1st Year Computer Chapter 8 Notes

• What is word processing?
• What is a word processor?
• What is a text editor?
• What is meant by Word Wrap?
• What is meant by WYSIWYG?
• Define insertion point.
• What is mail merge?
• What is macro?
• What is a thesaurus?
• What is Undo Command?
• What is Redo Command?
• What is meant by Formatting Document?
• What is font?  What is meant by paragraph formatting?
• Differentiate between line spacing and paragraph spacing.
• What is meant by margins?
• What is meant by Indent?
• What is meant by alignment?
• What is Page Formatting?
• What are Headers and footers?
• What is meant by page orientation?
• What is the use of the table in MS Word?
• What is the use of a text column in MS Word? 
• What is the use of a text box in MS Word?
• What is WordArt?
• Write some uses of word processor.
• What is Word processing: Word processing software is probably one of the most frequently used packages in any organization. People use it for everything from quick notes to complex, book-length documents. In fact, it has been estimated that more than 90 percent of all personal computers have a word processor installed. Word processing is more than just electronic typing. It involves creating, editing, formatting and printing documents in variety of form. You may have observed hundreds of newspapers, magazines, letters and advertisements at your workplace, home and surrounding; these are all miracles of word processing software. Businesses, Government agencies, schools and individuals create thousands of documents for numerous purposes on daily basis. In this chapter we shall discuss different features of a word processor. To make clear concepts of these features we shall also discuss MS Word 2000 as an example. Word processor is an application (software) that provides extensive tools for creating all kinds of text-based documents. Word processor can manipulate not only the text but also it enables you to add images, sounds, charts and graphics in your document (figure 8.1). With some of advanced word processors you can embed video clips as well. Word processors can even create documents for publishing on the World Wide Web, complete with hyperlinked text and graphics.
• The great advantage of word processing over using a typewriter is that you can make changes without retyping the entire document. If you make a typing mistake, you simply move back the cursor and correct your mistake. If you want to delete a paragraph, you simply remove it, without leaving a trace. It is equally easy to insert a word, sentence, or paragraph in the middle of a document. Word processors also make it easy to move sections of text from one place to another within a document, or between documents. When you have made all the changes you want, you can send the document to a printer to get a hardcopy.