Word Processing Software
Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
1. Define word processing.
2. Acquire basic knowledge on the kinds of word processing
software.
3. Start the MS Word program.
4. Learn the about the screen layout, menus and sub-menus
and the keyboard and mouse basics.
5. Create, open and save files and documents.
6. Encode text.
7. Know the format commands such as Page Size, Orientation,
and Margin, Font Type, Style, Size, and Color and Text
Alignment.
WHAT IS WORD PROCESSING?
Word processing is using a computer to create, edit,
format, store and print documents using a word processor.
This computer application tool enables the user to create
documents, display it on the computer screen, save it on a
disk and print it using a printer attached to the computer
hardware. Modification on the saved document can done
through editing and formatting commands using keyboard
and mouse.
The major advantage of word processing over a manual
typewriter or paper and pen is that you don’t have to retype
the entire document if you make mistake. You may delete
the character, word, line or paragraph that you would like to
erase. You may also replace, interchange or move text
anywhere within your document.
WHAT IS WORD PROCESSINF SOFTWARE?
As the time goes by, there are many kind of word
processing software. The earliest form of word processor is
WordStar, which runs
