This document discusses word processing software. It begins by defining word processing as the composition, editing, formatting and sometimes printing of written material using electronic devices or computer software. The term was coined at IBM in the 1960s. Early word processors emerged in the 1970s-80s as standalone machines that combined an electric typewriter's keyboard and printing functions with a computer processor for text editing. Modern word processors have features like spell check, formatting options and graphics. Common word processing applications include Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Writer, and Google Docs. Word processing is used for business documents, home writing, and literary works.

1. WORD PROCESSING
SOFTWARE
Presented by:
Rahul Singh
M Lis (Ist Sem)
Pondicherry University

2. INTRODUCTION
A word processor is an electronic device or computer
Software application that, as directed by the user,
performs word processing:
The composition, editing, formatting and sometimes
printing of any sort of written material.
Word processing can also refer to advanced shorthand
techniques, sometimes used in specialized contexts with a
specially modified typewriter.
The term was coined at IBM's Böblingen, West Germany
Laboratory in the 1960s.

3. HISTORY
The word processor emerged as a stand-alone office
machine in the 1970s and 1980s, combining the keyboard
text-entry and printing functions of an electric typewriter
with a dedicated computer processor for the editing of text.
Although features and designs varied among
manufacturers and models, and new features were added as
technology advanced, word processors typically featured a
monochrome display and the ability to save documents
on memory cards or diskettes.
Later models introduced innovations such as spell-checking
programs, improved formatting options, and dot-matrix
printing.

4. FEATURES
•File Management
•Font specifications
•Footnotes and cross-references
•Graphics
•Headers , footers, and page numbering
•Layout
•Macros
•Merges
•Spell checker
•Tables of contents and indexes.
•Thesaurus

5. WORD PROCESSING
APPLICATIONS
WordPerfect
 MS-DOS operating system
OpenOffice.org Writer
LibreOffice Writer
AbiWord
KWord
 LyX
Office Web Apps
Google Docs

6. TYPICAL USAGE
Business
•Legal copies
•Letters and letterhead
•Memos
•Reference documents
Home
•Letter writing,
•Creating cards,
•Resume creation,
•Other types of documents
Literature
•Novelists
•Poets
•Playwrights
•Screenwriters
•Essayists

7. Impact on office Administration
The "buzz word" for this year's show was "word
processing," or the use of electronic equipment, such
as typewriters; procedures and trained personnel to
maximize office efficiency.
At the IBM exhibition a girl typed on an electronic
typewriter.
The copy was received on a magnetic tape cassette
which accepted corrections, deletions, and additions
and then produced a perfect letter for the boss's
signature..

8. MICROSOFT WORD
Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft.
It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix
systems.
Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms
including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running
Microsoft Windows (1989).
 Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a standalone product or
as a component of Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued
Microsoft Works suite.
Freeware editions of Word are Microsoft Word Viewer and Office
Online, both of which have limited features.