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Choosing formatting tools

I can make formatting changes and undo mistakes.

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Choosing formatting tools

I can make formatting changes and undo mistakes.

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Key learning points

  1. Text styling tools make words stand out.
  2. Changes can be undone and redone.

Keywords

  • Appropriate - a choice that fits the idea

  • Undo - goes back one action

  • Redo - goes forward again if you have used undo

Common misconception

Undo will restart your document from the very beginning.

Undo only removes the most recent change so you only need to go as far back as to where you made the mistake you want to correct.


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4 Questions

Q1.
This font button puts a line under the font you have selected.
Correct answer: underline
underwater
underfoot
Q2.
In a word processor, what do you usually see on the toolbar?
painting choices
Correct answer: font style choices
letter choices
Q3.
What will happen when you select text?
Correct answer: The background will change colour to show the text has been selected.
The text will get underlined.
The text will change colour.
Q4.
When we talk about a text's style, what do we mean?
Correct answer: how the letters look
how the letters sound
how the letters feel

4 Questions

Q1.
What can you change with this part of the toolbar?
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text colour
Correct answer: font size
select different font
Q2.
What do you have to do before you can change text formatting?
Correct answer: select the text
change the colour
use undo
Q3.
When we talk about formatting, what does an appropriate choice mean?
The choice that is the largest.
Correct answer: The choice that fits the idea.
The choice that is underlined.
Q4.
What does the undo button do?
Correct answer: It goes back one action.
It goes forward one action.
It deletes text.