Unit 3-Word Processing
Unit 3-Word Processing
Course Faculty
Reference Books
1. Pradeep K. Sinha and Preeti Sinha, Foundation of Computing, , BPB, Publication.
2. Deepak Bharihoka, Fundaments of Information Technology, Excel Book, New Delhi
3. V. Rajaraman, Introduction to Information Technology, PHI. New Delhi
4. R. Hunt, J. Shelley, Computers and Commonsense, Prentice Hall of India New Delhi
UNIT- I
Basic Concepts: Characteristics of a Computer, Advantages of Computers, Limitation of Computers;
Types of Computers; Applications of computers, Hardware, Firmware, Livewire; Software; System
Software: Operating system, Translators, interpreter, compiler; Overview of operating system,
function of operating system; Basic linux commands, Application software: General Purpose
Packaged Software and tailor-made software.
UNIT- II
Internet: Meaning of Internet; Growth of internet, Owner of Internet, Anatomy of Internet, Net
Etiquette ; World Wide Web; Internet Protocols, Usage of Internet to society, Search Engines
UNIT- III
Word Processing: Introduction to word Processing; Word processing concepts, working with word
document, Opening an existing document/creating a new document; saving,
Selecting text, Editing text, Finding and replacing text, Formatting text, Bullets and numbering,
Tabs, Paragraph Formatting, Page Setup 3
Spreadsheet and its Business Applications: Spreadsheet concepts; Creating a work book,
saving a work book, editing a work book, inserting, deleting work sheets, entering data in a
cell, formula Copying, Moving data from selected cells, Handling operators in formulae:
Inserting Charts- LINE, PIE, BAR, Mathematical-ROUND ALL, SUM, SUMIF, COUNT, COUNTIF;
Statistical – AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, STDEV, FREQUENCY, INTERCEPT, SLOPE. Financial - PMT,
PPMT, IPMT; Logical - IF, AND, OR.
UNIT- V
Though a number of “a number of “add” several” software of such kinds is available, following
are some of the popular software:
• WordStar: WordStar was the first program to give full word processing capabilities
to personal computer users at far less cost than the dedicated word processors of
the time. Many WordStar keyboard commands became de facto standards for text
manipulation. WordStar was later acquired by The Learning Company. A Windows
version was also created, and all were subsequently disbanded.
• MS Word: MS Word is used most widely which provides advanced word processing
and Desktop Publishing features.
• Word Perfect: WordPerfect is a word processing system that was originally produced
by Satellite Software International Inc. but is now owned by Corel. It was best known
for its availability on a large number of computers and operating systems. This
program reached the height of its popularity in the mid- to late-1980s. It has since
been eclipsed by Microsoft Word in terms of the number of people who use it.
• Google Doc: In today's time word processing is done online as well as offline. Google
Docs is a word processor included as part of a free, webbased software office suite
offered by Google within its Google Drive service.
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The Ribbon is divided into groups like Clipboard, Font, Paragraph and Style, and so on.
Each “and every group has a triangular button at the lower right corner which helps you
more options e.g. clicking on the Font groups give more options with regards to the font.
• Create a Document
Although it is very easy to start working with a basic document in MS
Word 2010, however, if you wish to create another document you
simply have to follow a few steps to do so. Go to File Tab and click on
“New” in the left column, and then double click on “Blank Document”
to create a new document window
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• When you want to add more than one space between words, use the Tab key
instead of the spacebar. This way you can properly align text by using the
proportional fonts.
• To begin with, let us create some sample text. To create a sample text, there is a short
cut available. Open a new document and type =rand() and press Enter. Word will create
the following content for you:
MovingwithMouse
You can easily move the insertion point by clicking in your text anywhere on the screen.
There may be instances when a document is big and you cannot see a place where you
want to move. Here, you will have to use the scroll bars, as shown in the following
screenshot:
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Compatibility
Google Docs offers the option to download your Doc as a Microsoft Word document.
Along with a few other files type such as ODT, PDF, RTF, HTML, TXT, and EPUB. The
difference is Microsoft Word doesn’t offer the same compatibility as Google Docs.
Cost/Affordability
A free Google account gives you access to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. With a
free Microsoft account, you have access to online versions of Microsoft Word,
PowerPoint, and Excel. These online versions from Microsoft have very limited
functions and capabilities when compared to their desktop applications.
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