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Tanya and Rishi had gone to a book fair. They had a 
great time there. They wanted to share their experiences 
with others. So, they decided to record their experiences. 
Let us see how Tanya and Rishi recorded their 
experiences. Consider Fig. 2.1 given below and put 
Fig. 2.1: Book Fair
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Tanya and Rishi had gone to a book fair. They had a 
great time there. They wanted to share their experiences 
with others. So, they decided to record their experiences. 
Let us see how Tanya and Rishi recorded their 
experiences. Consider Fig. 2.1 given below and put 
Fig. 2.1: Book Fair
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yourself in place of Tanya and Rishi and think what 
information may be shared with others about the  
book fair.
What information I would like
to share with others?
• How many stalls are there in the book fair?
• Which category of books did we like the most?
• Who were the publishers of those books?
Let us see in Figs. 2.2 and 2.3 how they presented  
their experiences.
Fig. 2.2: Tanya’s Report
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Tanya and Rishi had gone to a book fair. They had a 
great time there. They wanted to share their experiences 
with others. So, they decided to record their experiences. 
Let us see how Tanya and Rishi recorded their 
experiences. Consider Fig. 2.1 given below and put 
Fig. 2.1: Book Fair
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yourself in place of Tanya and Rishi and think what 
information may be shared with others about the  
book fair.
What information I would like
to share with others?
• How many stalls are there in the book fair?
• Which category of books did we like the most?
• Who were the publishers of those books?
Let us see in Figs. 2.2 and 2.3 how they presented  
their experiences.
Fig. 2.2: Tanya’s Report
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Rishi was amazed to see Tanya’s report. It contained 
text of varied colour, style and size. It also had a picture 
and certain symbols before each category of books. 
Tanya had communicated her ideas and thoughts in an 
organised, systematic, effective and presentable manner 
through her report. Rishi asked Tanya how could she 
communicate her thoughts so effectively?
Tanya: Rishi, you should know that there are digital tools 
which can be used to create effective and digital documents. 
Fig. 2.3: Rishi’s Report
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Tanya and Rishi had gone to a book fair. They had a 
great time there. They wanted to share their experiences 
with others. So, they decided to record their experiences. 
Let us see how Tanya and Rishi recorded their 
experiences. Consider Fig. 2.1 given below and put 
Fig. 2.1: Book Fair
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Communication
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yourself in place of Tanya and Rishi and think what 
information may be shared with others about the  
book fair.
What information I would like
to share with others?
• How many stalls are there in the book fair?
• Which category of books did we like the most?
• Who were the publishers of those books?
Let us see in Figs. 2.2 and 2.3 how they presented  
their experiences.
Fig. 2.2: Tanya’s Report
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Rishi was amazed to see Tanya’s report. It contained 
text of varied colour, style and size. It also had a picture 
and certain symbols before each category of books. 
Tanya had communicated her ideas and thoughts in an 
organised, systematic, effective and presentable manner 
through her report. Rishi asked Tanya how could she 
communicate her thoughts so effectively?
Tanya: Rishi, you should know that there are digital tools 
which can be used to create effective and digital documents. 
Fig. 2.3: Rishi’s Report
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Rishi also wanted to prepare his report using word 
processor. So, he asked Tanya to help him. After taking 
permission from their teacher, Rishi and Tanya went to 
the computer lab of their school. Tanya opened the text 
editor and asked Rishi to create a new document. Tanya 
explained to him the use of various keys on the keyboard  
(Fig. 2.5) for entering the text.
Fig. 2.5: Keyboard
You can delete the errors and also take multiple copies of 
a digital document. My elder sister helped me to create 
this document using a word processor (LibreOffice 
Writer 5.1.6.2) on a computer (fig. 2.4).
Fig. 2.4: LibreOffice
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Tanya and Rishi had gone to a book fair. They had a 
great time there. They wanted to share their experiences 
with others. So, they decided to record their experiences. 
Let us see how Tanya and Rishi recorded their 
experiences. Consider Fig. 2.1 given below and put 
Fig. 2.1: Book Fair
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Communication
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yourself in place of Tanya and Rishi and think what 
information may be shared with others about the  
book fair.
What information I would like
to share with others?
• How many stalls are there in the book fair?
• Which category of books did we like the most?
• Who were the publishers of those books?
Let us see in Figs. 2.2 and 2.3 how they presented  
their experiences.
Fig. 2.2: Tanya’s Report
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Rishi was amazed to see Tanya’s report. It contained 
text of varied colour, style and size. It also had a picture 
and certain symbols before each category of books. 
Tanya had communicated her ideas and thoughts in an 
organised, systematic, effective and presentable manner 
through her report. Rishi asked Tanya how could she 
communicate her thoughts so effectively?
Tanya: Rishi, you should know that there are digital tools 
which can be used to create effective and digital documents. 
Fig. 2.3: Rishi’s Report
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Rishi also wanted to prepare his report using word 
processor. So, he asked Tanya to help him. After taking 
permission from their teacher, Rishi and Tanya went to 
the computer lab of their school. Tanya opened the text 
editor and asked Rishi to create a new document. Tanya 
explained to him the use of various keys on the keyboard  
(Fig. 2.5) for entering the text.
Fig. 2.5: Keyboard
You can delete the errors and also take multiple copies of 
a digital document. My elder sister helped me to create 
this document using a word processor (LibreOffice 
Writer 5.1.6.2) on a computer (fig. 2.4).
Fig. 2.4: LibreOffice
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Document: Any 
piece of information 
created using a text 
editor is called a
document.
Cursor: A vertical 
blinking line in a text 
editor that indicates 
the place where
anything that is typed 
will appear.
Getting Familiar with a Keyboard
Enter key
• Press once to move to next line.
Tab key
• Press once to move 5 spaces to the right of the 
cursor.
Insert key
• Press once more to replace the old text with the 
currently typed text.
• Press once again to activate the insert mode.
Delete key
• Deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
Backspace key
• Deletes the character to the left of the  
insertion point.
Caps Lock key
• Press once to type the alphabets in uppercase.
• Press once more to revert and type in lowercase.
Shift key
• Press along with the alphabet key to type in 
uppercase if Caps Lock is OFF and in lowercase if 
Caps Lock is ON.
• Press along with non-alphabet key to type the special 
character/symbol that is above the main character. 
Tanya: Rishi, let’s open the text editor by double 
clicking on the Writer icon on the desktop. Let us try to 
understand how we can work on the Text Editor. When 
we open text editor, a blank document as shown below  
(Fig 2.6) will appear. Tanya also demonstrated how 
to open a new file in the text editor. Rishi followed 
the steps demonstrated by Tanya for creating a  
new document.
The title bar of the new document contains the name 
of the document and the name of the application 
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