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CHAPTER 3
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REMOVE TEXT YOU DON’T
WANT
In Word, you use the keyboard to both create and destroy text. The majority
of keys create text. Only two keys delete: Backspace and Delete. These keys
gain more power when used with other keys — and even the mouse — that
help them to delete great swaths of text.

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DELETING SINGLE
CHARACTERS
Use the Backspace and Delete keys to delete single characters:
Backspace deletes the character to the left of the insertion pointer.
Delete deletes the character to the right of the insertion pointer.

* You can press and hold down Backspace or Delete to machine-gun-delete

characters. Release the key to halt such wanton destruction

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DELETING A WORD
To gobble up an entire word, use the Ctrl key with the Backspace or Delete
key:
Ctrl+Backspace deletes the word to the left of the insertion pointer.
Ctrl+Delete deletes the word to the right of the insertion pointer.
These keyboard shortcuts work best when the insertion pointer is at the start
or end of a word. When the pointer is in the middle of the word, these
commands delete only from that middle point to the start or end of the word.

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When you use Ctrl+Backspace to delete a word to the left, the insertion
pointer sits at the end of the preceding word (or paragraph).
When you use Ctrl+Delete to remove a word, the cursor sits at the start of the
next word. This positioning is done to facilitate the rapid deletion of several
words in a row.

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DELETE A LINE OF TEXT
A line of text starts at one side of the page and goes to the other. It’s not really
a sentence or a paragraph, but the line can be removed. Follow these steps:
1. Move the mouse pointer into the left margin next to the line of text. You
know you've found the sweet spot when the mouse pointer changes into a
northeast-pointing arrow.
2. Click the mouse. The line of text is selected and appears highlighted on the
screen.
3. Press the Delete key to send that line into oblivion.

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DELETE A SENTENCE
A sentence is a grammatical thing. You know: Start with a capital letter and
end with a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point. You probably
mastered this concept in grammar school, which is why they call it grammar
school anyway. Making a sentence go bye-bye is cinchy:
1. Position the mouse pointer at the offending sentence.
2. Press and hold down the Ctrl key and click the mouse. The Ctrl and mouse
click combination selects a sentence of text. You can release the Ctrl key.
3. Press the Delete key.

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DELETE A PARAGRAPH
A paragraph is one or more sentences, or a document heading, ending with a
press of the Enter key. Here's the fastest way to delete a full paragraph:
1. Click the mouse button thrice. Thrice means “three times.” The triple click
selects a complete paragraph of text.
2. Press the Delete key.

Another way to select a paragraph is to click the mouse twice in the left
margin next to the paragraph.

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DELETE A PAGE
A page of text includes everything on a page, top to bottom. To remove a
page full of text requires some legerdemain with multiple Word commands.
Follow these steps:
1. Press Ctrl+G. The Find and Replace dialog box appears, with the Go To tab
forward.
2. From the Go to What list, click to select Page.
3. Type the number of the page you want to delete.
4. Click the Go To button and then click the Close button. The insertion
pointer is positioned at the top of the page.

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5. Press the F8 key. Word enters extended selection mode.
6. Press Ctrl+PgDn. PgDn is the Page Down key. The entire page is now
selected.
7. Press the Delete key.
All text is removed from the page.

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MAKING TWO PARAGRAPHS
FROM ONE
To split a single paragraph in twain, follow these steps:
1. Click the mouse at the point where you want the new paragraph to begin.
Ideally that point is at the start of a sentence.
2. Press the Enter key. Word splits the paragraph in two; the text above the
insertion pointer becomes its own paragraph, and the text following it then
becomes the next paragraph.

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MAKING ONE PARAGRAPH
FROM TWO
To join two paragraphs and turn them into one, follow these steps:
1. Place the insertion pointer at the start of the second paragraph. Use the
keyboard to position the insertion pointer, or click the mouse.
2. Press the Backspace key. The Enter character from the preceding paragraph
is removed, which joins two paragraphs into one.

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UNDO MISTAKES WITH UNDO
HASTE
The Undo command undoes anything you do in Word, which includes
formatting text, moving blocks, typing and deleting text — the whole
enchilada. You have two handy ways to unleash the Undo command:
•Press Ctrl+Z.
•Click the Undo command button on the Quick Access toolbar.
*An advantage of the Undo command button is that it sports a drop-down
menu that helps you review the past several things you've done, which can be
undone.

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UNDOING THE UNDO
COMMAND WITH REDO
If you undo something and — whoops! — you didn’t mean to, use the Redo
command to set things back to the way they were. For example, you may type
some text and then use Undo to “untype” the text. You can use the Redo
command to restore the typing. You have two choices:
Press Ctrl+Y.
Click the Redo command button on the Quick Access Toolbar.
* The Redo command does exactly the opposite of whatever the Undo
command does. So, if you type text, Undo untypes the text and Redo recovers
the text. If you use Undo to recover deleted text, Redo deletes the text again.

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