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 "at AdWorks" 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. See
how it's highlighted blue? That means the text is selected. And 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 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.