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Chapter 1 ✦ Getting Started with Word 2003
Word formatting and WordPerfect Reveal Codes
The main conceptual difference between Word and WordPerfect involves how formatting is
applied. Word is a paragraph-oriented system, and it does not use codes in the same way as
WordPerfect. If you have used HTML, you’ll understand how WordPerfect works—it tags text
to define formatting. In Word 2003, you can view the paragraph and character formatting for
specific text by pressing Shift+F1 to open the Reveal Formatting task pane. Click the text you
want to inspect to change the contents of the Reveal Formatting pane.
You also can display various nonprinting characters in your document. Click the Show/Hide
button in the Standard toolbar, or choose Tools ➪ Options and select the View tab. In the
Formatting Marks group, click the All check box to display all nonprinting characters. Or
you can select the check boxes for the specific nonprinting characters you want to view.
Closing a Word Document
When you’ve finished working with a Word document, you have several options for closing it.
The following procedures all close a document while leaving the Word program itself running.
✦ Choose File ➪ Close.
✦ Press Ctrl+F4.
✦ Click the Close button on the right edge of the menu bar.
If you have not saved your document since the last time you made a change, Word will ask if
you want to do so.
Exiting Word
Word creates numerous different files during the course of its operation, many of which are
stored in memory until you quit the program. Some of these files are temporary files that are
deleted when you exit Word. If you do not exit properly, however, some of these files may not
close properly, and this can result in wasted space as well as hard disk problems down the
road. Simply turning off the power switch also destroys any unsaved data. Use one of the
following methods to exit Word correctly:
✦ Choose File ➪ Exit.
✦ Press Alt+F4.
✦ Click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the Word program title bar.
✦ Double-click the Control menu icon in the upper-left corner of the Word program
title bar.
✦ Right-click the Microsoft Word button in the taskbar and choose Close from the pop-up
menu. (This method allows you to close Word while you are using another application.)
When you use one of these techniques to exit Word, the program tells you whether you have
unsaved data by displaying a dialog box (see Figure 1-24). This dialog box allows you to
either save your work or cancel the Exit command.
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