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Revision as of 16:33, 16 November 2016

Title of script: Common Edit Functions

Author: Nirmala Venkat

Keywords: Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Search, Replace, Print, Video tutorial

Visual Cue Narration
Slide 1: Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Common Edit Functions in gedit Text editor.
Slide 2:

Learning objectives

In this tutorial, we will learn about editing functions that we use frequently in gedit.

We will learn to:

  • Cut, Copy and Paste content
  • Undo and Redo actions
  • Search and Replace text.

We will also learn to Print our document.

Slide 3:

System Requirements

To record this tutorial, I am using:
  • Ubuntu Linux 14.04 operating system
  • gedit 3.10
Slide 4: Pre-requisites
 To follow this tutorial, you should have working knowledge of any operating system.
Let's open the gedit Text editor.
Now open the file Students.txt which we created earlier.
Click the shortcut OPEN icon Let’s do so by clicking the icon in the toolbar with the icon labelled open.

This is the shortcut icon to open an existing file.

Open Files dialog box appears.
Select the Desktop folder Select the Desktop folder on the right hand side.
Select address.txt file from the Desktop folder. Select the file Students.txt and click Open.
Now, let's learn how to cut, copy and paste the text.
First, we need to select the text that we want to cut or copy.
I want to cut the first three students details from this file.
Drag the mouse to select the first three addresses. To select the first three student details, click and drag the cursor across those three lines.
Now, the text is selected.
Point to the Cut icon We can use the Cut icon in the Toolbar.
Click Edit >> Cut Or From the Main menu, select Edit and Cut.
Text on screen-

Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + X

Alternately, we can press Ctrl + X keys together to cut the text.
Point to the vacant area Notice that the selected text is no longer visible in the file.
Please note however that this text is not deleted.

It is stored in a part of the computer's memory known as the clipboard.

Slide:

Graphic image:

  • The Clipboard stores content that is either cut or copied
  • Content is stored temporarily until it is pasted or other content is copied
  • Clipboard content is deleted from memory once you exit gedit
Switch back to gedit.
Let us now paste this text in a new document.
Click File >> New From the Main menu, click File and New.

A new document named Untitled Document 1 opens in the gedit window.

Click Edit >> Paste Now, from the Main menu, select Edit and Paste.
Text on screen-

Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + V

Alternately, we can press Ctrl + V keys together to paste the text.
Point to the Paste icon Or use the Paste icon in the Toolbar.
Highlight the pasted text The text from the Students dot txt gets pasted into this document.

<<PAUSE>>

Switch to Students.txt tab Select the tab Students.txt.
Select the remaining lines in the page. Now, let's select the remaining students details and make a copy of this.
Select Edit >> copy

Point to Ctrl + C in the menu

From the Main menu, select Edit and Copy.

We can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C to copy the content.

Notice that the copied text is still visible.

This text is also stored in the clipboard.

Select the tab Untitled Document 1

Place the cursor after the third line and click.

Select the tab Untitled Document 1.

Place the cursor after the third line and press Enter.

Show the context menu >> select Paste Now, right-click for the context menu and select Paste.
The content is pasted in the specified location.

This is a simple and effective way to cut, copy and paste content in gedit. <<PAUSE>>

Next we will see Undo and Redo options.
Slide 5 :

Undo

  • gedit Text editor allows to Undo any changes that are made in a file.
  • Basically, it erases the last change done to the document.
  • This is useful when you have made a mistake and want to Undo it.
  • The keyboard shortcut for Undo is Ctrl + Z
Slide 6 :

Redo changes

  • The opposite of Undo is Redo.
  • The Redo command reverses the Undo action.
  • The keyboard shortcut for Redo is Shift + Ctrl + Z
Switch to gedit

Right click the mouse and select Undo

Switch to gedit Text editor.

Right-click and select Undo.

The text that we copy and pasted, is no longer visible.

The copy-paste action has been undone.

Text on screen-

Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + Z Press Ctrl + Z

Let’s undo once again.

This time, press Ctrl + Z keys together.

We can see the cursor jumps back to the end of the third line.

The previous action has been undone now.

Point to that space Right-click and select Undo again.

The first three lines that we pasted earlier are also no longer visible.

Point to the Undo icon We can also use the Undo icon in the Toolbar.
This is how we can undo all the actions we did so far.
Now, how can we get back the text again?
Right click the mouse and select Redo. Simple! Right-click and select Redo.
Text on screen-

Keyboard shortcut is Shift + Ctrl + Z Press Shift + Ctrl + Z

Let’s redo our action one more time.

This time let’s press Shift + Ctrl + Z keys.

Point to the Undo icon We can also use the Undo icon in the Toolbar.

We got back the text again.

And now, we can see only the student details from Students.txt files is copied in our gedit window.

<<PAUSE>>

Next, we will see the Search and Replace options.
Slide 7: Search Functions
  • It’s difficult to search for a particular word in a file, that has hundred lines of text.
  • Search function allows to search for one or all instances of the word, in the entire document.
Open the document school.txt Let me open a document school.txt which I have already created earlier.

The school.txt file is available in the Codefile link along with this tutorial. Download and use that text document.

Click Search >> Find

Point to the Find box

In this document, I want to search for a particular word.

To do so, from the Main menu, click on Search then Find.

Text on screen-

Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + F

Alternately, we can press Ctrl + F keys together.
Point to the Search icon Or use the Search for text icon in the Toolbar.
Find box opens at the top right corner of the window.
In the Find Box, type the word School In the Find Box, type the word “School”.

Observe that all instances of the word 'school' are highlighted in yellow color in the document.

The first occurrence of the word ‘school’ is highlighted in brown color.

Now place the cursor on the Find box and right click the mouse. Now place the cursor on the Find box and right click the mouse.
Click on Match Case From the list of options that appears, click on Match Case.
Point to the word 'School' Only one word matches the case option.

That is, capital 'S' in the word “School”.

Place the cursor on the find box and right click the mouse. Uncheck the Match Case option. Again, place the cursor on the Find box and right click the mouse.

Uncheck the Match Case option.

In the main menu click Search and then on Replace.

Point to Replace dialog box.

Now, from the Main menu, click Search and then on Replace.
Text on screen-

Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + H

Alternately, we can press Ctrl + H keys together.
Point to the Search & replace icon Or use the Search for and replace text icon in the Toolbar.
Replace dialog box appears.
In the 'Search box ', type 'schools'

In the 'Replace with' box, type 'colleges' Check the 'Match entire word only' box.

In the 'Search for ' field, type 'schools' and press Enter.

In the 'Replace with' box, type 'colleges'. Check the 'Match entire word only' check box.

We can see, all the 'schools' words are highlighted in yellow color.
Click on 'Replace' button

Point to the changes

Click on Replace button.

This will replace the first occurrence of “schools” with “colleges”.

Click on 'Replace All' button Click on Replace All button to replace all the occurrences of “schools” with “colleges”.
Click on 'Close' button Click on Close button to close the window.
Switch to gedit. gedit Text editor also allows us to search as we type.
Point to the Find box at the top-right corner Press Ctrl and F keys together to open the Find box.
Type Students in the find box Now, in the Find box, start typing “Students”.

Notice that as we type the first letter 'S', the cursor highlights all the ‘S’ letters in the document.

Finally, the entire word 'Students' is highlighted when we finish typing.

Next we will see how to print the school.txt file.
Select 'File' from the Menu bar and then Print. Select 'File' from the Menu bar and then Print.
We can also click on the Print icon in the Toolbar.
Point to the Print dialog box

In the General tab, under Printer select the printer.

Print dialog box appears.

If a printer is connected to your machine, it will be listed under the Printer details here.

The tabs and selections in this window will be as per the default configuration settings.

Click on Print button. To print your document, click on the Print button at the bottom right.

If the printer configurations are correct, then your document will get printed.

This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarise.
Slide 8:

Summary

In this tutorial, we learnt about:*
Cut, Copy and Paste
  • Undo and Redo
  • Search and Replace text and
  • Print options
Slide 9:

Assignment

Here is an assignment for you-
  • Open the School.txt file in gedit.
  • Copy the first paragraph and paste it in a new document.
  • Save the new document as SchoolNew.txt
  • Type the heading as “ About School” in the first line.
  • Undo the changes.
  • Note the changes in the contents of the file
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Slide 12:

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Slide 13:

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Slide 13: Acknowledgement Spoken Tutorial project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.

More information on this mission is available at this link.

This is Nirmala Venkat from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for watching.

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey, Nirmala Venkat

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