This document discusses choosing the right word processing software. It recommends asking yourself what types of documents you currently and plan to produce, as well as what features you need and want. The software chosen should match your document needs and feature requirements. Additional writing tools like spell checkers and thesauruses can enhance word processing functionality. Choosing software that supports your document and feature needs will help you produce documents efficiently.

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CHOOSING WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE
-Once you have used word processing software, you
will probably wonder ( like millions of others before you) how in
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the world you ever survived without it.
A s more word processing packages come on the market, choosing the right software
can become very confusing. Nevertheless, there is probably a word processing
package that will serve your needs. As you begin looking, ask yourself these questions:
I What types of document am I
i. Now producing?
ii. Planning to produce?
II What type of features do I
i. Need?
ii. Want ?
Document types can change from require references , you will need the
simple memos to proposals, reports, footnoting feature; if you develop a
legal documents, books, newsletters, newsletter, having the multicolumn
scientific papers, form letters, and so layout feature would be handy ; if
on. The point is, match the features you scientific notation is needed, you will
need with the features in the software want superscripts (X2 + Y3) and subscripts
packages. For example, if you write (a21); and if you expect to send
articles that “personalized” form letters, the mail-
merge would be considered necessity.
A number of writing tools are available that can enhanced the functionality of word
processing package. These include : `
 On-line thesaurus
 Spell checker
 Grammar and style checker
What you can do with word-processing is limited only by your imagination and
willingness to learn the system. Good luck in your computer-assisted writing.
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Larry Long and Nancy Long, Computing , (Englewood Cliffs, N.J; printice Hall, 2010
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