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Basic text entry operations are the same in many programs.  This tutorial will show how to enter text in Microsoft Wordpad .

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Click Start > Programs.

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Click Accessories.

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Click WordPad.

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The WordPad window appears, displaying a new blank document.

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You can now start typing the text for your document.  The text will start at the flashing insertion point.

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Here is a document with sample text which has been typed in.

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You can select a word by double-clicking it.

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To deselect text, click outside the selected area and it will be deselected.

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To select a sentence or a paragraph, position the mouse of the first word you want to select.  Drag the mouse until you have highlighted the words for selection.  The text is highlighted. ("Dragging the mouse" means moving the mouse while keep the left mouse button pressed.)

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To select all the text in your document, press Ctrl+A on your keyboard and your whole document is selected.

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You can insert/add text anywhere in the document.  Place the blinking cursor to the position where you want the text to appear.  Then type in some text.

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Here we have typed in some new text at the insertion point indicated in the previous screenshot.

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You can also delete text that you do not want.  Here we have deleted the text that was selected in the previous screenshot.

To delete text, select the text and then press the Delete key. The text will be deleted.

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To move text to a new location, first select the text as shown. Then "drag" the text to a new location. (This means: hold down the left mouse key, and while holding the mouse key down, move the mouse cursor to a new location. Then, release the mouse key. Your text will be moved. This is called "drag and drop ").

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Here the selected text has been moved.

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To copy text, first select the text.

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Then select Copy from the pulldown menu.

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Place the text cursor where you want it to be copied.  Then Click Edit > Paste from the pulldown menu.

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The text will be copied to the new location.

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Here are some useful key combinations for text entry. For each combination, hold down the Ctrl key and simultaneously press the second key indicated.

Ctrl - Z : Undo the last action

Ctrl - X: Cut (See next tutorial, "The Clipboard")

Ctrl - C: Copy

Ctrl - V: Paste

Ctrl - A: Select All

Ctl - P: Print