1. Open the document exer1a (Word document)

2. Read the document and follow the instructions, making changes as instructed.

3. Your edited document should look similar to the example below.

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Example

Basic Editing

You can move your cursor around the screen by using either the insertion point or the arrow keys. Move your cursor to here.

Now press the Enter key twice to move this sentence down the page. This text is too far down the page. Move it up so that it follows on from the previous text. You will have to move your cursor up to the blank lines and delete them. Move the following colours so that they are each on a line of their own.
Blue
Red
Yellow
Green

Now type your name and address below, using the Enter key for each new line.

Carol Hill
Town Hall
Church Street
Warsop
Mansfield
Notts
NG20 0AL

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Exercise 2

To complete this exercise you will need to refer to explanations on how to use the following functions: Retrieve, Print, Save, Exit, Bold, Underline, Centre.

1. Open the document exer2a (Word Document)

2. Save this document using the name mine2

3. Print one copy of the document

4. Compare your printed document with the one below

5. Amend your document to look like the example below.

6. Add your name to the bottom of your document.

7. Print a copy of your amended document.

8. Save your document as exer2b

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Example exer2b

Using Disks

In order to save your work, reload or back up your work you will need to use a disk. There are various kinds of disks and it is important to know the differences and how to handle them.

Hard Disks

A hard or fixed disk system normally resides inside your computer and cannot be seen or touched by the user. It stores huge amounts of information.

Floppy Disks

Floppy disks are cheep, small and easily portable. They are called "floppy" because the disk itself, a circle of magnetic-coated material (rather like audio or video-tape), is indeed very floppy. The surface is, very vulnerable to damage and so the disk is encased in a hard plastic cover, just as a tape is in a rigid plastic cassette. It also has a metal sliding door that protects the magnetic disk inside the case.

Capacity

For this course you will be using 31/2" disks which can hold between 720,000 bytes (or characters) and 1,440,000 bytes of information. The double sided, double density disk is the most common type to be used on PC's. The disk capacity will sometimes depend on the way it is formatted.

Floppy disks are very cheap compared to your time and hard work, so always have plenty of spares and keep backup copies of important documents.

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