WHAT IS WORD PROCESSOR?
 IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS A
DOCUMENT
PREPARATION SYSTEM
 IT IS A PROGRAMME
WHERE YOU CAN TYPE
AND PRINT
DOCUMENTS
 IT HAS REPLACED THE
OLD TYPEWRITERS
Then Now
A word processor is a computer program
or device that provides for input, editing,
formatting and output of text often with
some additional features. Early word
processors were stand-alone devices
often on its function, but current word
processors are word processor programs
running on general purpose computers.
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
Word Processing
 Advantages
1. Faster
2. Can edit documents
3. Change font style, size,
colour
4. Change layout
5. Print many copies
6. Less noise
7. Add pictures
8. Make tables
9. Email documents
 Disadvantages
1. Equipment costs
2. Upgrade software
3. Train staff
4. More complicated
5. Virus, popup
Double Spacing
Highlight the texts that you want
to double space > Home >
Paragraph > Indents and Spacing
> Spacing > Line Spacing >
choose double > OK.
Inserting Header and Footer
1. Open Word processor.
2. Click Insert > Header &
Footer.
Inserting a Page Number
1.In the same area of the footer and
header, select the page number.
2. Choose what format and style
you want to use in a page number.
Introduction to parts of a word window
Below is the table, describing parts of Word Windows:
Title Bar Displays the name of the currently active word
document.
Ruler Bar Allows you to format the vertical and horizontal
alignment of text in a document.
Tool Bars Word has a number of tool bars that help you
perform task faster and with great ease. Example :
Standard Tool Bar, Formatting Tool Bar
Status Bar Displays information about the currently active
document.
Scroll Bar Allows scrolling the content or body of document.
Workspace Area in the document window where text can be
entered.
Menu Bar Contains menus doing separate tasks.
How to enter and edit text
 You can enter text by using
the keyboard
 Editing text may involve
inserting, deleting, or
amending
 Other possible methods are
using a scanner and optical
character recognition (OCR)
 You can do this by speaking
into a microphone or using
voice recognition software
Word Wrap
 With a word processor, when you reach the end
of a line you don’t need to use the return key to
make a new line.
 Word processor will make a new line
automatically and it will move partly completed
words at the end of one line to the start of the
next line
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.
Inserting Clip Art
To insert
clip art
Click on
insert and
then picture
Then
click on
Clip art
Some pictures from Clip art
Mail merge
The process of
linking the fields
in a database to
a standard
letter.
It can be
accessed by
pressing the
“Tools” tab and
selecting Mail
Merge.
Text Alignment
 Text can be
aligned in
three different
ways
 Left
 Right
 Centre
Features of Word
Processor
 Search and Replace
We use this feature to replace a word a
number of times in a document.
 Spell Checker
The spell checker works by comparing the
typed word to words in the computer’s
internal dictionary, any word it does not
recognise it will place a red line underneath.
Features of Word Processor
 Grammar Check
 This feature works by highlighting
sentences with grammatical errors, for
example
 I seen everyone coming along
 Standard Paragraph
 A standard paragraph is a piece of
text that has been typed up, saved to
backing storage and inserted into a
document a number of times
Features of Word Processor
 Template
 A template is
a ready
made
document,
with
placeholders
for items like
text and
graphics
WYSIWYG
 Development of higher-resolution monitors allowed
them to provide limited WYSIWYG - What You See Is
What You Get, to the extent that typographical
features like bold and italics, indentation,
justification and margins were approximated on
screen.
 MacWrite, Microsoft Word and other word
processing programs for the bit-mapped Apple
Macintosh screen, introduced in 1984, were
probably the first true WYSIWYG word processors to
become known to many people until the
introduction of Microsoft Windows.
The evolution of Word 2002-2010
24
Word XP
Word
2003
Word
2007
Word
2010
New features in Word 2007
 The
Microsoft
Office
Button
 The Quick
Access
Toolbar
Customiza
ble
 The
Ribbon
R
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C
A
P
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    WHAT IS WORDPROCESSOR?  IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS A DOCUMENT PREPARATION SYSTEM  IT IS A PROGRAMME WHERE YOU CAN TYPE AND PRINT DOCUMENTS  IT HAS REPLACED THE OLD TYPEWRITERS Then Now
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    A word processoris a computer program or device that provides for input, editing, formatting and output of text often with some additional features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices often on its function, but current word processors are word processor programs running on general purpose computers.
  • 4.
    Application areas ofword 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
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    Word Processing  Advantages 1.Faster 2. Can edit documents 3. Change font style, size, colour 4. Change layout 5. Print many copies 6. Less noise 7. Add pictures 8. Make tables 9. Email documents  Disadvantages 1. Equipment costs 2. Upgrade software 3. Train staff 4. More complicated 5. Virus, popup
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    Double Spacing Highlight thetexts that you want to double space > Home > Paragraph > Indents and Spacing > Spacing > Line Spacing > choose double > OK.
  • 7.
    Inserting Header andFooter 1. Open Word processor. 2. Click Insert > Header & Footer.
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    Inserting a PageNumber 1.In the same area of the footer and header, select the page number. 2. Choose what format and style you want to use in a page number.
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    Introduction to partsof a word window
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    Below is thetable, describing parts of Word Windows: Title Bar Displays the name of the currently active word document. Ruler Bar Allows you to format the vertical and horizontal alignment of text in a document. Tool Bars Word has a number of tool bars that help you perform task faster and with great ease. Example : Standard Tool Bar, Formatting Tool Bar Status Bar Displays information about the currently active document. Scroll Bar Allows scrolling the content or body of document. Workspace Area in the document window where text can be entered. Menu Bar Contains menus doing separate tasks.
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    How to enterand edit text  You can enter text by using the keyboard  Editing text may involve inserting, deleting, or amending  Other possible methods are using a scanner and optical character recognition (OCR)  You can do this by speaking into a microphone or using voice recognition software
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    Word Wrap  Witha word processor, when you reach the end of a line you don’t need to use the return key to make a new line.  Word processor will make a new line automatically and it will move partly completed words at the end of one line to the start of the next line
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    Word Count  Itis 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.
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    Inserting Clip Art Toinsert clip art Click on insert and then picture Then click on Clip art Some pictures from Clip art
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    Mail merge The processof linking the fields in a database to a standard letter. It can be accessed by pressing the “Tools” tab and selecting Mail Merge.
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    Text Alignment  Textcan be aligned in three different ways  Left  Right  Centre
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    Features of Word Processor Search and Replace We use this feature to replace a word a number of times in a document.  Spell Checker The spell checker works by comparing the typed word to words in the computer’s internal dictionary, any word it does not recognise it will place a red line underneath.
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    Features of WordProcessor  Grammar Check  This feature works by highlighting sentences with grammatical errors, for example  I seen everyone coming along  Standard Paragraph  A standard paragraph is a piece of text that has been typed up, saved to backing storage and inserted into a document a number of times
  • 22.
    Features of WordProcessor  Template  A template is a ready made document, with placeholders for items like text and graphics
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    WYSIWYG  Development ofhigher-resolution monitors allowed them to provide limited WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get, to the extent that typographical features like bold and italics, indentation, justification and margins were approximated on screen.  MacWrite, Microsoft Word and other word processing programs for the bit-mapped Apple Macintosh screen, introduced in 1984, were probably the first true WYSIWYG word processors to become known to many people until the introduction of Microsoft Windows.
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    The evolution ofWord 2002-2010 24 Word XP Word 2003 Word 2007 Word 2010
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    New features inWord 2007  The Microsoft Office Button  The Quick Access Toolbar Customiza ble  The Ribbon
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