Lecture about word processing

2. What is Word Processing ?
Then Now
It is a computer
program that is used to
create documents.
It is a programme
where you can
type and print
documents
It has replaced
old typewriters
the

3. Application areas of word processing :
Business - Legal Copies, Letterheads, Letters,
Memos, Circulars etc.
Education - To develop word processing skills
from the very beginning
Home - Dealing with assignments being
completed at home, or occasionally
recreational e.g. Maintaining diary

4. Who uses a Word Processor?
In school: Teacher,Student,Principal
In an office: Employer
At home : your brother,mother,sister,
In the publishing industry : Author,
Editor

5. Word Processing
Disadvantages
Advantages
Faster
Errors can be corrected
Spelling checker
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Comsumes electricity
Requires a computer
Requires software
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Change layout
Print many copies
Less noise
Add pictures
Make tables
Email documents
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More
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6. Below is the table, describing parts of Word Windows:
Title Bar Displays the name of the currently active word
document.
Allows you to format the vertical and horizontal
alignment of text in a document.
Word has a number of tool bars that help you
perform task faster and with great ease. Example
Standard Tool Bar, Formatting Tool Bar
Displays information about the currently active
document.
Allows scrolling the content or body of document.
Ruler Bar
Tool Bars
:
Status Bar
Scroll Bar
Workspace Area in the document window where text can be
entered.
Contains menus doing separate tasks.
Menu Bar

7. How to enter and edit text
You can enter text by using
keyboard
Editing text may involve
inserting, deleting, or
amending
Other possiblemethodsare
using ascanner and optical
the
character recognition (OCR)
You can do thisby speaking
into amicrophoneor using
voicerecognition software

8. Word Wrap
With aword processor, when you reach theend of aline
you don’t need to usethereturn key to makeanew line.
Word processor will makeanew lineautomatically and
it will movepartly completed wordsat theend of one
lineto thestart of thenext line

9. Word Count
It is very useful if you are writing
an essay or an article containing a
certain amount of words
Instead of using spell checker to
count words use word count it saves
time.

10. 10
Part 1: Keyboard Basics
Tab Caps Lock
Shift Enter / Return
Space Bar
Backspace
Arrow Keys
Practice Moving
Your Cursor
Keyboard Exercise

11. 11
Keyboard Basics Review
• Arrow Keys
• Space Bar
• Tab
• Enter/Return
• Shift
• Caps Lock
• Backspace

12. 12
Review: File Management
Three Ways to Open a File
1. Double Click on the Desktop Icon
OR
2. Find “Microsoft Word” on the Start Menu
OR
3. Double Click on a Word file

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Document:
Write Here
Title Bar Menu Bar Toolbars
Find the cursor
(the flashing vertical line).
Your text will appear here
when you type.
Buttons