Word 2013 In Depth

2. Typing and Editing Text

As you might guess, typing and editing text figures heavily into Microsoft Word’s feature set. In fact, a lot of people use Word for nothing more than that. In this chapter, you find out how to enter and edit text, as well as how to insert special characters, move around in a document, select text and other objects, find and replace text, edit text with Cut, Copy, and Paste commands, and evaluate the readability of your writing.

Text Entry and Editing Basics

A blank document starts out with a flashing insertion point that looks like a small vertical bar. In addition, if you’re working in Draft or Outline view, a horizontal bar (not flashing) appears as an end-of-file marker (see Figure 2.1). Initially the two markers ...