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Recap Zone


                        The important features of word processor are: editing, interface, navigation between pages,
                         formatting, graphics, spelling and grammar, OLE, mail merge, auto complete and find and
                         replace.
                        Document is a file that contains text and graphics. ‘Writer’ opens a blank document by default.

                        Making changes in the existing text is known as ‘Editing’.
                        ‘Selecting Text’ means selection of a particular area of a document.
                        ‘Inserting Text’ means insertion of text in a document.
                        Changing the appearance of text or document to make it more prominent, attractive and
                         appear as per user’s requirement is referred to as Formatting.
                        Paragraph formatting helps to change and modify the appearance of the paragraph.

                        Header and Footer is the mark of identification or reference of the text which is displayed on
                         every page of a document.

                        Bullet/Number refers to the ‘marks’ or ‘dot’ which can be inserted in a document to highlight
                         certain line.
                        Spell check is an additional feature in ‘Writer’, which helps to check the spelling of different
                         words in a document in two ways. They are AutoSpellcheck and Spelling and Grammar.
                        In word processor viz. Writer, different types of symbols, special characters, date and time can
                         also be inserted in a document to make it more informative and presentable.
                        To insert Date and Time, select the option ‘Fields’ from the ‘Insert’ menu. Click on ‘Date’ to
                         insert the system date or click on ‘Time’ to insert the system time in the document.
                        In Writer, there exists a gallery of files of various designs that can be inserted in a document.
                         To insert Select ‘Gallery’ from ‘Tools menu’. The gallery opens with icons of different designs
                         and pictures.
                        In ‘Writer’, borders can  be added  to frames, graphics,  tables, paragraphs  and  embedded
                         objects.
                        A table is a grid of boxes formed by horizontally aligned rows and vertically aligned columns
                         that help to organize data.
                        AutoFormat option helps to automatically apply formats to the current table, including fonts,
                         shades, borders, etc.
                        Track changes feature in ‘Writer’ helps a user to keep a record of formatting, text insertions,
                         deletions and comments made by multiple editors.
                        In ‘Writer’, mathematical expressions (that form a part of degree or chemical formula) can also
                         be inserted in a document.
                        Drawing tool bar offers its users, with plenty of options to make the document look attractive
                         by use of colours, shapes, text effects, text boxes, graphics etc.














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