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Learn how to enter text and save your first document.
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Your First Document
Enter text for your first document in order to have a base to work with in future lessons.
When to use
The objective here is to type words into a document in order to prepare for formatting in the next lesson.
Instructions
- Type the current date and press enter when the tooltip appears.
- Press enter 3 more times to place the insertion point at the start of the Greeting line.
- Type a Salutation or Greeting line
- Press enter 2 times
- Type the code: =rand(3,3) and press ENTER on the keyboard
called “Place holder” text - Press enter 1 more time at the bottom of the text.
- Type a Complimentary Closing line, “Sincerely,”
- Press enter 3 times after the closing line
- Type a signature line “Your Name Here”
- Note: If a red line appears under a word, ex: Sincrely, it represents a misspelling.
- Right-click the word with the red underline
- Read the list and left-click to choose the word offered that is the correct spelling
To Save a document:
- Click the Save or Save As button, or
- Click File, then Save.
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