will be highlighted in red.
Differentiate between Bulleted list and Numbered list?
Bulleted List
1. Every line gets a bullet.
2. There are different shaped bullets. For example: circles, arrows, squares.
Numbered List
1. Every line gets numbered.
2. There are many number formats. For example: 1, i, a