Johnson S. Show Me Microsoft Windows XP / Creating a Document

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Show Me Microsoft Windows XP
Authors: Johnson S.
Published year: 2002
Pages: 38-39/391

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Creating a Document

A document is a file you create using a word processing program, such as a letter, memo, or resume. When you start WordPad, a blankdocument appears in the work area, known as the document window. You can enter information to create a new document and save the result in a file, or you can open an existing file and save the document with changes.

Create a Document

Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click WordPad.

If WordPad is already open, click the New button on the toolbar, click Rich Text Document, and then click OK.

Type your text.

Press Enter when you want to start a new paragraph.

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Change the Page Setup

Click the File menu, and then click Page Setup.

Specify the paper size and source.

Specify the page orientation, either portrait or landscape.

Specify the page margins.

Click OK.

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Open an Existing Documentfrom Within a Program

Click the Open button on the toolbar.

Click the Files Of Type list arrow, and then click the file type you want to open.

Click an icon on the Places bar to open a frequently used folder.

If desired, click the Look In list arrow, and then click the drive or folder from where you want to open the file.

Double-click the folder from which you want to open the file.

Click the document you want to open.

Click Open.

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Open a Recent Document from the Start Menu

Click the Start button.

Point to My Recent Documents.

Click the recently opened document you want to re-open.

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Did You Know?

You can remove all recently useddocuments from the My Recent Documents submenu . Right-click the Start button, click Properties, click Customize, click the Advanced tab in the Customize Start Menu dialog box, and then click Clear List.

Editing Text

One of the advantages of using a word processing program is that you can edit a document or change the contents without re-creating it. In the WordPad work area, the mouse pointer changes to the I-beam pointer, which you can use to reposition the insertion point (called navigating) and insert, delete, or select text. Before you can edit text, you need to highlight, or select, the text you want to modify. Then you can delete, replace, move (cut), or copy text within one document or betweendocuments even if they're different programs. When you cut or copy an item, it's placed on the Clipboard, which stores only a single piece of information at a time. You can also move or copy selected text without storing it on the Clipboard by using drag-and-drop editing.

Select and Edit Text

Move the I-beam pointer to the left or right of the text you wantto select.

Drag the pointer to highlightthe text.

TIMESAVER Double-click a word to select it; triple-click a paragraph to select it.

Perform one of the following editing commands:

To replace text, type your text.
To delete text, press the Backspace key or the Delete key.

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Insert and Delete Text

Click in the document to place the insertion point where you want to make the change.

To insert text, type your text.
To delete text, press the Backspace key or theDelete key.

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Move or Copy Text

Select the text you want to move or copy.

Click the Cut button or Copy button on the toolbar.

Click where you want to insert the text.

Click the Paste button on the toolbar.

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Move or Copy Text Using Drag and Drop

Select the text you want to move or copy.

Point to the selected text, and then click and hold the mouse button.

If you want to copy the text to a new location, also press and hold the Ctrl key. A plus sign (+) appears in the pointer box, indicating that you are dragging a copy of the selected text.

Drag the selected text to the new location, and then release the mouse button (and the Ctrl key, if necessary).

Click anywhere in the document to deselect the text.

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