Word 2013 Absolute Beginner’s Guide

6. Adding Text

In This Chapter

• Find out how easy it is to start adding text to build documents.

• Learn various methods for selecting text.

• Acquaint yourself with the tried-and-true techniques for moving and copying text.

• See how to tap into Word’s Quick Parts—premade text content to help you speed up document creation.

• Explore the mysterious world of symbols and special characters.

We can’t really call Microsoft Word a word processing program without actually processing words, so it’s about time you learned how to start adding text to your documents. Whether you’re adding text to a blank document, replacing placeholder text in a template, or editing text someone else entered—working with text is fairly straightforward and easy. It’s ...