Revision Notes: More in Word | Computer Science for Class 5 PDF Download

Introduction

Manipulating Paragraph

Select text by using the mouse
(i) To select an entire document, do one of the following:

• On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All
  
• Move the pointer to the left of any text until it turns into a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click.

(ii) 

(iii) Select text in different places
You can select text or items in a table that are not next to each other. For example, you can select a paragraph on one page and a sentence on a different page.

• Select some text or an item in a table.
• Hold down CTRL while you select any additional text or item in a table that you want.

Select text by using the keyboard

• Select text in the body of a document
• To select an entire document, press CTRL+A
  

Moving

• Moving is also known as Cut and Paste. It allows you to remove selected text from the document/paragraph and place it to different location.

To cut and paste a block of text:

• Select the text you want to move.
• Click the Cut button on the Standard toolbar. or in Keyboard Press Ctrl + X
• Place the insertion point where you want the text inserted.
• Click the Paste button. in Keyboard Press Ctrl + V

Copying
Copying text can be useful if you need to duplicate words you have already typed as it saves time and effort. Follow these step-by-step instructions to copy and paste text.
Step 1: Open an existing Word document or start a new document and type your text.
Step 2: To copy text, it will need to be selected or highlighted with the mouse first. When the mouse pointer is moved over a text area, the pointer will change from an arrow to a ‘text select’ or ‘I-beam’ icon.

Step 3: Select your text so that it’s highlighted.
Step 4: Copy the text by clicking on the copy icon at the left-hand side of the formatting ribbon.Step 5: Use the mouse to move the cursor to where you wish to paste the copied text.
Step 6: Click Paste to insert the copied text in its new place in your text.