Creating A Document: MOAC Lesson 1

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Creating a

Document
MOAC Lesson 1

Non-printing Characters
Symbols that appear on the screen, but do

not print
Help with formatting
Displayed by clicking on the Show/Hide icon
on the Home Ribbon
Represent a space (dots)
Represent a tab
Represent a new paragraph

Word Wrap
Text automatically flows onto the next line

when the current line is full

Auto Recover
Feature in which Microsoft Word 2013

automatically saves the document in case of


power failure
Set to save every 10 minutes

File Formats
.docx default file extension in Word 2013
.doc Word 1997-2003
.pdf opened in Adobe Reader
.xps enables file sharing
.html webpage
.rtf Rich Text Format has limited formatting
.txt Plain Text does not have any formatting
.dotx Word 2013 Template

Keyboard Shortcut Keys


Create a new document: Control + N
Save a Document: Control + S

White Space
A space between pages in a document (John

Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014)


Can be increased or reduced by double
clicking in the area

Template
Master document that has predefined page

layout, fonts, margins, and styles and is used


to create new documents that will share the
same basic formatting. (John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., 2014)

AutoComplete
A command that automatically completes

text, such as the current date, day of the


week and month (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2014)

Source
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2012). Microsoft Official
Academic Course Microsoft Word 2010, Exam
77-883.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2014). Microsoft Official
Academic Course Microsoft Word 2013, Exam
77-418.

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