Word

Word Processing (Microsoft Word)

Word processing is a system that processes text, performing basic functions such as paragraphing, aligning, formatting and re-arrangement of a text.

v Word Wrap.

The Automatic adjustment of a line of text to fit in to Pre-specified margins is called word wrapping. When the Cursor meets the end margin the words flew on to new line and continuous,

v Scrolling.

Using the video as a text window and rolling of text up/down or sideways on a screen for viewing long or wider document is called scrolling.

v Soft copy.

A document on the screen is called a Soft copy.

v Hard copy.

Hard copy is a printed document.

v Revising.

The process of editing and if necessary changing the content and/or format of a document using word processing function (Insert, Delete, Move and copy)

v Character.

Any alphanumeric or Graphic symbol

v Word.

Any sequences of a fixed number of characters in a document.

v Line.

A row of characters written, printed or displayed on a VDU

v Sentence.

A piece of writing between two full stops or equivalent pauses.

v Page.

Text in blocks to suit the designed paper length or that, which is written, printed etc. on a page or which fills a VDU screen

v Text.

Data in textual form, especially as stored, processed for displayed in a word processor or text editor.

v Document.

Text-based output created by a word processing program.