Word Processing

Word processing is the act of typing, editing and printing out of textual/graphical

information using a word processor. Microsoft Word is an word processing
program. When you use a program like Microsoft Word to create a document, you
have performed word processing.
Word processing can be performed either electronically or mechanically. Electronic
word processing  involves the use of a computer device running an appropriate
word processing software, such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. Mechanical
word processing involves the use of devices like a typewriter.

Type of Word Processors

Software Word Processor

Word processing software is used to manipulate a text document, such as a

resume or a report. You typically enter text by typing, and the software provides
tools for copying, deleting and various types of formatting. Some of the functions of
word processing software include:
 Creating, editing, saving and printing documents.
 Copying, pasting, moving and deleting text within a document.
 Formatting text, such as font type, bolding, underlining or italicizing.
 Creating and editing tables.
 Inserting elements from other software, such as illustrations or photographs.
 Correcting spelling and grammar.
Mechanical Word Processor
A mechanical word processor, on its part, can be in the form of the now less
fashionable typewriters. Mechanical word processors don't need a software to
perform a word processing task.

Electrical Word Processor

A word processor is an electronic device (later a computer software application) for
composing, editing, formatting, and printing text.
The word processor was a stand-alone office machine in the 1960s, combining the
keyboard text-entry and printing functions of an electric typewriter with a recording
unit, either tape or floppy disk (as used by the Wang machine) with a simple
dedicated computer processor for the editing of text.