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Unit-3 DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION  FEATURES OF A WORD PROCESSOR
                 The important features of a word processor that make it useful are:
                   Editing: In a word processor, editing a document can be easily done without making the document messy.
                   There is no need to retype the whole text while doing alterations.
                   Interface: A word processor provides layout i.e. interface which makes it convenient to type documents
                   without using paper or stationery.
                   Navigation between Pages: A user can easily switch from one page to another page of a document
                   instantly in a word processor to view or edit it.
                   Formatting: A word processor provides various options for formatting the text, for e.g., the user can
                   change the look of the document by changing its font colour, size, style, appearance, etc.
                   Graphics: In a word processor, graphical pictures can be added to the document. There are various tools
                   to draw shapes and designs in word processors.
                   Spelling and Grammar: Word processor can detect the spelling and grammatical mistakes in a document
                   and provide suggestions to rectify them.
                   OLE: In a word processor, there is an Object Linking and Embedding feature that helps to link or embed
                   various objects in a document from other applications. These objects can be charts, equations, cliparts,
                   pictures, etc.
                   Mail Merge: In a word processor, multiple copies of the same document can be generated which can be
                   sent to different recipients or destinations or addresses using the mail merge feature.
                   AutoCorrect: It is a feature of a word processor that helps in the automatic correction of misspelt commonly
                   typed words. For example, ‘the’ will be automatically corrected to ‘The’.
                   Find & 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.

                   COMMONLY USED WORD PROCESSORS

                 Some common word processors are:


                              OpenO ce Writer                                                Microso  Word





                                                                   Word
                                  AbiWord                                                       KWord
                                                                 Processor






                                     WordPerfect                                            Lyx



                 In this section, we will discuss about Word Processing package in reference to OpenOffice Writer.
                  Writer  is a  UI-based word processor that is similar to Microsoft Word. It is a part of the OpenOffice suite.
                 It can be used on different platforms, including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux-BOSS, Solaris, etc. It is a
                 freeware software which means it is available free of cost. It is embedded with several distributions of Linux. It
                 has various features which enable a user to avail multiple facilities related to typing, editing, formatting, etc.
                 In Writer, a document can be saved in different file formats, including the file extension of MS Word (.doc, .rtf
                 and .xml).



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