Word processing terms
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- Wored wrapping
- the word processor automatically jumps to a new line if a word cannot fit onto the end of a line
- Alter page size
- Size of page can be altered to allow different sizes of papaer to be used e.g A4,A3,A5
- Table
- is made up of rows and coloumns and is used to help organise the way inw hich text is laid out on a page neatly
- Deleting text
- text is being removed from the document
- Standard paragraph
- a piece of text that is saved on disc and used over and over when required
- Set margins
- changing margins of the oage can alter the lenght of a line
- Spelling check
- check spelling in a document against a dictonary stored in the computer memory
- Left justified
- text is lined up against the left margin
- Right justified
- text is lined up against the right margin
- Templates
- has the structure of the document already in place and can be used over and pover again to create similar documents
- Amending text
- text is being changed in the document
- Standard Letter
- aThis is a letter that is used time and time again and sent lots of people with only a few details changed (e.g. name.adress) for each person
- Grammar checker
- makes sure you have started every sentence with a capital and what you have written meets the rules of the English
- Mail Merging
- takes data from a database file and inserts it into the previously prepared standard letter and then sends it to the printer
- Tabulation
- helps algin columns of text or for formatting tables
- Centre justified
- text is centred on the centre line of the page
- Alter page layout
- The layout of the page can be altered from portrait to landscape
- Page breaks
- can make a document begin a new paghe at any point
- Search and replace
- allows you to look for a word and replace it with another
- Entering text
- text is being inserted into the document
- Optical charcter-recongnition(OCR)
- this software enables you to enter text into a document whtihout typing it
- Fully justified
- text is lined up against both margins