WORDPROCESSING TOOL Introduction After completing this Chapter, thestudent will be able to: • work wi th any wor d proc essingprogram, • create , save and o pen adocument using a wordprocessor, • forma t a docu ment inserti ngbullets/numbering, tables, pictures, etc., • set custom tabs and apply styles, • prepa re a docume nt for pri nting , • enha nce the f eatu res of t hedocument inserting graphics, tables, pictures, charts, etc., andusing different formatting styles, • modi fy document usi ng vario usediting and formatting featureswithin or across documents, • produce documents fo r variouspurpos es and• apply ma il merg e facil ity to se nda document to differentmembers. 3 We have to submit a project as part of our course evaluation. We will perhaps take a chart paperand design the project, write a report and submitit to our teacher. That’s the way we have done itall along? Have we ever thought of typing the entire project report using a computer and submitting itin a nicely designed printed form? Ever reflected on getting information from the Internet and presenting it neatly for the project? Now that’s the way things are being done! And if we are alreadythinking of it, it’s time to discover some documentcreation software, i.e., word processingtool to getthe job done. Not only a project, we can get lots ofother things done through it – writing letters and applications, making newsletters, designing posters, and the list goes on and on! ObjectivesComputers are dominating our lives today in more ways than we know. The power of computers can however be seen in the word processing tools. I like the computer because it keeps giving youoptions. What if I do this? You try it, and if youdon't like it you undo it. The original can alwaysbe resurrected. It raises the idea of working onone painting your whole life, saving it andworking on it again and again. Elliott GreenResearch Associat e and Tutorial Fellow, Oxford Universit y