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Chapter 14 - Editing Word Document 1

What is editing?

After typing a document, you will often discover that you need to make some
changes to your text. Perhaps you want to rephrase or even delete a sentence.

Editing is the process of correcting mistakes and making changes to the
content of a document.

Editing is done with the use of tools that are found on the Standard Toolbar,
Menu Bar or Office Button. Examples of these tools are; undo, redo, cut, copy,
paste, etc. To be able to edit a document, you need to open the document.

Opening a Document from a Word Processor

1. Click File from the Menu Bar or Office Button .
2. In the left column, you click on Open. [A dialog box will be displayed

for you to select a document to open].
3. Single-click on the file icon, then click the Open button OR
Double click on a selected document to open it.

Backstage

OR
Use the shortcut, CTRL + O.

NB: The process that is used to recall a document previously saved is termed
OPEN.

Ways of Editing Documents

Inserting Text
Moving Text
Deleting Text

Undo