Word processing

A word processor enables us to create a document, store it on a disk, display it on the screen, modify it simply and correct errors, and print it on a printer.
Word processors usually include the following features:

• Cut and paste

  Allows us to remove (cut) a highlighted part of a text and insert (paste) it in another place.

• Find and replace

  We can search for a particular word or phrase and replace a group of characters with another one wherever the first group appears.

• Print

  Allows us to send a document to a printer.

• Font specifications

  Allows us to change font size, colour and typeface, specify bold, italics and underlining.

• Graphics

  Allows us to include graphs and illustrations in a document, you can create it within a word processor or insert it from a different program.

• Headers, footers and page numbering

  We can specify a header and a footer which the word processor will put at the top and the bottom of every page and automatically puts the correct number on each page.

• Layout

  Allows us specify a method for indenting paragraphs, it can be controlled by setting of margins, page breaks, etc.

• Merge

  Allows us to merge text from one file to another one, for example generating mailing labels.

• Spell checker

  Allows us to check the spelling of the words and highlight suspicious words. They can detect both words spelt incorrectly and repeated words.

• Grammar checker

  Make sure that sentences have a subject and a verb that agree, detect sentences ending with two full stops or missing capital letters at the beginning of sentences.

• Thesaurus

  We can search for synonyms to increase vocabulary choices.

The menu bar shows commands and tools in words, the toolbar shows them with icons.