Unit 1 - Exploring Documents-Skill 1
Unit 1 - Exploring Documents-Skill 1
By : Nilofer Malek
Introduction
◎ Having these skills means that you can produce a piece of work that is
informative, clear ,accurate and eye-catching .
◎ One of the most important things to think about when creating a document is
your audience.
◎ In this module you are going to learn how to create and change documents to
make them suitable for different audiences.
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Skill 1 : Adding, changing and moving text
◎ Adding text :
◉ When you open a document , you need to look for the flashing cursor.
◉ This will show you where text will appear when you start typing.
◉ To type a text into a document you use the keys on the keyboard.
◉ Each time you press a letter, number or symbol on the keyboard , it will
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Skill 1 : Adding, changing and moving text
◎ Changing text :
◉ If you decided that you want to change the text that you have typed, you
can do this in three different ways:
2. You can select a whole word by putting the mouse pointer on the word
and double-clicking the left mouse button. when you press the backspace
key the whole word is deleted.
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Moving Text
◎ When you have selected some text, you can also move it if it is in the
wrong place .
◎ 1. you can move text by placing the cursor in the middle of the
selected text, clicking and holding down the left mouse button and
dragging the cursor to where you want to put the text.
◎ 2. you can also move text by using cut and paste options.
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◎ Text : The words that you type into a document .
◎ Audience : The people who will read your document .
◎ Cursor : A small vertical line in a document that flashes
to show where text will appear when it is typed.
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◎ Activity 1.1
◎ Activity 1.2
◎ Activity 1.3
◎ Activity 1.4
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