Exercise (Enter Text ~ One Paragraph)

For this assignment, you will need to open a word processing program and type the story below into your computer.

Hints:

  • The computer will automatically go to a new line if there is not enough space to complete a word.
  • The Tab key is used to indent a new paragraph.
  • To correct a typing mistake using the mouse or arrow keys, move the cursor to the space directly before the wrong letter, extra space or line. When the cursor is in the correct place, press Delete to erase the mistake.
  • To add a missing letter, place the cursor in the correct spot and type the letter.
  • To add a space, place the cursor in the correct spot and press the space bar.
On this particular morning, I needed some of my laundry which was hung out downstairs. I quickly ran down the seven steps (my home is a split level) and realized that I was walking in water. Horrors! The hot water tank was leaking. How long had it been leaking? Obviously, most of the night, to have made six inches on the laundry floor. I rushed to the phone to call my efficient and friendly plumber – in ten minutes he had arrived and shut off the hot water, and arranged to take out the leaking tank. It took the remainder of the day for his crew to install a new tank. By five o'clock, I was taking my bath.
 

When you have finished typing the story into your computer, check it over for mistakes. When you are satisfied, save your work onto your floppy disk with a file name of your choice, and then close the file.


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