- Word Processing, in computer terminology, refers to typing, editing and formatting of any kind of document, which could be a letter, memorandum, balance sheet or something similar. Word processing simply processes words, i.e. textual information. It can be used to print letters, reports, booklets and so forth, in a suitable layout.A word processor does this by simply formatting the information that is keyed in to the computer.Word Processing is different from conventional typing in many ways. Here the document is not printed while it is being keyed in. However, its image is being displayed on the video display unit. The user, who is typing the document can verify the correctness of document that is displayed on the computer screen. If the user finds any mistake while typing or later, he / she easily correct mistakes. Once the user is sure that there are no mistakes in the documents it may be printed. The current word processors are very powerful. We can create any type of document using the powerful feature of the word processor.
- Adjustable paper size and margins
- Printing selected text in boldface, italic or underlined.
- Printing selected text in superscript or subscript.
- Changing the font and the size of the letter of the selected text.
- Right justifying paragraphs
. - Adjustable line and character spacing.
- Moving selected text to another location within document or to another document.
- Facility to define headers and footers.
- Facility to create footnotes and end notes.
- Facility to create multiple column text.
- Index and table of content generation.
- Spelling and grammar checking.
- Thesaurus etc.
Some of the features available in most word processing packages are:
We can use various commands to format the document in the way we want. We can check on the computer screen for mistakes and correct them. In word processor, we can recall the document from computers memory, correct mistakes and reprint it. The corrected document can be again saved in the memory for future use.