LESSON 3 - Advanced Word Processing Skills - Empowerment Technologies

1. ADVANCED WORD PROCESSING SKILL

2. WORD PROCESSOR  is an electronic device or computer software application that
performs the task of composing, editing, formatting, and printing of documents
3. EXAMPLES OF WORD PROCESSORS :  OPENOFFICE WRITER  LIBREOFFICE
WRITER  POLARIS OFFICE  KINGSOFT WRITER  WORDPERFECT 
WORDPAD  MICROSOFT WORD
4. MICROSOFT WORD
5. MICROSOFT WORD  is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first
released on October 25, 1983. It is also known as MS Word.
6. MICROSOFT WORD  Press “Windows Logo” + R then type “winword” then enter.
7. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  AutoCorrect – corrects common spelling errors
as well as capitalization mistakes
8. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  AutoFormat – applies formatting to text, e.g.
number listing, bullet, hyperlinks
9. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  Grammar Checker – proofreads documents for
grammar, writing style, sentence structure errors and reading statistics
10. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  Template – a document that contains the
formatting necessary for a specific document type
11. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  Thesaurus – provides synonyms for a word in a
document
12. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  Tables – organize information into rows and
columns
13. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  Mail Merge – a feature that allows you to
create a document and merge them with another document or data file
14. SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD:  Text Wrap – adjusts how the image behaves
around other objects or text
15. Keyboard Shortcuts in Word Processing Software
16. Keyboard Shortcuts  Ctrl + A – Select All  Ctrl + B – Bold Text  Ctrl + C – Copy
Text  Ctrl + D – Show Font Dialog Box  Ctrl + E – Align Text to Center
17. Keyboard Shortcuts  Ctrl + F – Display Find Dialog Box  Ctrl + G – Display Go To
Dialog Box  Ctrl + H – Display Replace Dialog Box  Ctrl + I - Italicize Text
18. Keyboard Shortcuts  Ctrl + J – Justify Text  Ctrl + K – Create a hyperlink  Ctrl
+ L – Align Text to Left  Ctrl + M – Tab  Ctrl + N – Create a new document
19. Keyboard Shortcuts  Ctrl + O – Open a document  Ctrl + P – Display Print dialog
box  Ctrl + R – Align Text to Right  Ctrl + S – Save a document  Ctrl + U –
Underline Text
20. Keyboard Shortcuts  Ctrl + V – Paste a copied text  Ctrl + X – Cut a selected
Text  Ctrl + Y – Redo the last undone action  Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
21. Customizing a Word Document
22. Home Tab
23. Home Tab  allows you to change document settings, such as the font properties,
adding bullets or a numbered list, adjusting styles, and other common features
24. Text Alignment  Left  Right  Center  Justified
25. Insert Tab
26. Insert Tab  is used to insert different features such as tables, pictures, clip art,
shapes, charts, page numbers, word art, headers, and footers into a document.
27. Page Layout Tab
28. Page Layout Tab  refers to the arrangement of text, images, and other objects on
a page
29. Page Sizes  Short (Letter) – 8.5” by 11”  Long (Folio) – 8.5” by 13”  A4 - 8.27“ by
11.69"
30. Page Orientation  Portrait  Landscape
31. Image Placement
32. 32. In Line with Text  This is the default setting for images that are inserted or
integrated in a document.
33. 33. Square  This setting allows the image you inserted to be placed anywhere
within the paragraph with the text going around the image in a square pattern like a
frame.
34. 34. Tight  This is almost the same as the square setting, but here the text “hugs”
to the general shape of the image.
35. 35. Through  This setting allows the text on your document to flow even tighter,
taking the contour and shape of the image.
36. 36. Top and Bottom  This setting pushes the text away vertically to the top
and/or the bottom of the image so that the image occupies a whole text line on its
own.
37. 37. Behind Text  This allows your image to be dragged and placed anywhere on
your document but with all text floating in front of it.
38. 38. In Front of Text  This setting allows your image to be placed right on top of
the text as if your image was dropped right on it.
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 Mail Merge and Label Generation
A. Mail Merge

One of the important reasons in using computers per se is its ability to do recurring tasks
automatically. But this ability has to be honed by learning the characteristics and features of the
software you use with your computer. After all, no matter how good or advance your computer and
software may be, it can only be as good as the person using it.