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Word Basics

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

To select text means to highlight a block of text.
 

 2. 

Clicking buttons to switch between two options is known as toggling.
 

 3. 

Easy Access Styles are settings that affect the way text looks in the document, and that you can apply by clicking a button on the Ribbon.
 

 4. 

To use drag-and-drop, position the pointer on top of the selected text, and then drag the selected text to the new location.
 

 5. 

The Clipboard is available to all the programs on your computer, and it is sometimes called the system Clipboard.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

To select text with the mouse, position the I-beam pointer to the left of the first character of the text you want to select. Hold down the left button on the mouse, drag the pointer to the end of the text you want to select, and release the button. This is called ____.
a.
dropping
c.
pulling
b.
relocating
d.
dragging
 

 7. 

To select blocks of text that are not next to each other, select the first block of text, press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then use the mouse to select additional blocks of text.
a.
Ctrl
c.
Shift
b.
Tab
d.
F5
 

 8. 

The Show/Hide ¶ command allows you to see ____.
a.
hidden formatting marks
c.
how the document will print
b.
the text in a header
d.
word count
 

 9. 

A command that you use by turning a feature on or off is sometimes known as a ____ command.
a.
on and off
c.
repeat
b.
sometimes
d.
toggle
 

 10. 

Pressing the Enter key creates a new paragraph with ____.
a.
blank space between it and the paragraph above it
b.
blank space between it and the paragraph below it
c.
an indentation of five characters
d.
a capital letter as the beginning character
 

 11. 

____ are settings that affect the way text looks in the document and that you can apply by clicking a button on the Ribbon.
a.
Quick Settings
c.
Easy Styles
b.
Easy Settings
d.
Quick Styles
 

 12. 

The ____ command is useful because it reverses recent actions.
a.
Undo
c.
Repeat
b.
Redo
d.
Cut
 

 13. 

The ____ command reverses an Undo action.
a.
Redo
c.
Again
b.
Repeat
d.
Reverse
 

 14. 

The ____ command repeats the most recent action.
a.
Redo
c.
Repeat
b.
Undo
d.
Again
 

 15. 

When you ____ selected text, it is removed from the document and placed on the Clipboard.
a.
cut
c.
paste
b.
copy
d.
undo
 

 16. 

When you ____ selected text, it remains in its original location and a copy of it is placed on the Clipboard.
a.
cut
c.
paste
b.
copy
d.
undo
 

 17. 

Once you have placed text on the Clipboard, you can then ____ into the document whatever is stored on the Clipboard.
a.
paste
c.
toggle
b.
copy
d.
attach
 

 18. 

The Clipboard is available to all the programs on your computer, and it is sometimes called the ____.
a.
system Clipboard
c.
Computer Clipboard
b.
Office Program Clipboard
d.
Browser Clipboard
 

 19. 

The appearance of text is called ____.
a.
formatting
c.
editing
b.
printing
d.
layout
 

 20. 

The Office Clipboard is a special clipboard on which you can collect up to ____ selections.
a.
6
c.
18
b.
12
d.
24
 

 21. 

The ____ command allows you to replace a word or phrase with another word or phrase you key in the Replace with box.
a.
Change
c.
Erase
b.
Edit
d.
Replace
 

 22. 

Find out the number of characters, paragraphs, and lines in a document by opening the ____ dialog box.
a.
Word Count
c.
Paragraph Count
b.
Character Count
d.
Line Count
 
 

FIGURE 2-1

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Word Case 2-1
Caitlyn is learning how to use the Find and Replace feature in Microsoft Word. She wants to find the word “red” and replace it with the word “crimson.” Please answer the questions below using Figure 2-1 as a reference.
 

 23. 

Caitlyn would put the word “red” in the box labeled with the number ____.
a.
1.
c.
3.
b.
2.
d.
4.
 

 24. 

If Caitlyn wants to replace every instance of “red” with the word “crimson,” she would select the option labeled with the number ____.
a.
1.
b.
4.
c.
5.
d.
none of the above
 
 

Word Case 2-2
Peter is preparing his manuscript to turn into an editor. He is hoping that his book is published, and is perhaps made into a movie. As a first step, he needs to make some changes.
 

 25. 

Peter realizes he can improve his book if he deletes one chapter. He highlights the text in the chapter, and chooses the ____ command.
a.
Cut
c.
Paste
b.
Copy
d.
Clip
 

Matching
 
 
Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the actions you take to select blocks of text.
a.
Entire document
b.
Characters
c.
Word
d.
Sentence
e.
Paragraph
 

 26. 

Click in front of the first character you want to select, press and hold the Shift key, and then click after the last character you want to select.
 

 27. 

Press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then click anywhere in the sentence.
 

 28. 

Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.
 

 29. 

Triple-click in the left margin.
 

 30. 

Double-click the word.
 



 
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