What is Clipboard? This tutorial will give you the answer!

The Clipboard is an area of memory in which you can store text, graphics or any other items. Maybe you never notice the existence of it when you perform copy and paste.

Here is the actual fact.

When you copy any item in your Word document, actually the item is store in a virtual area called clipboard, and then when you perform the paste, computer will take it from the virtual area and paste the item to the intended location.

Let put you in action!

Concept behind the Copy and Paste

To copy text, graphic, or other items to the Clipboard

Select the item you wish to copy to the Clipboard.

From the Edit menu, click Copy.
Note: The item here can be highlight text, select a graphic, etc.

To copy multiple items to the Clipboard

To copy multiple items, simply select each item and copy it to theClipboard.
Note: Microsoft Office 2003 allows you to copy 24 items to the clipboardat once.

To cut selected items from a document

Select the items that you want to cut.

From the Edit menu, click Cut.

To paste data from the Clipboard

Select the data/item you wish to Cut or Copy.

Use the Cut or Copy command to place the data in the clipboard.

Then locate the insertion point at a different location within your current document (or indeed in a different document, or even a different Windows program).

From the Edit menu, click Paste.

To paste multiple items from the Clipboard

If the Clipboard toolbar is not displayed, then you can display it by clicking on View menu, point to Toolbars and click on Clipboard.

Icons on this toolbar include Copy, Paste All and Clear Clipboard.

To paste an item simply click on the appropriate icon on the Clipboardtoolbar.

To paste multiple items, just click on the multiple icons located on theClipboard toolbar.

Start Exploring Microsoft Word 2003

The Word tutorialtraining here will guide you and start exploring the basic features ofMicrosoft Word 2003.

It started from opening file, moving aroundWord document, and different selection techniques that you can delete the text after selected.

Let’s start and have fun of learning!

Opening a file in Microsoft Word 2003

To open a file

From the File menu, click Open.

From the Open dialog box as displayed, use the Look in: drop down menu to select the drive or folder that contains the file you want.

To open the file you can either double-click on the file name
OR select the file name by clicking on it, an

d then click on the Openbutton.

Moving through a Word document

Using the Keyboard Arrow keys

Place the insertion point anywhere in your document. Use the keyboard arrow keys to move up, down, left and right throughout the document.

Using the Keyboard Page Up / Page Down keys

If you press the keyboard Page Up or Page Down keys you will move through your document by approximately one screen per press.

Using the Scroll Button

If you click once on the down or up arrows at the top or bottom of thescroll bar you will scroll through your document one line at a time.

Using the Scroll Bar

Click on the scroll bar within the vertical scroll bar. As you drag it up and down, you will see page number displayed. When you release the mousebutton, you will go to the page number indicated within the yellow colored pop-up.

Microsoft Word 2003 Toolbars

To display additional toolbars

From the View menu, point to Toolbars.

From the Toolbars sub-menu, click on the required toolbar name. The toolbars that are already displayed on the screen are checked (ticked).

To turn a fixed toolbar to a floating toolbar

Place the mouse pointer to header of the particular toolbar you wish to move until you see the 'cross' symbol appear.

Click and drag the mouse to the location you wish to place the toolbar.

To re-attach a floating toolbar

Move the mouse pointer to the Title Bar of the particular floating toolbar you wish to re-attach and double-click with the mouse button.

Microsoft Word 2003 Selection Techniques

Important: Before you can apply any formatting to the text, you need to select (highlight) the text first. It can be a word, a line, a paragraph or entire Word document.

To select a word

Double-click on the word.

To select a line

Move the mouse pointer to the left of the line you wish to select, untilthe mouse pointer changes from an I-bean to an arrow pointing upwards and to the right. Click once with the mouse button.

To select a paragraph

Move the mouse pointer to the left of the paragraph you wish to select, until the mouse pointer changes from an I-bean to an arrow pointing upwards and to the right. Double-click with the left mouse button.

To select the entire document

From Edit menu, choose Select All.

Deleting Text in Microsoft Word 2003

If you wish a particular text to be disappear from your Microsoft Word 2003document, then you can use the delete function.

To delete a character

Place the insertion point to the left of the character to be deleted and press Delete key on your keyboard.

To delete a word

Select the word to be delete by double-click on it and press the keyboard Delete key.

To delete a line or lines

Select the line or lines to be delete (as describe in the Selection Techniques section above)

Press the Delete key.

To delete a block of text

Select the block of text that you want to delete by dragging the mousepointer over the text with the left mouse button depressed.

Once the text is selected press the Delete key.

To delete the entire document

Select the entire document (as describe in the Selection Techniques section above)

Press the Delete key.

Introduction to Microsoft Word 2003

Microsoft Word is part of the Microsoft Office. Its main function is for producing documents that can includes text, graphics, table, clip art, etc.

To start Word using the Windows Start menu

Click on the Startbutton, point toPrograms, following byMicrosoft Office andclick on Microsoft Office Word 2003.
Note: For Office previous version of Office - Click on theStart button, point toPrograms and click onMicrosoft Word.

Immediately you will see the screen shown below. In the right hand side of the screen, the Getting Started task pane provides help to you.

If you are not using it at the moment, click on the Close icon to close it.

The Word window contains a number of standard features including the Menu bar, Standard toolbar, Formatting toolbar, etc.

To insert text into a document

To enter text, just start typing! The text will appear where the blinking cursor is located. For example, you can type the following text into it accordingly.

My name is John Smith. Today I just learn how to type using MS Word.

To save a file

From the File menu, click Save.

From the Save in drop down menu, select the location where you want to save the file or to the different folder by clicking on it.

In the File name box, type in the file name that you would like to give (e.g. File1).

Click on the Save button.

To close a document

From File menu, select Close.

To exit Microsoft Word

Click on the Close icon displayed on the top-right corner of the Word screen.

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