What is Word Processor.

Using word processor can easily create any type of document. This software is very
helpful for office work. There are various office employees who use this software to do
their own work.

What are the Features of Word Processor?

There are various important features of word processor software, which features names
are given below.

1. Easy Typing
you can type very easily using a word processor. Word processor provides you
with many features to create a document so that you can type any type of document.
Word processor gives you more features in typing anything than typewriter-like - word
processor has unlimited pages. You keep typing and as soon as the first page is over, the
word processor lets you type on the new page. While you are typing on the typewriter,
you have to enter another page as soon as the page ends.
Everything you type in the word processor is visible to you so that you can also correct
it if the wrong word is typed. But there is no such facility in the typewriter that you can
correct the wrong word.
2. Text Copy
Copy is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can copy any text.
The copy feature is there in all types of word processors.

With the use of copy features, you can use the same text multiple times in the document
without writing it, which saves you time as well.

3. Text Cut
The cut is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can cut any text in
the document. The cut feature is completely different from the copy feature.

For example, by using the copy feature, the copied text is in both the places in the
document, such as - from where you copied your text and where you pasted the text,
while the cut text is removed from the part of the document where the text is cut from.

4. Paste
The paste is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can paste any
copied or cut text on any part of the document. Any text is copied or cut only for pasting.

5. Multimedia
Multimedia is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you make your
document more attractive.

Using multimedia features, you can insert multimedia in your document like - clip art,
charts, images, pictures, video, etc.
6. Text formatting
Text formatting is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can make
your document more beautiful.

Using text formatting features, you can change the font of the text of your document, the
size of the text, and the color of the text and you can also bold, italicize, and underline
your text.

7. Spelling and Grammar

Spelling and Grammar is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can
check the spelling and grammar errors of the document.

8. Adjust the Layout

Adjusting the layout is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can
modify the margins, size, and layout of the document according to your need.

9. Find
Find is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can find any word or
sentence in the document. This feature helps you a lot, just imagine if your document is
100 to 150 pages.

If you have to find any word or sentence, then it will take you a lot of time, but you can
find that word or sentence in a few seconds using the find features.
10. Search and Replace
Search and Replace is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can
find any word or sentence in the document and replace that word with a new word
using the replace feature.

If your document is 100 to 500 pages, then imagine how much time and effort it will
take to manually replace a word. But using the Search and Replace feature, you can
replace any word or sentence with a new word or sentence in a few seconds.
11. Indentation and lists
Indentation and lists are also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can
add tabs, bullet lists, and number lists to the document so that your document looks
more beautiful.

12. Insert tables

Insert tables is also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can insert
tables in the document.

13. Multiple Windows

Multiple windows are also a very good feature of a word processor, using which you can
open multiple windows in word processor software. This feature is used by people to
use more than one-word processors windows at the same time.

In a word processor, you have to press the ctrl and N buttons simultaneously to open
more than one window.
14. AutoCorrect
AutoCorrect is also a great feature of word processors using which to automatically
correct any common errors in your document like - (typing "teh" and having it
autocorrected to "the").

15. Headers and Footers

Headers and footers are also a great feature of the word processor, using which you can
add anything according to your need in the headers and footers of your document like -
page numbers, dates, footnotes, etc.

16. Mail Merge

If we want to send the same information to different people at the same time, then there
is a feature in the word processor using which we can do that and that feature is named
mail merge.

Using mail merge, the body of the letter is typed once and it is sent to different
addresses.

Advantages of Word Processor

There are various advantages of word processor software, which are given below.

Quality
Storage of Text
Security
1. Quality
Word processor helps us to create error free documents. Every document prepared
through word processor is absolutely correct in spelling and grammar, there is no
possibility in it, and word processor allows us to make many copies of the same format.

2. Storage of Text
In word processor we can create of any number of page document and in word
processor we can copy any word or sentence any number of times.

You can also use it by making some changes in any old word file in the word processor,
for which we do not need to create a new word file.

3. Security
In a word processor, we can secure any document while creating it. As soon as someone
opens that document, he asks for password before opening the document, and only after
entering the correct password, the document will open.

Uses of Word Processor

There are various uses of word processor software, and this word processor are used in
different fields which are - education field, planning or business-related works, for
making assignments and home, etc.

With the use of this word processor software, you can do many things, whose names are
given below.

Memos.
Making Card.
Letter writing
Legal Copies.
Making resume/CV.
Letters and letterhead.
Reference documents.
writing short stories.