Green River Community College - ESL Program
Word Processing and Writing Skills

List of Lab Competencies - Word Processing Basics

 

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Start WORD and open a new document.

 

Type letters and spaces.
 

 

 

Move the cursor  with arrows and the mouse.

 

 

Use the left delete and right delete keys to take out letters and numbers.

 

 

Use the delete keys to take out spaces, tabs, and returns.

 

 

Use the shift key to make capital letters.
 

 

 

Use the return key to go down one line.
 

 

Open a saved document.

 

 

Use the tab key.
 

 

 

Highlight text with the mouse and keyboard.

 

 

Change the size and font of my text.
 

 

 

Change the text to bold, italics, and underline.

 

 

Use cut, copy, and paste to move text.
 

 

 

Close a document.
 

 

 

Check the spelling of my text.
 

 

 

Save a document.
 

 

 

Create a list with bullets and numbers.
 

 

 

Center or justify text to the right or left.
 

 

 

Preview the document with print preview.

 

 

Print a document on paper.
 

 

 

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