Word Processing and Desktop Publishing
Preparing Printed Communications
- Creation - composing and keying in a document from
a keyboard.
- Editing - modifying the document.
- Formatting - adjusting the appearance of the document.
- Storing - saving the document to disk.
- Printing - producing the document on paper.
- Word wrap
- Replacement, insertion, and deletion of characters
- Replace mode - type over characters
- Insert mode - insert characters as you type
- Delete key - deletes character to the right.
- Backspace key - deletes character to the left.
- Block editing - working on a block of text
- Copy-and-paste
- Cut-and-paste
- Drag-and-drop
- Search / Search and replace
- Find and/or replace a string of text
- Text formatting
- Bold, italics, underlining
- Fonts
- Headers and Footers
- Can be entered once, to appear on every or specific pages
- Table of Contents Generation
- Can be automatically generated based on headings, etc.
- Footnotes
- Automatic Pagination
- Left and right margins
- Tabs
- Vertical spacing (single, double, etc.)
- Justification (left, right, center, full)
- WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
- Spelling Checker
- Compares words in your document to its own dictionary.
- Thesaurus Program
- Provides synonyms and antonyms for common words.
- Grammar and Style Programs
- Identify unnecessary words or word phrases and help eliminate repetition,
run-on sentences, etc.
- Mail-merge
- Uses data from a data file to create form letters.
- The use of PC hardware and software to create and publish newsletters,
advertisements, magazines, books, etc.
- Current word processing packages offer many DTP functions
- Type size is measured by points - 1/72 inch each.
- A typeface is a set of characters of the same design.
- A typeface can be printed in a specific weight - such as boldface, or in
a specific style such as italic.
- A font is a complete set of characters in a particular size, typeface,
weight, and style.
- Leading refers to the spacing between the lines of type on
a page.
- Kerning refers to the space between the characters in a line.