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

● A word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983. It is also known as MS
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Lesson Objectives:

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 + N – Create a new document Ctrl + X – Cut a selected Text
Keyboard Shortcut

Ctrl + F – Display Find Dialog Box Ctrl + O – Open a document Ctrl + Y – Redo the last undone action

Ctrl + G – Display Go To Dialog Box Ctrl + P – Display Print dialog box Ctrl + Z – Undo the last 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.
● RED WAVE – appears on the word with misspelled, no spacing after period,
duplicated words, tagalog and word not included in the computer dictionary.
● GREEN WAVE – appears on the screen with over spacing and grammatical error

● 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

● Header – will appear at the top of each printed page
 ● Footer - will appear at the bottom of each printed page

● Page number – insert page numbers into the documents

TEXT GROUP
● TEXT BOX – insert preformatted tex box

● WORDART – insert decorative text

● DROP CAP – create a large capital letter at the beginning of the paragraph

SYMBOL GROUP
▪ Symbol – insert symbols that are not on your keyboard, such as copyright symbols

▪ Equation – insert common mathematical equations

PAGE LAYOUT
▪ 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

● Effects – change the effects for current themes

● Margins –select the margin size for the entire themes

● Orientation – switch the pages between portrait to landscape layouts

PAGE BACKGROUND

o Watermark – insert ghosted text behind the content on the page

o Page Color – choose color for the background of the page
o 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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LET’S CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

ACTIVITY
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BY: ALVIN TOFLER

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