Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Desktop Publishing
Software
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This lesson includes the following sections:
• Word Processing Programs and Their Uses
• The Word Processor's Interface
• Entering and Editing Text
• Formatting Text
• Special Features of Word Processing Software
• Desktop Publishing Software
• Converting Documents into World Wide Web Pages
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Word Processing Programs and Their Uses
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Writing and editing
• Creating the logical structure:
TEXT ENTRY
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• Many formatting tools-- File & Format menus
(again, keyboard shortcuts are handy). A few:
• Document area
• Menu bar
• Toolbars
• Rulers
• Scroll Bars
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Menu bar Toolbars
Document area
Status bar
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Entering and Editing Text –
Adding Text to a Document
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Entering and Editing Text –
Editing a Document
Making changes to an existing document is called
editing. Tools are provided for erasing and retyping text
quickly:
• The Backspace and Delete keys let you erase one or
more characters.
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Here, a selected block of text is deleted.
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Formatting Text
• Character formats
• Paragraph formats
• Document formats
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Formatting Text - Character Formats
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Formatting Text - Paragraph Formats
• In a word processor, you create a new paragraph
whenever you press Enter. You can format each
paragraph in a different way.
Heading section
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Special Features of Word Processing Software
• Language tools
• Tables
• Mail Merge
• Templates
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Special Features of Word Processing
Software - Language Tools
Language tools can help you improve the quality of
your documents by catching language errors.
Language tools include:
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Whoops!
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Special Features of Word Processing
Software - Tables
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Special Features of Word Processing
Software - Mail Merge
• Mail merge is the process of combining a form
letter with contents of an address database.
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Special Features of Word Processing
Software - Support for Graphics and Sounds
• Word processors allow you to add images to your
documents.
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Imported graphic
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Desktop Publishing Software
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Converting Documents Into World Wide
Web Pages
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review
• Identify three basic word processing tools that
simplify document editing.
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