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Lab Assignment ‘n Activity
Complete the following activities and tick on the circle.
Open ‘Writer’ on your computer and create a new document.
Type the following paragraph which is about Republic Day of India.
Though India became a free nation on August 15, 1947, it declared itself a Sovereign,
Democratic and Republic state with the adoption of the Constitution on January 26, 1950.
A salute of 21 guns and the unfurling of the Indian National Flag by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
heralded the historic birth of the Indian Republic on that day. Thereafter, 26th of January
was decreed a national holiday and was recognised as the Republic Day of India.
The Constitution gave the citizens of India the power to choose their own government and
paved the way for democracy. Dr. Rajendra Prasad took oath as the first President of India
at the Durbar Hall in the Government House and this was followed by the Presidential drive
along a five-mile route to the Irwin Stadium, where he unfurled the ational Flag.
Save the document with the name ‘Republic Day of India’.
Editing Text
Making changes in the existing text is known as ‘Editing’. After entering text in a document, the user may
wish to modify the contents. Editing a document involves modifying, inserting, deleting the selected text of a
document. The edit menu provides various editing options like Undo, Redo, Cut, Select, Copy, Paste, etc., that
help in modifying the contents of a document.
Selecting Text
‘Selecting Text’ means selection of a particular area of a document. There are different ways of selecting
contents:
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