principles of information technology

Principles of Information Technology

Introduction to Word Processing

What is Word Processing?

The use of the computer to create and edit documents

Can refer to any portion of Microsoft Office

We will use Microsoft Word

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What can you create?

Letters Brochures Resumes Reports Tables Graphs You can create ANYTHING if you have the

proper Word Processing skills!


Word Processing Terms

Typeface Shape of Characters Times New Roman, Arial, Comic Sans

Font A collection of letters and numbers in a particular

typeface EX: Bold, 10 point, Times New Roman



Format Specifying the font alignment, margins The layout of a document Some documents have specific layouts

Alignment The way lines of a text are arranged Centered, Right Aligned, Left Aligned, Justified



Tab Moving the Cursor to the next location by using

the Tab key on the keyboard You can also set Tab Stops

Margins the blank space to the left and right sides and at

the top and bottom of a page Use File and then Page Setup to access



Header/Footer The header is one or more lines of text that

appear at the top of every page of a document The footer consists of lines of text that appear at

the bottom of every page of a document Line Spacing

Line Spacing refers to the number of blank spaces between lines of text

Double Space, Single Space



Print Preview Click on the menu choice or icon for a Print

Preview and you will be shown an image of exactly what the printed output will look like

Indent An indent is one or more spaces that are used to

move the text to the right of the left margin



Spelling/Grammar Check Word processing programs contain a spell check

program which can verify the correct spelling of words in a document

Copy To duplicate selected text, selected cells, or a

selected object; shortcut is CONTROL C



Cut Removes the current selection from the document

and places the it on the clipboard for pasting for future use (shortcut method is Control X)

Paste Information that has been cut or copied to the

clipboard can be placed in another location at a later time when needed (shortcut method is Control V)


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