WORD PROCESSOR

Word processor is a software package which

helps us to enter the text from the input device ( like
keyboard ) with many special feature. By using world
processor we can change/print typed letters, document and
reports easily and store them for future use. Now in other
words we can say word processor is a computer system
which includes pc, peripherals and software used to
perfume word processing operations.

Advantages of word processing :

1. In word processing while typing the text many
facilities are available in the form of icons in the tool
bars.
2. In word processing we can prepare error free
document.
3. We can print any number of copies without retyping
and all print outs look like the first copy.
4. User can fix the format or lawet according to their
need.
5. If has special feature like bold face, underline,
alignment, font size, font style, colour of font, page size
etc.

MS WORD

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 Menu Bar Standard Toolbar Formatting Toolbar

Ruler Work Area Status Bar Scroll Bar

FEATURES OF MS-WORD

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1. Rapid typing facilities with man y features relating to
typing.
2. Graphical facilities available that we can add graphics
with our text.
3. Networking, E-mail, fax linked facilities.
4. Mail-merge- like if we have many documents to print
instead of printing them one by one we merge them so
they can automatically be printed one by one.
5. We can import graphics & even text document form
other software and can also export.
6. Extra drawing tool bar facility by which we can draw
any sketch or add any symbols.
7. Useful for office as many formats of latter writing are
available in it.
8. Readymade pictures, images and symbols files are
attached on it that we can insert at any time.

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BAR AND HELP SYSTEM
Menu bar :

Menu bar containing all the word applications menu

with bar has having pull down menu containing various
application commands. e.g. file, edit, view etc.

Tool bar :

Tool bar is of two types – standard tool bar and

formatting tool bar –

Standard tool bar : As it is clear from its name

standard tool bar has standard icons for rapid access of the
commands.

e.g. to open the new file we have to go first to file

menu then click new option and in standard tool bar there
is icon to create a new file.

Formatting tool bar : A bar which has a icons

relating to the format or lawet of page like, font size, font
style, bold, italic, alignment, symbols etc.

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Buttons :
Buttons are the icons which are displayed on the
screen or dialog boxes which we directly click and access.
Like ok button, yes button, no, stop etc.

Ruler :
Ruler is used to set horizontal tab stops and
indents for selected paragraphs and adjusts the width of
newspaper style text columns. In page lowed view the
horizontal ruler can be used to change the page margin.

Key board Shortcuts

There are many keyboard shortcuts that we can
directly apply to rapid accessing. Most common are as
follows.

(1) Ctrl + o - open

(2) Ctrl + s - save
(3) Ctrl + c - copy
(4) Ctrl + x - cut
(5) Ctrl + v - paste
(6) Del - delete ect.

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Scroll bar :
Scroll bar is used to scroll or move the document
horizontally or vertically through horizontal scroll bar or
vertical bar respectively and is located at the right and
bottom edge of the document windows.

Help System
Word comes with complete online reference help
which includes step by step procedure that we can follow as
we work. We can follow help for learning something, to
know something about some commands or at the time of
error. We can access help either by help command from menu
bar or by (?) help icon from standard tool bar.

1. Word includes on-line index. To look up a topic in the

help index choose index from the help menu and click
the first letter of the topic we want to read about.
2. To get an overview of the help choose contents from
the help menu and click the topics we want to read
about.