Chapter 2 Practical - WordProcessing

Word Processing

-Text Editing = Text can be changed by deleting it, typing over it or by inserting additional text within it.

-Word Wrap and Centering = Text can be centred between left and right margins.

-Search and replace, Move and Copy = Any type of text can be replaced with another block of text. You can mark a text and move it elsewhere in the doc. or copy it throughout the doc.

-Layout Settings = Margins, tabs, line spacing, indents, font changes, underlining, boldface and italics can be set and rest anywhere in the doc.

Headers, Footers and Page Numbering = They are common text printed on the top and bottom of every page. They can be set and reset anywhere within the doc. page numbering in optional Roman numerals / alphabetic letters is common.

-Style sheets= When you apply a style, you apply a whole group of formats in 1 simple task example: Table of Contents/ Index/ Arial, 14 pt etc.

- Clipart and Picture= A picture can be resized, rotated and anchored so that it remains with a particular segment of text.

-Preview, Print and Group Print = A doc. can be previewed before it is printed. A doc. can be printed both individually/ as a group.

-Footnote and Endnotes= Footnotes can be made at any place of the doc. ant the endnote printed at the end of a page of a doc.

-Spelling Checker and Thesaurus= Spelling an individual word can be checked. A thesaurus displays synonyms for the word at the current location.

-Columns= mainly used in newspaper/ magazines.

-Mail Merge= Is used to create personalized letters by combining together a form letter and a list of data. (instead of writing a name in every mail you can use the mail mage and all the names will appear automatically)(from references)

-Table of Contents= Is a list of headings in a document. You can use a table of contents to get an overview of the topic discussed in a doc. (To make it you have to change every title into Heading 1 / Heading 2 etc. so that the computer will notice it.)

-Indexes= An index list the terms and topics discussed in a doc. along the pages they appear on. (select every word you want to be seen in the indexes by pressing ALT+SHIFT+X)(find from References)