Chapter 3. Creating and Editing Documents

To get productive with Windows Vista, you need to know how to work with documents. In this chapter, you learn how to create, save, open, edit, and print documents.

Creating and Editing Documents

  • Understanding Documents 44

  • Create a Document 45

  • Save a Document 46

  • Open a Document 48

  • Make a Copy of a Document 50

  • Edit Document Text 52

  • Change the Text Font 56

  • Find Text 58

  • Replace Text 60

  • Insert Special Symbols 62

  • Print a Document 64

Understanding Documents

Documents are files that you create or edit yourself. The four examples shown here are the basic document types that you can create using the programs that come with Windows Vista.

Text Document

A text ...

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