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Find & Replace in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss the Find and Replace operation in Word 2010. While working on editing a document you come across a situation very frequently when you want to search a particular word in your document and many times you will be willing to replace this word with another word at a few or all the places throughout the document. Here, we will understand how to find a word or phrase in a word document and how to replace an existing word with any other word using simple steps. Find Command The Find command enables you to locate specific text in your document. Following are the steps to find a word document in the following screen − Step 1 − Let us work out on a sample text available in our Word document. Just type =rand() and press Enter; the following screen will appear − Step 2 − Click the Find option in the Editing group on the Home tab or press Ctrl + F to launch the Navigation pane − Step 3 − Enter a word which you want to search in the Search box, as soon as you finish typing, Word searches for the text you entered and displays the results in the navigation pane and highlights the word in the document as in the following screenshot − Step 4 − You can click the clear button (X) to clear the search and results and perform another search. Step 5 − You can use further options while searching for a word. Click the option button to display the options menu and then click the Options option; this will display a list of options. You can select the options like match case to perform case-sensitive search. Step 6 − Finally, if you are done with the Search operation, you can click the close button (X) to close the Navigation Pane. Find & Replace Operation We assume you are an expert in searching a word or phrase in a word document as explained above. This section will teach you how you can replace an existing word in your document. Following are the simple steps − Step 1 − Click the Replace option in the Editing group on the Home tab or press Ctrl + H to launch the Find and Replace dialog box shown in Step 2 − Step 2 − Type a word which you want to search. You can also replace the word using the Find and Replace dialog box as in the following screenshot − Step 3 − Click the Replace button available on the Find and Replace dialog box and you will see the first occurrence of the searched word would be replaced with the replace with word. Clicking again on Replace button would replace next occurrence of the searched word. If you will click Replace All button then it would replace all the found words in one go. You can also use Find Next button just to search the next occurence and later you can use Replace button to replace the found word. Step 4 − You can use More >> button available on the dialog box to use more options and to make your search more specific like case sensitive search or searching for whole word only etc. Step 5 − Finally, if you are done with the Find and Replace operation, you can click the Close (X) or Cancel button of the dialog box to close the box. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Indent Paragraphs in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss the how to indent paragraphs in Word 2010. As you know the margin settings determine the blank space that appears on each side of a paragraph. You can indent paragraphs in your document from the left margin, the right margin, or both the margins. This chapter will teach you how to indent your paragraphs with or without the first line of the paragraphs. Left Indentation Left indentation means to move the left edge of the paragraph inward towards the center of the paragraph. Let us use the following steps to create left indentation. Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent left and click the Increase Indent button available on the Home tab or simply press the Ctrl + M keys. You can click multiple times to create deeper indentation. Step 2 − You can remove left indentation by clicking the Decrease Indent button available on Home tab or simply press Ctrl + Shift+ M keys. You can click multiple times to remove deeper indentation. You can also use the Paragraph Dialog Box to set left and right indentations. We will see this dialog box in the last section of this chapter. Right Indentation Right indentation means to move the right edge of the paragraph inward towards the center of the paragraph. Let us use the following steps to create right indentation. Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent and then click on the Increase Right Indent spinner available on the Page Layout tab. You can click on the spinner multiple times to create deeper indentation. You can use the Left Indent spinners as well to set left indentation from the same place. Step 2 − You can remove right indentation by clicking the Decrease Right Indent spinner in the opposite direction. You can also use the Paragraph Dialog Box to set the left and the right indentations. We will see this dialog box in the next section. First Line Indentation You can move the left side of the first line of a paragraph inward toward the center. Let us see the procedure to perform first line indentation. Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent right and click the Paragraph Dialog Box launcher available on the Home tab. Step 2 − Click the Before Text spinner to set left indentation and select the First Line Option to move the left side of the first line of a paragraph inward toward the center. You can control the movement by setting the Indentation Unit. A preview box will give only the idea and not the indentation status. Hanging Indentation You can move the left side of the first line of a paragraph leftward, away from the center which is called the hanging indentation. Let us see the procedure to perform hanging indentation. Step 1 − Click anywhere on the paragraph you want to indent right and click the Paragraph Dialog Box launcher available on the Home tab. Step 2 − Click the Before Text spinner to set left indentation and select Hanging Option to move the left side of the first line of a paragraph leftward, away from the center. You can control the movement by setting the Indentation Unit. A preview box will give only the idea and not the indentation status. You can use the After Text spinner to set the right indentation. You can try it yourself. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Entering Text – Microsoft Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, let us discuss how to enter text with Microsoft Word 2010. Let us see how easy it is to enter text in a Word document. We assume you know that when you start Word, it displays a new document by default as shown below − Document area is the area where you type your text. The flashing vertical bar is called the insertion point and it represents the location where the text will appear when you type. keep the cursor at the text insertion point and start typing the text. We typed only two words “Hello Word” as shown below. The text appears to the left of the insertion point as you type − The following are the two important points that will help you while typing − You do not need to press Enter to start a new line. As the insertion point reaches the end of the line, Word automatically starts a new one. You will need to press Enter, to add a new paragraph. When you want to add more than one space between words, use the Tab key instead of the spacebar. This way you can properly align text by using the proportional fonts. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Context Help in Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss Context Help in Word 2010. Microsoft Office provides more than one method for calling up Help when you need it. We will discuss a few important methods in this chapter − Context Sensitive Help This is the easiest way of getting help about any of the options available at word screen. You just need to bring your mouse pointer over an option and wait for 2 seconds, MS Word will pop-up a small balloon help giving you detail about the operation. If word has additional help for that option, then it gives the option Press F1 for more help as shown below when you bring your mouse pointer over the color fill option. You can press the F1 key to get further help on this option. Using F1 Key You can press the F1 key when you are in the middle of doing something and Office will display the various categories of help as shown below. You can either search a keyword using the Search option or you can browse the listed categories to go through a topic in detail − Using Help Icon You can also have similar help window as shown above, by clicking the Help icon located just above the right edge of the ribbon as shown below − Using Help Option You can communicate with Microsoft using the Help option available under the File tab. As shown above, you can use Microsoft Office Help to launch the Help window, or Getting Started link to go to Microsoft’s official website, otherwise use the Contact us option to contact Microsoft via email or phone. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Word Tutorial PDF Version Quick Guide Resources Job Search Discussion Microsoft Office Word 2010 allows you to create and edit personal and business documents, such as letters, reports, invoices, emails and books. By default, documents saved in Word 2010 are saved with the .docx extension. Microsoft Word can be used for the following purposes − To create business documents having various graphics including pictures, charts, and diagrams. To store and reuse readymade content and formatted elements such as cover pages and sidebars. To create letters and letterheads for personal and business purpose. To design different documents such as resumes or invitation cards etc. To create a range of correspondence from a simple office memo to legal copies and reference documents. Audience This tutorial has been designed for computer users who are willing to learn Microsoft Word in simple steps and they do not have much knowledge about computer usage and Microsoft applications. This tutorial will give you enough understanding on MS Word from where you can take yourself to higher levels of expertise. Prerequisites Before you begin with this tutorial, we assume you have a basic understanding of Computer peripherals like mouse, keyboard, monitor, screen, etc. and their basic operations. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Getting Started Word 2010 ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will discuss how to get started with Word 2010. We will understand how to start a Word 2010 application in simple steps. Assuming you have Microsoft Office 2010 installed in your PC, to start the Word application, follow these steps − Step 1 − Click the Start button. Step 2 − Click the All Programs option from the menu. Step 3 − Search for Microsoft Office from the submenu and click it. Step 4 − Search for Microsoft Word 2010 from the submenu and click it. This will launch the Microsoft Word 2010 application and you will see the following window. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;