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Using a Word Processor: Microsoft Word

Word processing is a concept in computing that refers to the act of creating, editing, formatting and storing documented information for use.

It involves the use of a word processor that has facilities that can assist you in the re-organization of your document until it suits your desired purpose.

A Word Processor

This is application software that can be used to create, change or re-organize a document. The document can be stored in the memory, updated and printed when required. This program has different features e.g. spell checker, thesaurus, find and replace etc, which make printable - paged document to become a thing of choice rather than necessity as in the case of using a typewriter.

Starting Ms-Word

You can start Microsoft Word through the following steps:

Click Start button on the task bar

Point your mouse pointer in the start menu, locate Microsoft Word with a Big (W) logo and Click on it.

This is Microsoft Word application Window environment.

Creating A New Document

When creating a new word document, you first click on file menu in the menu bar.

This is the screen environment that you will see, where you can do all your word processing here, create, edit/format, save

Saving Your Document For The First Time

To save your file or document for the first time, you click on file menu, on the menu bar, point your mouse pointer to save and click on it.

Note: A save s dialog box display comes out, then you choose where you want to save the document by clicking on the drop down arrow of the save in text box.

Type the filename you want to save in the filename box.

Then click on save.

To Close A Document

Click on file menu on the menu bar, point your mouse pointer to close or exit and click close or exit.

You are back to the desktop environment

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