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● Find and Replace: Word processor helps to search a word or phrase in the document and also helps
to replace a particular word or phrase in the entire or a part of the document.
2. What is a header and footer? Discuss the steps to add the same in a document.
Ans. Header and Footer is the mark of identification or reference of the text which is displayed on every page
of a document. Header or Footer contains information such as page numbers, date, logo of a company,
title or file name of the document, etc. To add Header or Footer:
● Select ‘Header’ or ‘Footer’ option from the ‘Insert’ menu. A sub-menu displaying the option ‘Default’
appears on the screen.
● Click on the ‘Default’ option.
● A rectangular box appears at the top of the document with a blinking cursor inside it.
● Type the text on it, say ‘ORANGE EDUCATION’.
● Click the mouse button outside the rectangular area.
3. How can we adjust the positions of different characters in the text? Discuss any four options to do the
same.
Ans. The user can also adjust the positions of different characters in the text. The ‘Position’ tab option helps
to position the placement of letters in relation to each other. Some options for positioning the text /
characters are:
● Superscript: It raises the text slightly above the rest of the text, eg: A + B 2
2
● Subscript: It lowers the text slightly below the rest of the text, eg: H O
2
● Rotation/Scaling: It rotates the selected text towards left/right by given degree of angle, eg: 0°, 90°
and 270°.
● Spacing: It enables us to expand the text width wise of increase the readability.
4. Describe the term ‘Line spacing’. Explain various Line spacing options available.
Ans. Line spacing is the vertical gap between different lines of text in a paragraph. It is measured in lines or
in points. It can be set to single spacing, 1.5 lines spacing, Double spacing etc. Different options of Line
spacing are:
● Single: It provides single line spacing, according to the point size of the font. It is the default line
spacing that exists in a normal document.
● 1.5 lines: It provides one and a half line size spacing, according to the point size of the font.
● Double: It provides double line spacing, according to the point size of the font.
● At least: It sets minimum spacing between the lines. This option is useful if there are fonts and lines of
different sizes in the paragraph.
● Proportional: It allows to enter a percentage value in the box for line spacing, where 100% corresponds
to a single line spacing.
● Leading: It sets the height of the vertical space that is inserted between two lines.
● Fixed: It sets the line spacing to exactly match the value that is entered in the box. This can result in
cropped characters.
C. Application based questions.
1. Aman has written an essay in OpenOffice Writer that has many wrong spelt words. His teacher asked him
to correct the spellings of all words quickly. What feature of writer can he use to do so?
2. Mira has received a file from her colleague which has content regarding the sales meeting. She needs to
make some changes by keeping a record of what she does. What feature of writer can she use to do so?
Ans. 1. AutoSpellcheck 2. Track changes
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