Word Processing

What is word processing

Word processing software lets you to create, edit, format, store, retrieve,
and print a text document

Function of word processing

Creation is the original composing and keying in of the document.

Editing is making changes to the document to fix errors the content.

Formatting refers to adjusting the appearance of the document
to make it look appropriate and attractive.

Retrieving is the document means bringing the stored document means
bringing the stored document from disk back into computer memory so
that it can be used again.

Printing is producing the document on paper, using a printer
connected to the computer.

How word processing works

Scrolling: to see any part of the document.

Easy correction: move the cursor to the position
of the cursor of just right of the cursor.

Menus: a set of choice normally lay out across the top of the screen.
Pull down menus reveals lower-level choices that pull down like
window shade from the initial selection at the top of the screen.
A toolbar is a collection of buttons.

Formatting

Vertical centering: adjusts the top and bottom margins, tabs and indents,
justification, line spacing, emphasis, and the other factors that affect appearance.

Line centering: the line which centered between the left and right margins
of the page.

Margins: Is use automatically by the word processing programs.

Tabs and indentation: it is common to tab just once to begin a paragraph.
Justification: the evenness of text at the side margins.

Line spacing: most of the time you will want your documents-letters,
memos, reports-to be single-spaced.

Boldface, Italic, and Underlining: certain words or phrases,
or even entire paragraphs, can be given emphasis by using a
darker text known as boldface text, or by using the slanted
type called italic, or by underling important words.
Fonts: most word processing packages offer dozens of fonts.

Squeezing or stretching a document: adjusting the length
by adjusting the margins, try different line and experiment with fonts.

Printing envelopes: find the command envelope on one of your
program’s pull-down menus.

Other important tools

Search
Find and replace
Pagination
Print preview
Footnotes
Headers and footers
Text blocks: moving, copying and deleting


Spelling checker and thesaurus program

A spelling checker program finds spelling errors
you may have made when typing document.

A thesaurus program offers synonyms
(words with the same meaning) and antonyms
words with the opposite meaning for common words.