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the foundation of text in Word 2010 is
simple just click where you want your
text and type if you make a mistake like
I did that's okay
you can use backspace or delete to fix
it there may be a time when you need to
work with the text that's already in
your document maybe to copy and paste it
or to move it to a different location
the first thing you need to know is how
to select text the text I'd like to
select here is a tad works in the first
sentence of the sales report I'm working
on just click hold and drag your mouse
over the text then let go let's see how
it's highlighted blue that means the
text is selected in this little box is
the hover toolbar which gives you access
to the formatting options we go over in
another lesson
let's try copy and paste now that we
have our text selected just click copy
choose where you want the text to go
then paste you can also get to these
commands by right-clicking in the
document for example to cut and paste
select your text now right-click then
choose cut the original text will
disappear and you'll be able to paste it
anywhere you want by right-clicking
again the paste options determine how
it's going to look ranging from exactly
like the original to the same text but
without any formatting I'm going to keep
the formatting because I like how the
company name sort of has its own look
if you want to move a selection of text
from one place to another you can use
the drag-and-drop technique first select
the text now click hold and drag it
where you want it to go if it ends up
somewhere other than what you had in
mind you can hit enter to move it to a
new line there that looks good finally
in a long document like this one I
sometimes have trouble finding a
specific word or phrase I know is in
there somewhere the find feature can
help by searching the document for you
click find in the upper right type the
word or phrase you're looking for here
and the results will show up below and
to be highlighted yellow you can choose
replace instead to find text but replace
it with something else I actually need
to change the month on this report from
January to February now click find next
and replace replace all can save even
more time by changing every instance in
the document automatically now you know
the basics including cut copy and paste
drag and drop and find and replace
everything you need to work with text in
Word 2010
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