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Microsoft Word: Exercise 3- Copy and

Paste
In this exercise you will practice:
Opening a saved document
Using Copy and Paste commands
Changing Font and Font Size

Centering text
Making text Bold and Underlined
Using Save As and Save

1. Open the word document CopyPaste. This should be saved in the My

Documents folder. You will need to double-click on the icon to open the
document.
2. Look at the entire document by scrolling down and then scrolling up.
3. Select all the text by clicking Select, and then clicking Select All. Select is located
on the Home tab in the Editing group.
4. Change the size of the text to 14 point by using the
Font Size dropdown menu on the Home tab in the Font
group.
5. Click anywhere to clear
highlighting.

the

6. Highlight the first

section of the
document, like this:

7. On the Home tab in the Clipboard group, click the Copy

command. The copy command tells the computer to remember
the text you have highlighted so you can use it again.
8. Click in the white space below the words Class Description.
You should see your cursor flashing there.
9. On the Home tab in the Clipboard group, click the Paste
command. The copy of text you highlighted should appear. The
paste command tells the computer to put the text you copied
where the cursor is.
10. Highlight the first section of the document again, and
press the Backspace key on the keyboard. The text you highlighted should
disappear.
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12. On the Home tab in the Paragraph group,

click the Center command. The center command
will line up your text in the center of the document.
13. Change the size of this text to 36 point by using the Font Size dropdown menu in
the Font group
14. In the Font group, click the Bold command to make the
highlighted text bold.
15. Click anywhere to clear the
highlighting.
16. Highlight the section under Computer
Classes at the Rondo Library, like this:
17. Change the size of this text to 20 point.
Your document should look like the picture
on the right.
18.

Highlight: Class Description

19. In the Font group, click the Underline command to make the
highlighted text underlined.
20. Keep the text highlighted and then click the Bold command. The text should be
Bold and Underlined.
21.

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22. Click the Underline command and

then click the Bold command to make
the highlighted text underlined and bold.
23.

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24. Click the Underline command and

then click the Bold command to make
the highlighted text underlined and bold.
25. On the Ribbon, click the File tab to
open the Backstage View. On the left
side of the window, click Print.
26. A preview of what your document
would look like if you printed it should
appear on the right side of the window.
Your document should look like this:
27. On the Ribbon, click the Home tab to
leave the Backstage View and return to your document.
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28. Select all the text by clicking Select, and then clicking Select All. Select is
located on the Home tab in the Editing group.
29. Change the font to Century Gothic using the Font dropdown menu in the Font
group, and then click anywhere to clear the highlighting.
30.

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31. Change the font to Hurry up using the Font

dropdown menu in the Font group.
32. Keep the text highlighted. In the Font group
use the Font Color dropdown menu to change
the color of the text to blue.
33.

Click anywhere to clear the highlighting.

34. Highlight: Class Description. Change the

color of the text to blue using the Font Color
dropdown menu in the Font group.
35. Highlight: Required Experience.
Change the color of the text to blue
using the Font Color dropdown menu in
the Font group.
36. Highlight: More Information.
Change the color of the text to blue
using the Font Color dropdown menu in
the Font group.
37. On the Ribbon, click the File tab to
open the Backstage View. On the left
side of the window, click Print and look
at the preview of your document to see
the changes you have made.
38.

Your document should look like this:

39. On the left side of the window, click

Save As. A box will appear.
40. Save the document to the My
Documents folder or to your flash
drive. Use the Save in: dropdown menu at the top of the box or the icons on the left
side of the box to choose where you want to save.

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41. Change the name of the

document to
ComputerClassFlyer. You will
need to erase the name that is
there.
42. Click Save in the bottom
right corner of the box.
43.
Click the X in the top right
corner of the window to close
Microsoft Word, and then
find the icon for your saved
document.