MODULE 4 2nd SEMESTER
BASIC COMPUTER OPERATION
ADVANCE WORD PROCESSING SKILL
MELC
240 minutes (4days)
Lesson Overview
WORD PROCESSING
✔ is an electronic device or computer software application that performs the task of composing, editing,
formatting, and printing of documents
EXAMPLES OF WORD PROCESSORS:
⮚ OPENOFFICE WRITER
⮚ LIBREOFFICE WRITER
⮚ POLARIS OFFICE
⮚ KINGSOFT WRITER
⮚ WORDPERFECT
⮚ WORDPADMICROSOFT WORD
MICROSOFT WORD
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A word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983. It is also known as MS
Word
Lesson Objectives:
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DISCUSSION
SOME FEATURES OF MS WORD
⮚ AutoCorrect – corrects common spelling errors as well as capitalization mistakes
⮚ AutoFormat – applies formatting to text, e.g. number listing, bullet, hyperlinks
⮚ Grammar Checker – proofreads documents for grammar, writing style, sentence structure errors and reading
statistics
⮚ Template – a document that contains the formatting necessary for a specific document type
⮚ Thesaurus – provides synonyms for a word in a document
⮚ Tables – organize information into rows and columns Tables – organize information into rows and columns
⮚ Mail Merge – a feature that allows you to create a document and merge them with another document or data
file
⮚ Text Wrap – adjusts how the image behaves around other objects or text
SHORT CUT KEYS
Ctrl + A – Select All
Ctrl + H – Display Replace Dialog Box
Ctrl + R – Align Text to Right
Ctrl + B – Bold Text
Ctrl + I - Italicize Text
Ctrl + S – Save a document
Ctrl + C – Copy Text
Ctrl + J – Justify Text
Ctrl + U – Underline Text
Ctrl + E - Center
Ctrl + M – Tab
Ctrl + V – Paste a copied text
Ctrl + D – Show Font Dialog Box
Ctrl + X – Cut a selected Text
Ctrl + F – Display Find Dialog Box
Ctrl + N – Create a new document
Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl + O – Open a document
Ctrl + G – Display Go To Dialog Box
Ctrl + P – Display Print dialog box
Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
Ctrl + Y – Redo the last undone action
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
DIFFERENT WAVE COLOR IN THE DOCUMENTS.
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RED WAVE – appears on the word with misspelled, no spacing after period, duplicated words, tagalog
and word not included in the computer dictionary.
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GREEN WAVE – appears on the screen with over spacing and grammatical error
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BLUE WAVE – appears on the screen with no apostrophe.
Thesaurus - Dictionary of computer
TEXT ALIGNMENT
LEFT
RIGHT
CENTER
JUSTIFIED
INSERT TABS
✔ is used to insert different features such as tables, pictures, clip art, shapes, charts, page numbers, word art,
headers, and footers into a document.
HEADER & FOOTER GROUP
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Header – will appear at the top of each printed page
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Footer - will appear at the bottom of each printed page
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TEXT GROUP
Page number – insert page numbers into the documents
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TEXT BOX – insert preformatted tex box
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WORDART – insert decorative text
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DROP CAP – create a large capital letter at the beginning of the paragraph
SYMBOL GROUP
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Symbol – insert symbols that are not on your keyboard, such as copyright symbols
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Equation – insert common mathematical equations
PAGE LAYOUT
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refers to the arrangement of text, images, and other objects on a page
THEMES GROUP
❖ Themes – change the design of the entire documents, including colors, font and effects
❖ COLOR – change the color for the current themes
❖ FONTS – change the fonts for the current themes
PAGE BACKGROUND
✔ WATERMARK – insert ghosted text behind the content on the page
✔ PAGE COLOR – choose color for the background of the page
✔ PAGE BORDERS – add or change the border around the page
PAGE SIZES
✔ Short (Letter) – 8.5” by 11”
✔ Long (Legal)– 8.5” by 13”
✔ A4 - 8.27“ by 11.69"
PAGE ORIENTATION
✔ Portrait - orient vertically
✔ Landscape - orient vertically
PAGE SETUP GROUP
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Effects – change the effects for current themes
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Margins –select the margin size for the entire themes
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Orientation – switch the pages between portrait to landscape layouts
PAGE BACKGROUND
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Watermark – insert ghosted text behind the content on the page
Page Color – choose color for the background of the page
Page Borders – add or change the border around the page
IMAGE PLACEMENT
IN THE LINE WITH TEXT
⮚ This is the default setting for images that are inserted or integrated in a document.
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 frame.
TIGHT
⮚ This is almost the same as the square setting, but here the text “hugs” to the general shape of the image
THROUGH
⮚ This setting allows the text on your document to flow even tighter, taking the contour and shape of the image.
TOP and BOTTOM
⮚ This setting pushes the text away vertically to the top and/or the bottom of the image so that the image
occupieZ a whole text line on its own.
BEHIND TEXT
⮚ This allows your image to be dragged and placed anywhere on your document but with all text floating in front
of it.
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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ACTIVITY
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BY: ALVIN TOFLER
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