Moving text:
To move a text from one location to another
(I) select the text to be moved
(ii) Click Ctrl + X or Cut Icon or Edit ⟶ Cut
(iii) The text is removed from the source location and placed in the clipboard
(iv) Take the insertion pointer to the new location to be moved and 
(v) Click Ctrl + V or Paste Icon or Edit ⟶ Paste
(vi) The required text is moved to the required location.

Selection using Mouse:
To select the text using mouse:
(i) Take the insertion pointer to the start of the text
(ii) Hold down the Left mouse button and drag it across the text
(iii) Release the mouse button when the required portion of text is selected
(iv) The selected text will be highlighted.
Selection using Keyboard:
To select the text using keyboard:
(i) Take the insertion pointer to the start of the text
(ii) Hold the SHIFT key and use the movement keys to drag across the required portion.
(iii) When the required portion is selected release the SHIFT key
(iv) The selected text will be highlighted.

The interface method provides the following advantages:
(i) It follows Unicode technique. Hence knowledge of Tamil typing is not necessary.
(ii) It is easy to type documents in Tamil in any word processor
(iii) Some of the Unicode fonts like "Arial Unicode" supports all Indian languages including Tamil and English using respective language interface

The user must be aware of Tamil typing.
(i) The particular font must be available in the system.
(ii) It does not support other languages including English.
(iii) The computer accepts characters as symbols not as language.
(iv) It is not portable, i.e. if the document is sent to another computer, if the same font is not available, it is recognized as symbols not as original characters.

To save a document for a first time, the following steps are used:
(i) Click File ⟶ Save ⟶ (or) File ⟶ Save As (or) Ctrl + S
(ii) "Save As" dialog box.
(iii) Select location to store your document. The default location to store all documents is "Documents" folder in Windows.
(iv) Type your document name in the File Name text box.
(v) All documents in OpenOffice will be stored with .odt extension. You can store your OpenOffice document as Microsoft Word document or PDF. To do so, select file type from Save as list box and select the required file type.
(vi) Finally, Click "Save" button.
(vii) Once the file is saved, your document name will be displayed on the title bar.