WORD PROCESSING

WORD PROCESSING

Word processing is a package which facilitates text entry, storage manipulation and printing memos, letters, internal reports and product documentation. They are also interfaced with DBMS and spread sheets.

A word processor is a computer application used for the production including composition, editing, formatting and possibly printing of any sort of printable material. Word processing was one of the earliest applications for the personal computer in office productivity. Microsoft word is the most widely used computer word processing system.

Functions of word processing:

File format exchange
These features allow the conversion of word perfect to a word star document, word star document to window word document and so on.

Footnote placement
This feature allows the user a build a footnote file at the same time he or she is writing a document. The program then places the footnotes at appropriate page bottoms when the document is printed.

Index creation
Using this features, out can create an index for your document that incudes page numbers for words or phrases that can be easily looked up.

Mail Merge
Most word processing program allow the user to combine parts of different documents to make the production of form letters much easier, faster and less tedious than doing the same thing using a typewriter. For example, you can combine address files with a letter file that contains thing using a typewriter. For ex- you can combine address with a letter file that contains special codes where the address information is supposed to be. The program will insert the different addresses in copies of the letter and print them out.

Outlining
Some packages automatically outline the document for you. You can use the outline as a table of contents.

Spilt screen
These features allow you to work on two documents at once. one at the top of the screen and one at the bottom. You can scroll each document independently and move and copy text between the documents.

Thesaurus
These programs allow the user topic word substitutions. Example- if you are writing a letter and want to use a more exciting word than impressive, you can activate your thesaurus program and ask for alternatives to that word such as awe-inspiring or thrilling.