WP General Information

Most programs are designed to start with something, usually the size and orientation of the paper, the font style and size, etc. These are considered the DEFAULT settings. Most default settings can be changed to cater to your own personal needs. As an example, let say you generally write long letters and are often end up with a two page letter and only a couple of lines on the second page. In a situation like that, you might consider changing the default margins settings to 3/4" (0.75).

The following are WordPerfect's default settings
Paper size:     8½" X 11"
Orientation:    Portrait
Margins:        1" all round (Top, Bottom, Left, Right)
Tabs:             Left, every ½"
Font:             Generally, Times New Roman
Font Size:      12

Insert text

On a new document the cursor will be located at the beginning of the document, type the text

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Delete text

If the text/characters you want to delete is/are to the right of the cursor
Press the Delete key.

If the text/characters you want to delete is/are to the left of the cursor
Press the Backspace key

When words have to be deleted, try the shortcut method
Hold keys that are enclosed in < >, tap the corresponding key
            <Ctrl> Backspace will delete a word
            <Ctrl> Delete will delete the line from the cursor position on forward

If a large amount of text is to be deleted.
Select the text using either the keyboard or mouse conventions
Press either the Backspace or Delete key

Save a file

Once you have created a document, you will want to save it, so that you can go back and edit at a future date.
Use Save As to save a document with a new name. If you have already saved a file, this procedure will allow you to tear a file apart without having to worry about loosing any past work.
You can also save the file to a different directory, or save it in a different format.

You should use Save periodically to avoid losing your work if a power or system failure occurs. The Backup features (default = 10 min) also helps avoid losing your work if the computer crashes.

Steps -

Keyboard Shortcut Mouse

From the File menu,
choose Save or Save As

Hold <Ctrl> tap S

click this on the toolbar

If this is a first time save, all three methods will cause the Save as dialog box to open.
If you are working on a file that has already been named, the Shortcut and Mouse method will not cause the dialog box to appear.

Select the drive where you want to save a new or renamed file. (default is C:)
Type the name of the file or

Choose the format you want.

It should be noted that if you save a file in a different format then WP 8.0, some of
your document's formatting will be lost.

Choose OK to save the file in the selected format

Close a file

Use
Close to exit the current document but leave the WordPerfect program open.
Exit to exit any open documents, and then exit WordPerfect.
WordPerfect prompts you to save any changes you have made to a document before you close or exit it

To close the current document,
From the File menu, choose Close or (Shortcut) Hold <Ctrl> tap F4.

If you have ...
not changed the document since the last time you saved it, the document closes.
changed the document, you are prompted to save your work

Choose
Yes to save the changes & exit the document. The program will remain open.
No to close the document without saving your changes.

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Exit WordPerfect

Choose Exit from the File menu or (Shortcut) Hold <Alt> tap F4

Choose Yes to save the changes to the document and exit WordPerfect,

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Open an existing file

Open works with documents you have previously saved. Documents you save are stored as files on a hard disk or floppy disk. When you want to edit a document that is saved on disk, you need to open a copy of the file into a window. The file then becomes active in your computer's memory so that you can edit it. However, the changes you make are not recorded on disk until you save the file again

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Steps

Keyboard Shortcut Mouse

From the File menu, choose Open

Hold <Ctrl> tap O

click this

on the toolbar

All three methods will cause the Open dialog box to open.

Select the drive and directory you want to list the files in
Select the file you want
Choose OK

Open Consecutive files

Select consecutive or sequential files. There are times when you have to work on more than one file at a time. Opposed to opening each file individually, try the following ..

Select the first file
Point to the last file and hold the <Shift> key

Enter

Open non consecutive files

When the files you need open do fin follow each other on the list, use the following method of choosing files,

Select the first file.

<Ctrl>

Start a new file

Keyboard Shortcut Mouse

From the File menu, select New

Hold <Ctrl> tap N

click this

on the Toolbar

The new document will use the WP default settings as described at the beginning of this document

Switch between open documents

When you do have more than one document opened, you of course need to move between them. As usual there is more than one way to accomplish this.

Point to Window on the menu bar
Choose the document from the Window menu

Hold the <Alt> tap W

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