Word processing is the use
of software that aid in the composition, revision, filing and printing of text
in the early days of computing, a word processor was an entire computer:
dedicated to the task of word processing. Today, word processor commonly means
software rather a dedicated computer.
The needs to create and
manipulate document of different types have gained prominence in the business/
commercial world. Today’s W.P (Word Processing) systems can easily create and
manipulate the following kind of document (s).
1.
Letter (Personal & Business)
2.
Memoranda
3.
Proposals & Reports
4.
Newsletters, Journals & Thesis
5.
Project Documents
6.
Literatures and text designs
7.
Graphics and text designs
8.
Letter headed papers, invitation cards etc.
ADVANTAGES
OF WORD PROCESSOR
1. High
speed & accuracy
Easy typing because line does not end in
the VDU the way it ends in the manual type writer due to the word wrap features
it has.
2. Storage
of document is possible unlike the manual type writer
3. Uses
of different font is possible
4. Printing
of graphics are possible
5. Automatic
settings like page setup are possible
NOTE: That
any document done or created in WP system is easily formatted, edit, and
printed. There are numerous features in the WP system such as: spell checker,
inbuilt dictionary etc.
COMMON
WORD PROCESSORS
Among the long list of word processors
programs/packages available today, these are the following popular ones; MS-WORD and WORD PERFECT.
For the purpose of this lecture, we shall consider
MS-Word (Microsoft Word) for our study because it is one of the most current
and popular word processors available for today’s commercial usage.
OVER
VIEW OF WORD PROCESSING (using MS- word)
MS-word is a word processing package that runs on the
window environment. This makes the manipulation of text easy and flexible. It
is a product of a MICRO SOFT CORPORATION, software House based in America.
MS-word is an incorporation of very extensive word processing features; it also
provides additional basic DTP (Desktop Publishing) and graphics facilities.
