Word Processing
Word processing is a program that most people use to create documents.

Some examples of word processing programs are - Microsoft Word , WordPerfect , and Lotus WordPro .
With word processing programs you can:
Create Documents:
Type your document
Here are some common terms in creating a document
| Enter text- |
type new text |
| Select - |
Highlight text, usually by dragging. |
| Select all - |
To select everything in a document. (To select all press Ctrl then press a, while still holding down Ctrl.) If you wanted to select this page you could also hit ctrl a (try it). ---Good Job !!!!!!!!!!--- |
| Cut - |
remove selection from document and store temporarily on the Clipboard, which it a temporally stores the information. (To cut select the text then press Ctrl then press x, while still holding down Ctrl.) |
| Copy - |
duplicate selection onto Clipboard (Ctrl c) |
| Paste - |
place contents of the Clipboard at cursor location (Ctrl v) |
| Undo - |
reverses whatever change you just made (Ctrl z) |
| Delete - |
remove text |
| Redo - |
un reverses what you just undid. (like you undo an undo, anyway the shortcut is Ctrl y) |
| Spelling check - |
looks for spelling errors |
| Grammar check - |
looks for grammar/style errors (of limited help) |
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Edit:
Make any changes, fix any errors
Format:
The font, font size, text color, how many spaces there are, etc.
Save:
To write the document to the hard disk, so you can keep the document.
Print:
The printer prints the document. (self explanatory)

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