Word processing/Working with text/Editing features

Editing
To edit a document is to change the way it appears: this can be by moving and inserting text, deleting text or creating and removing paragraphs.

Spell Check a whole document
The Spell checker is great for picking up errors but don’t rely on it entirely. A word may be spelt correctly but still not be correct e.g. here/hear, went/want, their/there. It is still very important to proofread (check) your document before printing.


 * 1) Click on Customize Quick Access Toolbar and add Spelling & Grammar
 * 2) Click on [[Image:TIM-spelling.png]] . The Spelling and Grammar dialog box will appear and the cursor will move to the first incorrect word and highlight the word.  [[Image:TIM-spelldialog.png]]
 * 3) The spell check feature automatically gives you some options down the right hand side of the dialog box.

This is what each option means:


 * Change
 * When the word is spelt incorrectly click on the correct spelling from the list of suggestions, then click on Change.


 * Ignore Once
 * Click on Ignore Once when you know the word is spelt correctly but is not in the dictionary and you are not likely to use it again e.g. an odd place name


 * Add to Dictionary
 * When you know the word is spelt correctly and you are likely to use it again e.g. your name, highlight the “incorrect” word and click on Add to Dictionary. The highlighted word will be added to your own Custom Dictionary rather than the main Word dictionary.

Moving and copying blocks of text
You can change the order of words, sentences and paragraphs to improve the structure of your document. When moving or copying text, the text (plus any space required) must be selected.

When you copy or move text, the text retains the character formatting e.g. bold, font style. If the copied or moved text includes the paragraph mark ¶, the text retains the paragraph formatting e.g. line spacing, alignment.


 * To move text
 * Cut the text from one place in the document and paste it into another.


 * To copy text
 * Copy it from one place in the document and paste a copy of it into another.

Find and Replace Text
The Find facility allows you to quickly find text and/or formats when editing a document. For example, say you find a mistake in a printed document, instead of scrolling through the document yourself; you can use Find and go straight to the mistake.

Find Text


 * 1) Go	to Home Tab &rArr; Editing group
 * 2) Click on	Find. (The keyboard shortcut key is Ctrl F)
 * 3) The Find dialog box will appear: [[Image:TIM-finddialog.png]]
 * 4) Key the text to be found in the Find what field
 * 5) Click Find Next

Replace Text

The Replace facility allows you to replace existing text with other text and/or formats. For example, say you keyed in Club Med throughout a document and you wanted to replace it with Holiday Club, you tell Word to do this once and it happens throughout the document.


 * 1) Go	to Home Tab &rArr; Editing group
 * 2) Click on Replace
 * 3) The Find and Replace dialog box will appear: [[Image:TIM-replacedialog.png]]
 * 4) Key the text to be found and the text you would like it to be replaced with
 * 5) Click on	Find Next - the first occurrence will be highlighted
 * 6) Click on Replace
 * 7) Repeat until all occurrences have been replaced and this appears: Click on OK
 * 8) Click on Close in dialog box

Both Find and Replace save lots of time!

Replace text automatically
This time we will replace all occurrences automatically


 * 1) Press Ctrl + H to open dialog box.
 * 2) Next to Find what, enter the text to find : our.
 * 3) Next to Replace with, enter the new text: the
 * 4) Fill in options – whole word only, search all
 * 5) Close options - click on Less
 * 6) Click on Replace All
 * 7) When this appears, click on OK or press Enter
 * 8) Click on Close to close the dialog box

Replace standard text with formatted text

 * 1) Press Ctrl + H
 * 2) Key text to find: Holiday Club. Key text to replace with: Holiday Club
 * 3) Click on More
 * 4) Choose Format &rArr; Font [[Image:wp-replace3.png]]
 * 5) The Font dialog box will appear: choose the Font, Font style and Size, then click on OK
 * 6) Click on Less and the dialog box will close up
 * 7) Check that the format is under the Replace with text, not the Find what text: [[Image:wp-replace7.png]]
 * Note: If formatting appears under Find what, this is a mistake: [[Image:wp-replace5.png]]
 * To fix this, click on No Formatting and redo making sure you are in Replace with: [[Image:wp-replace6.png]]
 * 1) Click on Replace all
 * 2) When replacement has finished, a dialog box will appear. Press Enter or click on OK.
 * 3) Print preview – Oh!!! the font size was too small with this font. So Press Ctrl + H again, click on Replace with text Holiday Club
 * 4) Change the Replace with font format to 18
 * 5) Replace all, check your Preview, then close the Preview.
 * 6) Save the changes to the document and close it