Aklan Catholic College

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EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Name of Reporter: Ylaizza Shimley D. Tumanon Strand and Section: STEM 11 A – St. Gemma

WORD PROCESSING
Word Processing refers to the act of using a computer to create, edit, save and print documents. In order to perform word processing,
specialized software (known as a Word Processor) is needed. In addition to typing text, the word processor allows you to add content
such as pictures, tables, and charts to your documents as well as decorative items including borders and clipart.

Functions:
1.It helps in Correcting grammar and spelling of sentences
2.It helps in storing and creating typed documents in a new way.
3.It provides the function of Creating the documents with basic editing, saving, and printing of it or same.
4.It helps in Copy the text along with moving deleting and pasting the text within a given document.
5.It helps in Formatting text like bold, underlining, font type, etc.
6.It provides the function of creating and editing the formats of tables.
7.It helps in Inserting the various elements from some other types of software.

Features:
1.They are stand-alone devices that are dedicated to the function.
2.Their programs are running on general-purpose computers
3.It is easy to use
4.Helps in changing the shape and style of the characters of the paragraphs
5.Basic editing like headers & footers, bullets, numbering is being performed by it.
6.It has a facility for mail merge and preview.

Organizing your document - can keep important documents safe because, if they're stored away in a specific place, then you're less
likely to lose or misplace a document. Your document is effectively divided into sections when headers are used and the appropriate
styles are applied. Headings can also help our readers understand the structure of the article.

HOW TO ORGANIZE A DOCUMENT?

You can move parts of your document around by moving them in the Navigation pane. You can also change the level of headings, and
you can add new headings. In the Navigation pane, click the Browse the headings in your document tab.

To open the Navigation pane, press Ctrl+F, or click View > Navigation Pane.

BROWSE BY HEADINGS
1. In the Navigation pane, click the Headings tab.
2. To go to a heading in your document, click that heading in the Navigation pane.

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If you scroll through your document, Word highlights the heading in the Navigation pane to show you where you are. To go back to the
top, click Jump to the beginning.

BROWSE BY PAGES
Click Pages. Then click a thumbnail image to go to that page. When you do scroll through your document, Word highlights the page
you’re on in the Navigation pane to show you where you are.

SEARCH IN YOUR DOCUMENT

To search for a word, type the word in the search box, and in the results tab, it will show how many times you used the word and where
it is used in the document.

REORGANIZE YOUR DOCUMENT

In the Navigation pane, click the Headings tab. Do any of the following:
• To move part of the document, click the heading and drag it to a new location.

• To change the heading's level or add a heading, right-click the heading, and then choose the action you want.

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Citing sources - identifying the sources you utilized to obtain your knowledge can demonstrate to the reader that you did a thorough
investigation. To acknowledge and be responsible scholars by giving other researchers credit for their work.

ADD A NEW CITATION AND SOURCE TO A DOCUMENT

On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click the arrow next to Style and click the style that you want to use for
the citation and source. For example, social sciences documents usually use the MLA or APA styles for citations and sources.

To add the source information, click Add New Source, and then, in the Create Source dialog box, click the arrow next to Type of
Source, and select the type of source you want to use (for example, a book section or a website).

To add a placeholder, so that you can create a citation and fill in the source information later, click Add New Placeholder. A question
mark appears next to placeholder sources in Source Manager.

If you chose to add a source, enter the details for the source. To add more information about a source, click the Show All Bibliography
Fields check box.

FIND A SOURCE
On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click Manage Sources.

 If you open a new document that does not yet contain citations, all of the sources that you used in previous documents appear
under Master List.
 If you open a document that includes citations, the sources for those citations appear under the Current List. All the sources
that you have cited, either in previous documents or in the current document, appear under Master List.

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To find a specific source, do one of the following:
• In the sorting box, sort by author, title, citation tag name, or year, and then look for the source that you want in the
resulting list.
• In the Search box, type the title or author of the source that you want to find. The list dynamically narrows to match
your search term.

EDIT A SOURCE
On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click Manage Sources.

• In the Source Manager dialog box, under Master List or Current List, select the source you want to edit, and then
click Edit.
• In the Edit Source dialog box, make the changes you want and click OK.

Reviewing your document - The purpose of the Review Tab is for proofing your document and providing possibilities for seeking
feedback on your final edits. The Review Tab is separated into multiple groups: Proofing, Speech, Accessibility, Language, Comments,
Tracking, Changes, Compare, Ink, & Resume.

To Track Changes in a document, go to the Review Tab and click Track Changes. Word will automatically take note of your revisions
through color-coded markup. When others edit the document with Track Changes enabled, their edits will also be recorded.

INSERT ACOMMENT
1. Select the content you want to comment on.
2. Go to Review > New Comment.
3. Type your comment. If you want to make changes to any of your comments, just go back and edit them.
4. To reply to a comment, go to the comment, and select Reply.

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References:
Microsoft Support
GeeksforGeeks
SED 590
Suny Broome
Internet:
Retrieved from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-navigation-pane-in-word-394787be-bca7-459b-894e-
3f8511515e55#:~:text=To%20go%20to%20a%20page,scrolling%2C%20use%20the%20Navigation%20pane.&text=To%20open
%20the%20Navigation%20pane,or%20click%20View%20%3E%20Navigation%20Pane.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-citations-in-a-word-document-ab9322bb-a8d3-47f4-80c8-
63c06779f127#:~:text=Add%20citations%20to%20your%20document,citation%20you%20want%20to%20use
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-or-delete-a-comment-8d3f868a-867e-4df2-8c68-bf96671641e2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/track-changes-in-word-197ba630-0f5f-4a8e-9a77-3712475e806a#:~:text=Turn%20on
%20Track%20Changes&text=only%20your%20changes.-,On%20the%20Review%20tab%2C%20select%20Track%20Changes.,all
%20users%2C%20select%20For%20Everyone
https://www.cs.csustan.edu/~lamie/sed590/CSUS%20Word%20Processors.htm
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/word-processing-software/
https://w.sunybroome.edu/basic-computer-skills/functions/word_processing/1word_processing.html

Prepared by:
Ylaizza Shimley D. Tumanon
Reporter

Checked by:

Miss BRENNA ROSE S. MALBAS, LPT

Subject Teacher

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