Ministry of Education

Colegio Bilinge La Academia

Computer Activities

Belongs to:
Williams Daz

Teacher:
Luis Prado

Subject:
Computer

Level:
XlB Science

Topic:
Word Processing
Delivery Date:
May 6th, 2015

1. Word processing features

A. In pairs, discuss these questions.
1. What is a word processor?
A= A word processor is an electric or electronic device, or computer
software application, that, as directed by the user, performs word
processing: the composition, editing, formatting, and sometimes
printing of any sort of written material. Word processing can also refer
to advanced shorthand techniques, sometimes used in specialized
contexts with a specially modified typewriter.
2. What kind of tasks do people use word processors for?
A=A word processor can be used to compose, edit, format and print
any sort of printable material. It is mainly used to write memos,
briefs, technical reports and business letters. It also allows you to
merge text from one file into another file; this is very useful for
producing many files (e.g. personalized letters) with the same format but
with different data.

3. How many different word processing programs can you

name? Which do you think is the most popular?
A= Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Open Office. Org Writer, Word. Word
is probably the most popular, as it often comes ready-installed with
Windows.

Microsoft Word 2007.

C. Complete these sentences with the correct features and

function above.
1. The Standard toolbar list the icons to save or print a document,
spell check, etc. The formatting Toolbar is the area for changing
font, alignment, indentation, etc.
2. A font consists of three elements: typeface, type style and type
size. For example, Palatino bold at 10 points
3. Type style refers to a visual characteristic of a typeface, for
example B for bold, I for italic and U for underlined.
4. If you need to change indentation-the space between the page
margin and where the text aligns-you can click the increase or
decrease indent buttons.
5. The header and footer commands allow you to specify customized
texts at he top and bottom of every page.