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Q2 Comp 3 L2
Q2 Comp 3 L2
Office Open XML document: saves the document in the Office Open
XML format, using the .DOCX extension
Plain text document: saves the document as a simple text file, with
the .TXT extension
Other formats: lets you save the document as other types of text files.
How to edit an
existing WordPad
document?
If you want to edit a document WordPad,
you have to make use of the two tabs from
its user interface: Home and View. The
first tab, the one named Home, includes
customization options that are grouped
according to their purposes, and are
related to the use of the:
Clipboard: includes a set of
buttons which allow you to Copy,
Paste or Cut items in your
document. Of course, you can
also use the keyboard shortcuts
to perform the same actions.
Font and Paragraph: probably the most
critical sections of the Home tab, these two
sections offer you the opportunity to change
things like the text spacing used, the
alignment, the font, size or color. All you have
to do is select the text you want to customize,
and then select the formatting options you
want to apply, from the Font and Paragraph
areas.
Insert: is the place where you
can find options for inserting
pictures, custom drawings, date
and time or others objects such
as, for example, charts or
different documents.
Editing: is the last section
of the Home tab and offers
options like Find, Replace
or Select all.
As you have seen, the WordPad
application included in Windows can
successfully replace Microsoft Word
for the casual user, providing all the
essential tools for editing and viewing
documents.