CS 200
Word Processing Basics
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Ruler Settings
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Tabs
Default tab stops are at every .5 inch on a ruler
Manual set tabs override these tabs, which you can insert using the black arrow. You can move manual tabs along the ruler to change the tab position.
You can also change the tab alignment, as seen below:
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First Line Indent Marker
The upper triangle on the left side of the ruler Decides where the first line of a paragraph begins
Left Indent Marker
The lower triangle on the left side of the ruler
Decides the second and subsequent line position
The bottom rectangle moves the first line indent and left indent marker together
Right Indent Marker
The lower triangle on the right side of the ruler Decides where the line ends on the right before
Margins
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Regular Paragraph Indentation
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Hanging Paragraph Indentation (1)
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Hanging Paragraph Indentation (2)
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Soft Carriage Returns
Hard & Soft Carriage Returns
• When you’re typing within a paragraph and you reach the end of the line, your type continues on the next line automatically
Hard Carriage Returns
• When you start a new paragraph and press enter to force the cursor to start on a new line
• As you will learn in The Mac is Not a Typewriter, you should not use hard carriage returns to make
spaces between lines or paragraphs, or to organize your page. What should you do instead?
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Most Important Concepts from Mac Is Not a Typewriter
For each of the following think of Why and What you should do instead
• Underlining
• All CAPS
•Spaces between Sentences •Hyphens, En Dashes and Em Dashes • Sans Serif and Serif Fonts
•Widow and Orphan Control
• Proper Text Alignment and Justification •Line Spacing
•Paragraph Spacing
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