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Typing Basics

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When typing DO NOT press ENTER when text get close to the right margin. Let the text flow automatically to the next line. All Word processing programs will adjust your text to the size of any window.

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Do not use the SPACE bar to try to align text vertically. To align text place the cursor before the word or paragraph and use the TAB key in your keyboard once, twice or as desired

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The ENTER key is used to finish a paragraph and to move the cursor to the next line. It is also know from the old typewriter days a “carriage return” (CR.).
But in computers there is a HARD CR and a SOFT CR.

HARD CR is just pressing the ENTER key. In most word programs it creates a 1 1/2 spacing for the next line.

SOFT CR is SHIFT ENTER. The spacing is a single space, the normal spacing between lines of text.

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TYPING SHORTCUTS
Many typists favor keyboard shortcuts to fast perform text editing commands:
CTRL L - Aligns text to the left of the page
CTRL R - Aligns text to the right of the page
CTRL E - Aligns text to the center of the page
CTRL A - Selects ALL the text in the document
CTRL B - Bolds text that has been previously highlighted
CTRL U - Underlines text that has been previously highlighted
CTRL N - OPENS a new document
CTRL O - OPENS a existing document
CTRL P - Sends your current document to the PRINTER.
CTRL X - CUT the previously highlighted text, and keeps it in the memory
CTRL C - COPY the previously highlighted text, and keeps it in the memory
CTRL P - PASTE the previously selected text at the new location of the cursor
CTRL F - FINDS a word in the current document
CTRL S - SAVES the current document
CTRL Z - UNDO the last action. It can be repeated if needed