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the foundation of text in Word 2013 is
simple just click where you want your
text and type you can use the spacebar
on your keyboard to add spaces and if
you want to start a new line just press
Enter
if you make a mistake like I did that's
okay you can press backspace or delete
to fix it and now we're all set there
may come a time when you need to work
with text that's already in your
document maybe to copy and paste it or
to move it to a different location to do
that you need to know how to select text
first the text I'd like to select is the
business name h2o you can see it here at
the top of the list just click hold and
drag your mouse over the text then let
go
see how it's highlighted gray that means
the text is selected and this little box
is the hover toolbar which gives you
easy access to formatting options like
font color size and more let's try copy
and paste now that we have our text
selected just click the copy command on
the ribbon choose where you want the
text to go then click paste
you can also get to these commands by
right-clicking in the document for
example to cut and paste start by
selecting your text then right-click and
choose cut the original text will
disappear and now we can paste it
anywhere we want by right-clicking again
paste options determine how the text is
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 the way it
looks with each item on the list if you
want to move a selection of text from
one place to another you can use the
drag and drop method let's skip to the
bottom of the document so I can show you
how it works
first select the text you want to move
now click hold and drag where you want
it to go you may need to do some
rearranging to make sure it ends up the
way you want finally in a long document
like this I sometimes have trouble
finding a specific word or phrase that I
know is in there somewhere the find
feature can help by searching the
document for you click the find command
on the ribbon then type the word or
phrase you're looking for the results
will show up in the left pane and will
also be highlighted yellow at times you
may find that you've made a mistake
throughout your document or you need to
swap a certain word or phrase for
another for that you can use the replace
command instead I actually need to
change the month on these specials from
February to March now when you're ready
click find next in the dialog box then
click replace replace all can save you
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 2013
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