Basics of Word Processing

• Insertion Point - the place where text is inserted into the document.
  • Move with arrows or by clicking.
  • Characters are inserted before the insertion point.
• Word Wrap - continuing to the next line without pressing the carriage return (or enter key)
• Hard Return - pressing the enter key or carriage return.
  • Used to mark the end of a paragraph.
• Soft Returns - are inserted by the software and are changed by the software.
• The user must change a hard return.
• Insert mode - allows the user to insert new text
• Overwrite mode - overwrites current text with new text.
  • Switch between with the insert key.
  • Status flag in lower right area of screen
  • Overwrite overwrites the character after the insertion point.
• Text can be deleted by pressing the
  • backspace key - delete character before insertion point.
  • delete key - delete character after insertion point.