Shortcut For Centering Text Mac Word

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Keyboard Command For Centering Text
Shortcut For Centering Text
Shortcut For Centering Text Mac Word Shortcuts

Set up Dictation

Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Dictation. Turn on Dictation and choose from these Dictation options:

Choose whether to use Enhanced Dictation, which lets you use dictation when you're not connected to the Internet.
Choose your language and dialect. Some languages, such as English, have multiple dialects.
Choose the keyboard shortcut you will use to start start dictating.
Choose your preferred microphone from the pop-up menu below the microphone icon.

In macOS Sierra, you can ask Siri to “turn on Dictation” for you. Siri isn't the same as Dictation, but you can ask Siri to compose short messages, such as email and text messages.

Use Dictation

Go to a document or other text field and place the insertion point where you want your dictated text to appear.
Press the keyboard shortcut for starting dictation, or choose Edit > Start Dictation. The default shortcut is Fn Fn (press the Fn key twice).
When your Mac is listening, it displays a microphone to the left or right of the page, aligned with the insertion point. If you turn on advanced dictation commands, the microphone appears in the lower-right corner of your screen, and you can drag it to another position. When your Mac can hear you, the input meter inside the microphone rises and falls as you speak.
Speak the words that you want your Mac to type. Dictation learns the characteristics of your voice and adapts to your accent, so the more you use it, the better it understands you. If it doesn't understand you, learn what to do.
To stop dictating, click Done below the microphone icon, press Fn once, or switch to another window.

Speak the following words to enter punctuation or other characters. These may vary by language or dialect.

apostrophe '
open bracket [
close bracket ]
open parenthesis (
close parenthesis )
open brace {
close brace }
open angle bracket <
close angle bracket >
colon :
comma ,
dash -
ellipsis …
exclamation mark !
hyphen -
period, point, dot, or full stop .
question mark ?
quote ”
end quote ”
begin single quote '
end single quote '
semicolon ;
ampersand &
asterisk *
at sign @
backslash
forward slash /

caret ^
center dot ·
large center dot •
degree sign °
hashtag or pound sign #
percent sign %
underscore _
vertical bar |
dollar sign $
cent sign ¢
pound sterling sign £
euro sign €
yen sign ¥
cross-eyed laughing face XD
frowny face :-(
smiley face :-)
winky face ;-)
copyright sign ©
registered sign ®
trademark sign ™
equals sign =
greater than sign >
less than sign <
minus sign -
multiplication sign x
plus sign +

caps on (formats next phrase in title case)
caps off (resumes default letter case)
all caps (formats next word in ALL CAPS)
all caps on (proceeds in ALL CAPS)
all caps off (resumes default letter case)
new line (adds line break)
numeral (formats next phrase as number)

roman numeral (formats next phrase as Roman numeral)
new paragraph (adds paragraph break)
no space on (formats next phrase without spaces)
no space off (resumes default spacing)
tab key (advances cursor to the next tab stop)

If you turned on Enhanced Dictation, you can also use dictation commands to bold, italicize, underline, select, copy, delete, undo, and perform other actions.

About Enhanced Dictation

Enhanced Dictation is available in OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later. With Enhanced Dictation:

You can dictate continuously.
You can dictate without being connected to the Internet.
Your words might convert to text more quickly.
You can use dictation commands to tell your Mac what to do.

Without Enhanced Dictation, your spoken words and certain other data are sent to Apple to be converted into text and help your Mac understand what you mean. As a result, your Mac must be connected to the Internet, your words might not convert to text as quickly, and you can speak for no more than 40 seconds at a time (30 seconds in OS X Yosemite or earlier).

If you're on a business or school network that uses a proxy server, Dictation might not be able to connect to the Internet. Have your network administrator refer to the list of network ports used by Apple software products.

About Dictation and privacy

To learn about Dictation and privacy, choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, click Dictation, then click the About Dictation & Privacy button. At all times, information collected by Apple is treated in accordance with Apple’s Privacy Policy.

Learn more

To use dictation on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap the microphone on the onscreen keyboard, then speak. Consult your iPhone or iPad user guide for details.
If the Slow Keys or Sticky Keys feature is turned on in the Accessibility pane of System Preferences, the default keyboard shortcuts for dictation might not work. If you need to use those accessibility features, create a custom dictation shortcut: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, click Dictation, then choose “Customize” from the Shortcut menu.

Using Keyboard Shortcuts in MS Word

You can avoid reaching for the mouse if you are familiar with keyboard shortcuts.

If you forget one of these, use the mouse and go to the menu bar.

In each pull down menu you will see keyboard commands given in the right side of the window.

Commonly used keyboard combinations

To use one of these combinations Hold the Ctrl or Alt key down and strike the letter key

Ctrl+N

Open a new word document quickly.

Ctrl+X

Cut- Removes the selection from the active document and places it on the clipboard.

Ctrl+O

Opens a previously saved document.

Ctrl+C

Copies the selection to the clipboard

Ctrl+W

Closes the active window, but does not Exit Word.

Ctrl+V

Paste - Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point (cursor) or whatever is selected.

Ctrl+S

Saves the active document with its current file name, location and format.

Ctrl+A

Selects all text and graphics in the active window.

Ctrl+P

Prints the active file, also gives the opportunity to change print options

Ctrl+F

Find - Searches for specified text in the active document

Alt+F4

Exit - Closes Microsoft Word.

Ctrl+B

Bold - Formats selected text; make text bold, or remove bold formatting

Ctrl+Z

Undo the last action. This selection can be repeated several times.

Ctrl+I

Italic - Formats selected text; make text italic or remove italic

Ctrl+Y

Redo - After an action has been undone, it can be reinstated in the document.

Ctrl+U

Underline - Formats selected text; make text underlined or remove underline

Less commonly used keyboard combinations

Increase selected text in increments like the drop down font menu (Thanks Daniel)	Apply superscript formatting
Decrease selected text in increments like the drop down font menu	Apply subscript formatting
Increase selected text one point	Copy formats
Decrease selected text one point	Paste formats
Change case of the letters	Single space lines
Underline words but not spaces	Set 1.5 line spacing
Double underline text	Double space lines
Center a paragraph	Delete one word to the left
Justify a paragraph	Delete one word to the right
Left align a paragraph	Right align a paragraph
Indent a paragraph from the left	Insert a line break
Create a hanging indent	Reduce a hanging indent
If text is already selected and you want to extend the selection area
Extend selection one character to the left	Extend selection one character to the right
Extend selection to the end of a word	Extend selection to the beginning of a word
If you want to move the cursor
One character to the right	One character to the left
One word to the right	One word to the left
To the end of a document	To the beginning of a document
This list is by no means complete. To find other keyboard combinations check the Word help index.

Assignment

Leave your browser window open. Open Microsoft Word, if it is not already open.

1. Open a new Word document and type a line of text. If you wish to do so you could copy this line and paste it into the document.
2. Do not reach for your mouse
3. Move your cursor back into the middle of the line you just typed
4. Highlight more than one word (Hint: Extend to left or right to highlight more than the cursor width.)
5. Cut the highlighted text from the document
6. Open a new Word document
7. Paste the text you cut from the first document into the new document
8. Save the document

Each of the steps in the list above should have been accomplished

Keyboard Command For Centering Text

without

Shortcut For Centering Text

the use of your mouse. If you reached for the rodent, review the two tables above, go back to step 1 and try again. Good luck.

Shortcut For Centering Text Mac Word Shortcuts

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