3. Typing, Selecting, and Manipulating Text

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In this chapter, you’ll learn how to work with the text inside your documents, including:

• Placing and moving the cursor

• Selecting text with the mouse cursor

• Selecting text with the keyboard

• Using Copy, Cut, and Paste

• Moving text

• Undoing changes

• Typing accent marks

• Typing symbols

• Modifying characters

• Dictating text

Whether you are writing a document in Pages, composing an email in Mail, or entering text into a form on the Web, you need to know how to use the mouse and cursor to select and manipulate text. Even those experienced with the basics can learn some shortcuts and time-saving ...

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