MS-WORD MS-WORD is the part of the bigger package called MS-OFFICE. We can do much more than word processing.
What is word processing?
Word processing is a software package that enables you to create, print and save document for future retrial and reference creating a document involves typing by using a keyboard and saving it editing a document a document involves correcting the spelling mistakes if any deleting or moving words sentence or paragraph.
Advantages of word processing:
Word processor over a conventional type writer is that a word processor enables you to may change to a document without retyping the entire document.
Features of word processing:
1. Text is typing into the computer which allows alteration to be made easily 2. Word and sentence can be inserted or deleted. 3. Paragraph or text can be copy/move throughout the documents. 4. Margins and page length can be adjusted as desired. 5. Spelling can be checked and modify through the spell check facility. 6. Multiple documents/files can be merged. 7. Multiple copies of letters can be generated with different address through the male merger facility.
Some commands of a word processing package:
1. Soft Word. 2. WordStar. 3. WordPerfect. 4. Microsoft word. 5. Footer. 6. Header. Important components of the screen:
1. Title bar: - The title bar displayed the name of the currently active word document like other windows applications. 2. Toolbar: - Word has a number of tool bar that help you perform task faster and with great easy two of the most commonly toolbar are the formatting toolbar and the standard toolbar. 3. Ruler bar:- the ruler bar allows you to format the vertical alignment of text in a document. 4. Status bar:- The status bar displays information about the currently activate document. This includes the page no. that you are working. 5. Scroll bar:- This bar helps scroll the content or body of document. 6. Work space:- The work space is the document windows where you enter/type the text of your document. 7. Main menu:- The word main menu is displayed at the top if the screen. Saving New Document
Once you are done with typing in your new Word document, it is time to save your document to avoid losing work you have done on a Word document. Following are the steps to save an edited Word document −
Step 1 − Click the File tab and select the Save As option.
Step 2 − Select a folder where you will like to save the document, Enter the file name which you want to give to your document and Select the Save Asoption, by default it is the .docx format. Step 3 − Finally, click on the Save button and your document will be saved with the entered name in the selected folder.
Saving New Changes
There may be an instance when you open an existing document and edit it partially or completely, or an instance where you may like to save the changes in between editing of the document. If you want to save this document with the same name, then you can use either of the following simple options −
Just press the Ctrl + S keys to save the changes.
Optionally you can click on the floppy icon available at the top left corner and just above the File tab. This option will also help you save the changes.
You can also use the third method to save the changes, which is the Save option available just above the Save As option as shown in the above screenshot. If your document is new and it was never saved so far, then with either of the three options, Word will display a dialogue box to let you select a folder, and enter the document name as explained in case of saving new document.
View Buttons
The group of five buttons located to the left of the Zoom control, near the bottom of the screen, lets you switch through the Word's various document views.
Print Layout view: This displays pages exactly as they will appear when printed.
Full Screen Reading view: This gives a full screen view of the document.
Web Layout view: This shows how a document appears when viewed by a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer.
Outline view: This lets you work with outlines established using Word‘s standard heading styles.
Draft view: This formats text as it appears on the printed page with a few exceptions. For example, headers and footers aren't shown. Most people prefer this mode.
