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Level 2: Practice

Show/Hide

All word processors are text based. Think of the old-fashioned IBM Electric typewriters. Here is an example:

Try to drag and drop your name to the bottom of the page. How far does it go? Now, place your cursor at the end of the last word on the page and hit the Enter key five or six times. Try to drag your last name to the bottom of the page. Where did it drop, this time?

 

Look on the Standard Tool bar for the Show/Hide button. When you select Show/Hide, Microsoft Word displays the formatting codes. Notice, each time you hit the Enter key on the keyboard, you have a new blank line. When you are working with Word, the text is anchored to a line, just like a typewriter. If you want your name to be at the bottom of the page, you have to enter enough blank lines to reach the bottom.

 

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