Word Processing

Word Processing Software the features found in word processing software

• Creation and editing
Insert objects such as images
• Saving and retrieving
• Print preview and printing
• Spell checking and grammar
• Find and replace
• Mail merge

 The user can create documents using internet (Cloud Compu-  What is the special feature found only in word processing
ting) as well if the computer does not have a Word Processing software?
software. Give some examples?
• Mail Merge
• Google Docs, Windows 365, Dropbox Paper  What are the advantages of using cloud computing Word
Processing software?
 Word processing software for Smartphones and tablet PCs
• The user does not have to install a word processing software
• Documents To Go, Google Docs, Kingsoft Office, Polaris Office etc.
on the computer
 File extension of Word Processing files • The user does not have to allocate space to install software
• Before 2007 versions Microsoft Word - .doc in the hard disk
• After 2007 Microsoft Word - .docx • To save the document, internet itself provides facilities for
• LibreOffice Writer - .odt space. The user can open or edit the document from any
computer which has internet facility.

 Word Processing Keyboard Shortcuts  The top of a document is the header, the bottom is footer and
the middle is the body. you can enter the desired words in the
header and footer details such as words, page number ..

• Select All Ctrl + A  By default, The Languages like English, Tamil and Sinhala
aligned on the left hand side (Left Align) and it can be change
• Bold Ctrl + B to Center align, Right Align or Justify.
• Copy Ctrl + C  Thesaurus Facility —Thesaurus can be used to find syno-
• Find Ctrl + F nyms for the words in documents
• Find and Replace Ctrl + H
 It is possible to design a lesson in a table.
• Italic Ctrl + I
• New Document Ctrl + N  Sort — The words, numbers, and dates in a table in a table can
be arranged in alphabetical order (A-Z or Z-A).
• Open Ctrl + O
• Print Ctrl + P  The numbers in a column in a table can be added together but
• Save Ctrl + S the total will not change automatically in Microsoft Word if the
value changes.
• Underline Ctrl + U
• Paste Ctrl + V  The primary difference between footnotes and endnotes is
• Cut) simply the placement with a document; footnotes are found at
Ctrl + X the bottom of a page (i.e. in the footer) and endnotes are lo-
• Close document Alt + F4 cated at the end of a document, or sometimes at the end of a
chapter or section.
• Help F1
 When you open a new document, the name of this document
• Spelling and Grammar checking F7 will be displayed as Document "x" by default. Here "X" is the
number of the document
(Eg. Document1)
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LibreOffice Writer 4.1

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Home Tab

LibreOffice Writer 4.1

Formatting Tool Bar

Standard Tool Bar

 Quick Access Tool Bar  Status Bar
• Appears above the File tab and provides easy access to the • Displays information about your documents, Page number
commands you use most frequently. and the number of words, the language used.
• By default, the Save, Undo, and Redo buttons appear on
the toolbar

 Page Orientation  Align Text

• Two types of Orientation;
• Landscape

Ctrl + J
Ctrl + L
• Portrait
Ctrl + R
Ctrl + E

 Text Formatting  Formatting

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 Bullets and Numbering

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Features /Tools Icon Features /Tools Icon

Bold Strikethrough

Italic Clear All Formatting

Underline Text Effects

Subscript Word Art

Superscript Drop Cap

Font color Copy

Alignments Cut

Shading Paste

Border Format Painter

Sort Line and Paragraph

Spacing
Numbering Show/Hide Paragraph
Marks
Bullets Find

Indent Replace

Change case Equation

Increase Font Symbol

Size
Decrease Font Spelling & Grammar
Size
Font Size Word Count

Font Name Translate