Topic: Word Processing
Topic: Word Processing
Topic: Word Processing
WORD PROCESSING
Word Processing refers to the creation, editing, formatting, storage, and output of both printed
and online or electronic documents.
Word Processing Software are programs that allow users to create, edit, and print documents. It
enables you to write text, store it electronically, display it on a screen, modify it by entering
commands and characters from the keyboard, and print it.
1. File management
Provides file management capabilities that allow you to create, delete, move, and
search for files.
2. Font Specification
The appearance of text in the document is called font or typeface. Full-featured
word processor can change the font of all or selected text to improve readability. Fonts are
used to create the text of different styles and sizes. The user can specify bold, italic and
underline.
3. Graphics
Full-featured word processor is used to insert images and graphs in a document.
Some word processors also provide the facility to create images. Some word processors
only provide the facility to insert images created in different programs.
5. Spell checker
Spell checker features in full-featured word processor help the user to correct any
spelling in the document. The misspelled words are highlighted.
6. Layout
Full-featured word processor provides the facility to specify different margins within
a single document. Is also specifies different methods for indenting paragraphs.
8. Merges
It is used merge text from one file into another file. It is useful to generate many
files that has same format but different data. Generating mailing labels is an example of
merges.
9. Thesaurus
Thesaurus feature allows you to search for synonyms or alternate words without
leaving the word processor.
13. WYSIWYG
It stands for what you see is what you get. It means that the printed copy of the
document will be similar as appears in the word processor.
14. Macros
A macro is a character or word that represents a series of keystrokes. The
keystrokes may represent text or commands. The macros are defined to save a lot of time
for repeating the same task.