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    ASSIGNMENT 3 Word Processors

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    Provides help and guidance on using the word processor.

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    WORD PROCESSOR

    A word processor is software or a device that allows users to create, edit, and
    print documents. It enables you to write text, store it electronically, display it on a
    screen, modify it by entering commands and characters from the keyboard, and print
    it.
    Of all computer applications, word processing is the most common. Today, most
    word processors are delivered either as a cloud service or as software that users
    can install on a PC or mobile device.

    HISTORY of WORD PROCESSORS


    The earliest word processors were standalone machines similar to electric
    typewriters that debuted in the 1960s. The great advantage of these early machines
    over using a typewriter was that you could make changes without retyping the entire
    document. Over time, the devices acquired more advanced features, such as the
    ability to save documents on a disk, elaborate formatting options, and spell-
    checking.
    While there are still some standalone word processors in use today, word
    processing began to move to personal computers in the 1980s. In the early days of
    the PC, a word processor called WordPerfect became one of the most widely used
    applications of any kind. Over time, however word processors that showed users
    exactly what would print on their final documents became more popular. One of
    those word processors, Microsoft Word, became dominant in the 1990s.
    With the advent of cloud computing in the 2000s, word processing changed again.
    The cloud allowed users to do their word processing via a browser-based
    application. While these cloud-based word processors lacked the advanced
    functionality of software installed on a device, they allowed users to store their
    documents in a remote data center and access them from any Internet-connected
    PC or mobile device. 

    FEATURES OF WORD PROCESSORS:-

    Insert text: Allows you to insert text anywhere in the document.

    Delete text: Allows you to erase characters, words, lines, or pages.

    Cut and Paste: Allows you to remove (cut) a section of text from one place in a


    document and insert (paste) it somewhere else.

    Copy: Allows you to duplicate a section of text.

    Page size and margins: Allows you to define various page sizes and margins, and the
    word processor will automatically readjust the text so that it fits.

    Search & Replace: Allows you to direct the word processor to search for a particular
    word or phrase. You can also direct the word processor to replace one group of characters
    with another everywhere that the first group appears.

    Word wrap: Automatically moves to the next line when you have filled one line with
    text, and it will readjust text if you change the margins.

    Print: Allows you to send a document to a printer to get hard copy.

    File management: Provides file management capabilities that allow you to create, delete,
    move, and search for files.

    Font specifications: Allows you to change fonts within a document. For example, you


    can specify bold, italics, and underlining. Most word processors also let you change the
    font size and even the typeface.

    Windows: Allows you to edit two or more documents at the same time. Each document
    appears in a separate window. This is particularly valuable when working on a large
    project that consists of several different files.

    Spell checking: Identifies words that don’t appear in a standard dictionary.

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