Word Processing Skills Checklist

Skill
Cut
Copy
Paste
Font type
Font Size
Footers- your name and the
date
Grammar check and spell check
Graphics/ Clip art/ Objects
Headers- name of document
and page
Indent- double, hanging, left,
right
Margins- bottom, left, right, top
Page break- hard and soft
Search and replace
Find a word, phrase, etc.
Tabs- center, decimal, left, right,
with dot leaders
Text alignment- center, left,
right, justified, bold, underline,
italics
Thesaurus- using correctly
Undo/Redo
Word Art

Short-Cut (if applicable)

Ctrl+X
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+Shift+F
Ctrl+Shift+P
Insert footer
F7
Insert header
MenuParagraphSpecialCh
oose from options
Page layoutBreaks
Ctrl+H
Ctrl+F
On ruler
Ctrl+E, Ctrl+L, Ctrl+R, Ctrl+J,
Ctrl+B, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+I
Shift+F7
Ctrl+Z/ Ctrl+Y
Insert WordArt