Introduction to

Learning Activity: Word Processors 
Introduction
Word processing is an application program that enables users to create letters, reports, 
newsletters, tables, form letters, brochures, and Web pages. Using this application program 
you can insert pictures, tables, and charts to your documents. You can also check spelling and 
grammar. It allows the user to organize and present text on a page or several pages. Text 
organized in this way is referred to as a document[2]. 
A word processor allows one to:
1. 
Enter text 
2. 
Edit text
3. 
Insert

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4. 
Delete
5. 
Copy
6. 
move 
7. 
Save and Open text documents – Format text and the document
8. 
Validate text 
9. 
spelling 
10. 
grammar
11. 
thesaurus
12. 
Add graphics 
13. 
pictures 
14. 
graphs
15. 
equations
16. 
objects from other applications
17. 
Reuse documents 
What You see is What you Get(WYSIWYG)
Word processors show you on the screen what you will see when the document is printed, 
which is also known as “What you see is what you get” (WYSIWYG).
Word processors vary considerably, but all word processors support the following basic 
features[1]:
• 
Insert text:
allows you to insert text anywhere in the document.
• 
Delete text:
allows you to erase characters, words, lines, or pages.
• 
Cut and Paste:
allows you to remove (cut) a section of text from one place in a 
document and insert (paste) it somewhere else.
• 
Copy: 
allows you to duplicate a section of text.
• 
Page size and Margins:
Allows you to define various page sizes and margins, 
and the word processor will automatically readjust the text so that it fits.
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