Microsoft Word techniques for task1.doc


  1. How do I do the hanging indents paragraph? The Format menu, Paragraph command (Alt, O, P) dialog box and what task1.doc should look like afterwards. Click here to see the techniques illustrated. Format menu, Paragraph command Correction: Alt, O, P is the correct key sequence, not Alt, F, P

  2. The fastest way to select a sentence in Microsoft Word. Hold down the control key and single click the left mouse button anywhere within the sentence. Ctrl + click to select a sentence.

  3. What is the fastest way to make an entire sentence bold? Ctrl + click to select it. Then Ctrl + B to make it bold. Ctrl + I for Italics, Ctrl + U for Underlined.

  4. The Format Painter button should be double clicked when you want to capture a format and paint it over and over and over again to various objects in your document. Single click when you are done, to turn Format Painting off again.

  5. There are four different types of tabs available. Click on the very right side of the ruler, where you see an object that looks like an upper-case L. It changes to an upside down T, then to a backward facing L, then to an upside down T with a period (or decimal point symbol) beside it. These are you 4 different tab choices in Word 97.

  6. The task1.doc ruler with tabs as required in your timed exercise.