GA 2.1 Flashcards
a software application that involves composition, modification, and printing of documents.
word processors
typical features of this software application include font application, spell checking, grammar checking, a built-in thesaurus, automatic text correction.
, web integration, and HTML exporting among other things.
word processors
What does WYSIWYG stand for?
What you see is what you get
Allows you to insert text anywhere in the document.
insert text
allows you to erase characters, words, lines, or pages as easily as you can cross them out on paper.
delete text
Allows you to remove a section of text from one place in a document and insert somewhere else
cut and paste
allows you to duplicate a section of text
copy
allows you to remove the last change done to the document and advances the buffer to a more current state.
undo and redo
allows you to define various page sizes and margins, and the word processor will automatically readjusts the text so it fits.
page size and margins.
allows you to direct the word processor to search for a particular word or phrase.
search and replace.
The word processor automatically moves to the next line when you have filled one line with text, and it will readjust text if you change the margins.
Word wrap
allows you to send a document to a printer to get a hard copy.
print.
Many word processors contain ______ _________ capabilities that allow you to create, delete, move, and search for files.
file management:
Allows you to change fonts within a document. For example, you can specify bold, italics, and underlining. Most word processors also let you change the font size and even the typeface.
font specifications
Allows you to embed illustrations and graphs into a document. Some word processors let you create the illustrations within the word processor; others let you insert an illustration produced by a different program.
graphics
Allows you to specify customized headers and footers that the word processor will put at the top and bottom of every page. The word processor automatically keeps track of page numbers so that the correct number appears on each page.
headers, footers, and page numbering
allows you to specify different margins within a single document and to specify various methods for indenting paragraphs
layout
Is a character or word that represents a series of keystrokes.
macros
allows you to merge text from one file into another fille.
merges
a utility that allows you to check the spelling of words.
spell checker.
What does the blue and red wiggly lines below a text mean?
blue - wrong grammar
red - wrong spelling
it allows you to automatically create a table of contents and index based on special codes that you insert in the document.
tables of contents and indexes.
a built in utility that allows you to search for synonyms without leaving the processor.
thesaurus
allows you to edit two or more documents at the same time.
windows.
Word-processing functions can be grouped into the categories (4)
input
manipulation
formatting
output of text
essential word processing feature where text is entered into the word processor from the keyboard
text input
refers to the processing part of word processing. provides easy methods of deleting, inserting, copying, and moving individual characters, phrases, and paragraphs.
text manipulation
word-processing software typically includes “_______” or “____” features to provide automated formatting of common business documents.
wizards or help
in paragraph formatting, meaning the amount of blank space left between lines of type
line spacing
the amount of space that precedes or follow each paragraph
paragraph spacing
all lines of type made even at both margins, or left uneven or ragged at the right margin.
justification
paragraph formatting that includes first-line indentation at the beginning of each paragraph
indentation
an essential function of word processors where created and finished text is saved, print, or use for its particular purpose.
text output.
______________________features allow a user to track the various stages of editing that a document may pass through, including versions created by multiple users involved in the creation and editing of a document.
Version control
______ are user-created formatting commands that allow great control over repetitive formatting structures within a document.
styles
