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- The ribbon organizes commands on tabs, and

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- This tab displays Microsoft Office backstage
view, which is a centralized space for all of your
WORD PROCESSOR
file management tasks such as opening, saving,
Word Processor printing, publishing, or sharing a file.
- A processor is a software program capable of
creating, storing, and printing typed documents. Tabs
- One of the most frequently used software • Displayed across the top of the Ribbon, tabs
relate to a type of activity; for example, laying
programs on a computer, with Microsoft Word out a page.
being the most popular word processor. Group Name
- A software used to create and edit text • This indicates the name of the groups of related
documents. commands on the displayed tab.
- Presented with a blank white sheet. Dialog Box Launcher
• This is a small icon that is found on the lower
right corner of some group names on the
Features of a Word Processor Ribbon. It launches a dialog box that opens
• Text Formatting • Header and Footer more options.
• Multimedia • Thesaurus Insertion Point
• Spelling and • Auto Correct • This is a blinking vertical line that indicates
Grammar where the text or graphic will be inserted.
Word Document Window
• Adjust the Layout • Mailers and Labels
• This displays the active document.
• Indentation and • Import Data Status Bar
Lists • The status bar is found at the bottom of the
• Insert Tables • Macros interface. On its left side, it indicates the line
number and word count, and displays the proof
Examples of Word Processor Programs number and word count, and displays buttons to
Microsoft Word Word Perfect control the appearance of the window.
Microsoft Works Word Google Drive Document Print Layout Button
Processor • This allows you to view the document as it
Open Office Writer iWork Pages would appear when printed.
Focus Writer View Options
• This contains buttons for viewing the document
in Print Layout, Full Screen Reading, Web
Some of its uses
Layout, Outline, or Draft views, and also
• Writing a book • Creating memos displays controls to Zoom Out and Zoom In.
and letters Zoom Slider
• Writing a report • Detecting and • The Zoom Slider increases or decreases the
correcting viewing area.
grammar errors Vertical Scroll Bar
• This enables you to move up or down in a
• Keeping a journal • Copying text from
document to display text that is not visible.
other sources and Scroll Box
editing them • This element provides a visual indication of
• Taking down your location in a document. You can use the
notes mouse to drag a document up and down to
reposition the document.
Program – Level Control Buttons
Uses of a Word Processor
• These are the buttons on the right edge of the
• One of the most useful application software in a title bar that allows you to minimize, restore, or
computer. It is used at home, in school, and at close the program.
work. Title Bar
• This displays the name of the document and the
Microsoft Word 2010 Screen Elements name of the program.
Quick Access Toolbar
- This displays buttons to perform frequently used Common Tasks and User Actions in MS Word
commands with a single click. Frequently used Style
commands in Word include Save, Undo, Redo, • A style is a set of formatting characteristics that
and Print. You can customize the Quick Access you can apply to text in your document to
Toolbar to include other commands. quickly change its appearance.
Ribbon Font
 • A font is the type of the text that you use. Grammar Check
Choosing a different font will change the way • When you make a possible grammar mistake,
the letters look on your screen. you see a green under the affected words.
Example: This is a Bookman Old Style Font Thesaurus
This is a Lucinda Handwriting Font • You can find a word that has the same meaning
This is an Arial Font as the one you are using with the Thesaurus.
Word Count
Paragraph Style • Your computer can count how many words you
• Controls all aspects of a paragraph’s appearance, have typed.
such as text alignment, tab stops, line spacing, Bullets
and border, and can include character • You use bullets when making lists.
formatting. • This is a bullet
Character Style  This is a check
• Affects selected text within a paragraph, such as Numbering
the font and size of text and bold and italic • Similar with bullets, you can also apply
formats. numbering or sequencing to words on your
document.
Changing Font Type 1. Winter
Changing Font Style 2. Spring
• Select the words you want to change by 3. Summer
highlighting them. 4. Fall
• Click the downward arrow beside the font name Alphabetical Order
in your Tools. • The computer can take a list and put it in
• Use up and down arrows. alphabetical order.
• Look through the different fonts. Columns
• As you move your pointer over the font names, • We usually see columns in the newspaper. You
your highlighted selection will change to show need many words to make columns.
you what that font will look like. Border
• Click on the font that you want. • A border is a box around a page or paragraph.
Page Borders
Changing Font Size • Page Borders add visible lines that enclose the
• You can change the font size using this arrow. whole page.
The standard size is 12 but you can make it Inserting Table
bigger or smaller. • A table is a grid of rows and columns that
Example: This is size 11 organizes information so that they are easy to
find and understand. You can organize
This is size 20 information in a table.

This is size 36
Inserting Text Boxes
• You put words or pictures in text boxes to move
them around easily.
Inserting Word Art
Changing Font Color • Word Art is a feature in Microsoft Word that
How to Change Font Styles allows you to create colorful, eye – catching text
• This is where your font styles are located. by changing letters or words into a picture or
• This is bold graphics.
• This is Italic Inserting a Header
• This is underlined • A header is an area of information at the top of
each page in a document.
Alignment Inserting a Footer
• The computer can align text on the left, right, or • A footer is an area of information at the bottom
center of the page. of each page in a document.
Page Layout Tab
• The Page Layout Tab is the fourth tab from the
left. This is where you can customize your
document’s layout or physical appearance.

Changing Margins
Margins
• Margins are the clear spaces at the top, bottom,
and sides of the page.
Page Orientation
• Page orientation is the way in which a
rectangular page is oriented for viewing.
Spelling and Grammar Check
• Spell a word incorrectly, you will see a red
crooked line under the word. To check the
spelling, click the Review tab, then click
Spelling & Grammar.
 • The mass media content intended to persuade a
targeted audience to take action toward a
product, service, or idea.
Five Core Concepts of Media Literacy
• Author
• Format
• Audience
• Content
• Purpose
Media and Information Author
Media and Information Literacy
• The origin of a piece of work; usually the person
• A set of competencies that empowers people to
access, retrieve, understand, evaluate and use, or people who constructed it.
create, as well as share information and media
content in al formats, using various tools, in a
critical, ethical and effective way in order to Format
participate, and social activities. • The way a communication is presented; each
Media type has a unique set of creative tools and
• Media is defined as a means of communication
techniques to help form the message.
that has the power to influence people.
Information Literacy Audience
• As the ability to recognize when the information • The people who receive a message; different
is needed and to locate, evaluate, communicate, people understand the message in different
and effectively use information in its various ways.
formats. Content
Digital Literacy • A message or messages in a particular
• Digital literacy is the ability to use technology to
communication; some of these contain values
communicate, solve, problems, access, manage,
integrate, evaluate, design, and create and ideas.
information. Purpose
• The reason a communication is made; it could
Types of Media be informing, persuading, selling, entertaining,
• Print media or a combination of any of these.
• Broadcast media
• New media
• Movies (Films)
• Advertising

Print Media
• The oldest form of medium. This medium relies
on the technology involving the process of
transferring media text to paper in large
quantities.
Example: Magazines, Journals, Newsletters,
Tabloids and Comics
Broadcast Media
• Can be defined as media that distribute audio
and video content to a mass audience.
Example: radio and television
New media
• Those information and entertainment providers
accessed via Internet or through mobile
communication.
Example: Online Newspapers, Independent and
alternative online new sources, informational
websites, and blogs.
Movies (Films)
• The oldest form of motion picture technology.
They have been a popular entertainment medium
capable of capturing life – like video – style
images.
Advertising