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Part I: Getting Started with Office

You can also move around by using keyboard short-

cuts. As you gain experience with the applications,

you might find using keyboard shortcuts more con-

venient than using than the scroll bar. Chapter 4 lists

shortcuts for Word, Chapter 7 lists shortcuts for

Excel, and Chapter 14 lists shortcuts for PowerPoint.

Select Content

Selecting content is an essential skill for any Office application. Many

commands in Office applications apply to whatever text or graphics

you select. For example, to make some text bold, select it first, and

then click the Bold button. Figure 1-12 shows some selected text.

Selected text

Figure 1-12

To select text in Word or PowerPoint, you can either

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Drag the mouse pointer across it (holding down the

left mouse button).

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Click where you want to start and then hold down Shift

as you press the arrow keys to extend the selection.

When text is selected, its background changes color. The color depends

on the color scheme in use; with the default color scheme, it’s light

blue.

In Excel, you usually want to select entire cells rather than individual

bits of text; when the cell is selected, any formatting or other com-

mands that you issue applies to everything in that cell. To select a cell,