MS Word Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: Open Find and Replace Dialog box with activating Replace Tab

Ctrl + H opens the Find and Replace dialog with the Replace tab active. Inserting a hyperlink is Ctrl + K.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Open Print Dialog box

P for Print. Ctrl + P opens the print dialog, from which the printer, range and number of copies are chosen.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Hanging Indent

Ctrl + T creates a hanging indent, in which the first line stays at the margin and the rest of the paragraph is indented - the arrangement used for bibliographies. Ctrl + Shift + T removes it.

Answer: A

Correct answer: source

In a link between two documents, the one where the data originates is the source and the one it is placed into is the destination. Updating the source updates the copy in the destination.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Ctrl + B

Ctrl + B applies bold, and the mnemonic is straightforward: B for bold. The three basic character-formatting shortcuts belong together: Ctrl + B for bold, Ctrl + I for italic and Ctrl + U for underline. Each is a toggle, so pressing it again removes the formatting. The distractors are all real shortcuts doing something else. Ctrl + D opens the Font dialogue box, which offers the same formatting with far more options. Ctrl + O opens an existing document, and Ctrl + G opens Go To. Two related shortcuts are worth knowing alongside these: Ctrl + Shift + C and Ctrl + Shift + V copy and paste formatting rather than content, which is the keyboard equivalent of the Format Painter. And Ctrl + Spacebar strips character formatting back to the default.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Raises it above the baseline and reduces its size

Superscript raises text above the normal line and reduces its size, as in \( x^{2} \) or a footnote reference mark. Its shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + =. Its counterpart is subscript, which lowers text below the line and is used for chemical formulae such as \( \mathrm{H_2O} \). Its shortcut is Ctrl + =, and the two differ only by the Shift key. Both are toggles, so pressing the shortcut again returns the text to normal. Word applies superscript automatically in some cases - ordinal numbers such as 1st and 2nd are raised by AutoFormat, which can be switched off if unwanted. For anything more elaborate than a single raised character, the Equation tool on the Insert tab is the better choice, since it handles fractions, integrals and matrices properly rather than by manipulating the baseline.

Answer: A

Correct answer: draws a horizontal line through the middle of the characters

Strikethrough draws a line through the middle of the characters, marking them as deleted or superseded while leaving them readable. Its shortcut is Ctrl + D followed by the checkbox in the Font dialogue, and it also has a button in the Font group. It is used in drafting and in legal work, where deleted wording must remain visible so that the change can be seen. Track Changes uses the same effect to show deletions, though that is applied automatically rather than by hand. Double strikethrough is a separate option in the Font dialogue. The other options describe different features. Deleting text is done with the Delete key. Double underline is applied with Ctrl + Shift + D. Small capitals, Ctrl + Shift + K, renders lower-case letters as smaller capitals and is used in headings and in some styles of citation. None of these alters the underlying characters, so text remains searchable however it is formatted.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Page Orientation can be change at any time

Orientation is a page setup property of the document and can be changed at any point, before or after typing, and even for one section only. It is not fixed by the printer, and nothing has to be decided in advance.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Paste Special

Paste Special offers the clipboard contents in several forms, one of which is unformatted text - the words alone, taking on the formatting of their new surroundings. An ordinary paste brings the original formatting with it.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Items marked with symbols, where order does not matter

A bulleted list marks each item with a symbol - a dot, dash, square or custom character - and is used where the items have no inherent order. A numbered list is the counterpart for items that do have an order: steps in a procedure, ranked results, clauses to be referred to by number. Choosing between them is a matter of meaning rather than appearance. Word renumbers a numbered list automatically when an item is inserted or deleted, which is the practical reason for using the feature rather than typing numbers by hand. Tab demotes an item to a sub-level and Shift + Tab promotes it, with the bullet or numbering style changing at each level. A multilevel list gives numbering such as 1.1 and 1.2, and can be tied to Heading styles so that section numbers appear throughout a report and update themselves. AutoFormat starts a list automatically when a line begins with an asterisk or the numeral 1 followed by a full stop.