1. WHAT IS 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. ONE EXAMPLE OF A WORD PROCESSOR IS MICROSOFT WORD, BUT OTHER WORD
PROCESSING APPLICATIONS ARE ALSO WIDELY USED.

THESE PROGRAMS ALLOW USERS TO CREATE A WIDE VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS INCLUDING (BUT CERTAINLY
NOT LIMITED TO) REPORTS, LETTERS, MEMOS, NEWSLETTERS AND BROCHURES. 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. THE EDITING AND
FORMATTING CAPABILITIES OF THE WORD PROCESSOR DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION'S TRUE POWER.
TEXT CAN BE INSERTED, EDITED, MOVED, COPIED OR DELETED WITHIN YOUR DOCUMENT AND THE
APPEARANCE OF THE TEXT CAN BE MODIFIED IN NUMEROUS WAYS. MOST WORD PROCESSORS ALSO GIVE
YOU’RE THE ABILITY TO CHECK YOUR SPELLING AND GRAMMAR AND MANY HAVE BUILT IN DICTIONARIES
AND OTHER TOOLS TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR WRITING.

Reference: http://w.sunybroome.edu/basic-computer-skills/functions/word_processing/1word_processing.html

2. WHAT IS MICROSOFT WORD?

 MICROSOFT WORD IS A WIDELY USED COMMERCIAL WORD PROCESSOR DESIGNED BY MICROSOFT.
MICROSOFT WORD IS A COMPONENT OF THE MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE OF PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE, BUT
CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED AS A STAND-ALONE PRODUCT. MICROSOFT WORD WAS INITIALLY LAUNCHED IN
1983, AND HAS SINCE BEEN REVISED NUMEROUS TIMES. MICROSOFT WORD IS OFTEN CALLED SIMPLY
WORD OR MS WORD.

REFERENCE: HTTPS://WWW.TECHOPEDIA.COM/DEFINITION/3840/MICROSOFT-WORD

3. DEFINE MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD USER INTERFACE.

WITH THE RELEASE OF MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 CAME THE "FLUENT USER INTERFACE" OR "FLUENT
UI", WHICH REPLACED MENUS AND CUSTOMIZABLE TOOLBARS WITH A SINGLE "OFFICE MENU", A
MINIATURE TOOLBAR KNOWN AS "QUICK-ACCESS TOOLBAR" AND WHAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE
RIBBON: MULTIPLE TABS, EACH HOLDING A TOOLBAR BEARING BUTTONS AND OCCASIONALLY OTHER
CONTROLS. TOOLBAR CONTROLS HAVE ASSORTED SIZES AND ARE CLASSIFIED IN VISUALLY
DISTINGUISHABLE GROUPS. THE NEW DESIGN WAS INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM OF USERS
NOT FINDING OR KNOWING OF THE EXISTENCE OF AVAILABLE FEATURES IN THE OFFICE SUITE. THE
NAME "RIBBON" WAS LATER PURPORTED TO HAVE ORIGINATED FROM AN EARLY DESIGN IDEA BY
WHICH COMMANDS WERE PLACED ON A LONG PANE THAT COULD BE ROLLED LIKE A
MEDIEVAL SCROLL; THE NAME WAS RETAINED AFTER THE SCROLLING MECHANISM WAS REPLACED BY
TABS.

REFERENCE: HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/RIBBON_(COMPUTING)

MICROSOFT WORD OFFERS SEVERAL FEATURES TO EASE DOCUMENT CREATION AND EDTING, INCLUDING:
 1. WYSIWYG (WHAT-YOU-SEE-IS-WHAT-YOU-GET) DISPLAY
2. SPELL CHECK
3. TEXT-LEVEL FEATURES
4. PAGE LEVEL FEATURES
5. EXTERNAL SUPPORT

PARTS OF MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2007 INTERFACE

1. OFFICE BUTTON – IS LOCATED ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE MS WORD WINDOW
(NEW, OPEN, SAVE, SAVE US, PRINT, PREPARE, SEND, PUBLISHED, CLOSE)
2. QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR – IS LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE MICROSOFT OFFICE BUTTON
(SAVE, UNDO, REDO, OPEN, SPELLING AND GRAMMAR, PRINT PREVIEW)
3. TITLE BAR – TITLE OF THE APPLICATION
4. WINDOWS INTERFACE BUTTONS
(MINIMIZE, MAXIMIZE, CLOSE)
5. MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD HELP ICON
6. MENU BAR – IS DIRECTLY BELOW THE TITLE BAR AND IT DISPLAYS THE MENU.
HOME, INSERT, PAGE LAYOUT, REFERENCES, MAILINGS, REVIEW, VIEW, ADD INS (FORMAT - PICTURE OR DESIGN
- EQUATION)
7. RIBBON – HELP YOU QUICKLY FIND THE COMMANDS THAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE A TASK.
8. WORKING AREA – PART OF THE APPLICATION WHERE ALL NECESSARY ITEMS BE YOU WANT TO INSERT IN YOUR
DOCUMENT BE IN PLACE.
9. SCROLL BAR – HELP YOU TO NAVIGATE AROUND THE WORKING AREA. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SCROLL BAR,
THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL.
10. VIEW RULER ICON – DEFINES THE MARGINS AND INDETATION FOR YOUR DOCUMENT
11. STATUS BAR – IS THE AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORD WINDOW THAT INDICATES INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CURRENT DOCUMENT.
12. ZOOM SLIDER – APPEARS IN THE LOWER-RIGHT CORNER OF THE APPLICATION WINDOW. (ZOOM IN/OUT)

1981 – MICROSOFT HIRED CHARLES SIMONYI TO DEVELOP A WORD-PROCESSING APPLICATION.

FIRST VERSION WAS RELEASED IN 1983.

.DOCX – DEFAULT FILE FORMAT

2010 – COMPATIBLE TO OS (OPERATING SYSTEM)

WORD OR MS WORD

List of Control Key Shortcuts

Ctrl+A These two keys will select all text or other objects.
Ctrl+B Bold highlighted text.
Ctrl+C Copy any selected text or another object.
Ctrl+D Bookmark an open web page or open font window in Microsoft Word.
Ctrl+E Center text.
Ctrl+F Open find window.
Ctrl+G Open Find in a browser and word processors.
Ctrl+H Open the Find and Replace in Notepad, Microsoft Word, and WordPad
Ctrl+I Italicize text.
Ctrl+J View downloads in browsers and set justify alignment in Microsoft Word.
Ctrl+K Create a hyperlink for the highlighted text in Microsoft Word and many HTML
editors.
Ctrl+L Select address bar in a browser or left align text in a word processor.
Ctrl+M Indent selected text in word processors and other programs.
Ctrl+N Create a new page or document.
Ctrl+O Open a file in most programs.
Ctrl+P Open a print window to print the page you're viewing.
Ctrl+R Reload page in browser or right align text in a word processor.
Ctrl+S Save the document or file.
Ctrl+T Create a new tab in an Internet browser or adjust tabs in word processors.
Ctrl+U Underline selected text.
Ctrl+V Paste any text or another object that has been copied.
Ctrl+W Close open tab in a browser or close a document in Word.
Ctrl+X Cut selected text or another object.
Ctrl+Y These keys will redo any undo action.
Ctrl+End Moves cursor to the end of a document instead of end of the line.
Ctrl+Z Pressing these two keys will undo any action.
Ctrl+Esc Open the Windows Start Menu.
Ctrl+Tab Switch between open tabs in browsers or other tabbed programs.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab will go backwards (right to left).