Microsoft Word ® Edit Menu - Including undo, office clipboard, paste as hyperlink and more.

This tutorial covers the Edit Menu in Microsoft Word, explaining each of the options available.

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The Edit Menu in Microsoft Word

The Edit Menu is the second menu in our using Microsoft Word tutorial.

Undo (last task): This option allows you to undo the last thing you did in your Microsoft Word document, in our example (fig 1.1) you can see our last action was to type some text. This is a handy command, especially if you delete something by accident.

Repeat (last task): This repeats your last action. In our example clicking on the Repeat Typing will repeatedly insert the same piece of text into the document.

Cut: This command will cut (delete) the currently selected element. For example if you highlight (select) some text and then click on cut, it will be deleted.

Copy: The Copy command will copy the curently selected element (text, image, etc) into the office clipboard. It can then be inserted (pasted) into a document using the Paste command (see below), which will appear in the edit menu once you have copied something to the office clipboard.

Office Clipboard: This command will display the current contents of the office clipboard, allowing you to click on the stored elements to insert (paste) them directly into the current document. Elements (text, images, etc) can be added to the clipboard using the Copy command (see above), this clipboard will also show any elements stored in the Windows Clipboard.

Paste: This will paste (insert) into the current document the last element to be stored in the Office Clipboard.
Paste Special: Clicking on this command will bring up the Microsoft Word Paste Special dialogue box, it allows you to control the format of the text that will be inserted (pasted) from the Office/Windows clipboard. Paste as Hyperlink: This command allows you to link (create a hyperlink) to a certain place in another Microsoft Word document, Excel worksheet, PowerPoint slide, or Access database. To achieve this, first copy the element that you want to link to into the clipboard, and then select the Paste as Hyperlink command. note: The target file must have been saved previously, likewise if you are linking to an element in the current document, it must be saved first.
Clear: This command allows you to remove any formatting from the currently selected (highlighted) element (text/image). It also allows you to delete the selected element. Select All: This will select (highlight) every element in the current document. Find: Find allows you to search the current document for a certain word or phrase. Replace: Replace allows you to replace a given text with a substitute of your choice. Goto: Goto allows you to go directly to a certain page, section, line, bookmark, comment, footnote, endnote, field, table, graphic, equation, object, or heading. Links: This allows you to manage any linked objects in the current document. A linked object is information (data) that is stored in another file, for example a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Access database, or other compatible source. We will be covering linked objects in a future Microsoft Word tutorial. Objects: This command allows you to manage any embedded objects within the current document.

see also: File Menu - View menu - Insert menu - Format menu - Tools menu - Table menu