Chapter 2
The Typing Chapter
IN THIS CHAPTER
Knowing the keyboard and mouse
Using the spacebar
Using the Enter key
Observing the status bar
Minding the space between pages
Showing and hiding hidden characters
Dealing with weird underlines
Word processing is about using a keyboard. It’s like typing on a typewriter but without the “Ding!” at the end of each line — oh, and other improvements as well. But I digress.
Microsoft Word and typing go together like social media and bickering about politics. Long before the mouse and all the fancy graphics became popular, typing was how you processed words. Yep — ask a grizzled old-timer and you’ll hear tales of unpleasant text screens and mysterious keyboard commands that would tie your fingers in knots. Things today aren’t that bad (well, if ...
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