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Define Word Processing Write Units of the Document and their Features

Definition

Word processing is basically typing, editing and manipulating a document in the desired format.

Units of the Documents

Since word processing involves the preparation of a document (in any desired format), it is important to know the units of the document.
1.Character: It alludes to the letters in order, mathematical digits, accentuations and other extraordinary images which are ordinarily utilized in the content. 

2.Word: A word is gathering of characters that are isolated from other gathering of characters by some delimiters like, comma, full pause and space. 

3.Sentence: A sentence is a gathering of words went before and followed by suitable delimiting characters. 

4.Paragraph: It is a gathering of at least one sentences, sections are isolated by leaving clear lines between them. 

5.Pages: It is the measure of text that can be imprinted on one page of a paper. 

6.Chapters: It is an assortment of pages 

7.Documents and documents: It is a gathering of parts. Generally, a total archive might be extremely short, for example, a memo(or letter) or long, for example, a book comprising of a few sections. These records are alluded as ―Files‖.

Word Processing Features

1.Word-wrap: In word-preparing bundles, the content can be consistently composed and the PC naturally begins a new line when a line is topped off. When the length of a sentence surpasses the correct edge, the comparing word is naturally changed in the accompanying line. This is called ―word-wrap‖. A passage is made just when carriage control is remotely given for a sentence. 

2.Cursor Control: The four directional keys of the console ( ) helps in finding the content 
for altering in much the comparative way as that of a pointer or pencil. 

3.Editing: Words or lines can be entered (embedded) or erased in any piece of the content with appropriate arrangement . Likewise, there is an office to ‗recover' the content which is erased unintentionally or inadvertently. Another significant office is that any ‗word' can be supplanted by another word all through the document, any place the old word shows up. Notwithstanding these, a square of text(which is oftentimes utilized) can be arranged and moved or replicated any place wanted in the document. 
4.Formatting : The content arranging alludes to the manner in which the content is wanted to show up on a page. This incorporates following capacities 
setting left and right edges 
paragraph settings 
line dividing 
selecting textual style determinations, for example, underline, striking, italics, superscripts and addendums 
setting commentaries 
number of lines per page 
printing page numbers and headings for ‗Header' and ‗Footer' 
table of substance 
indexing the content 
5.Spell-check: Word-handling bundles give checking of spellings office 
6.Thesaurus: It gives equivalents (or words with comparable implications) 
7.Macros: A large scale is a character or word that addresses a progression of keystrokes. The capacity to characterize macros permits us to save a great deal of time by supplanting normal blends of keystrokes. 
8.Printing: It gives a ‗hard' duplicate of the content. The printing can be controlled subsequent to printing a fixed number of pages or can be continued from any predefined page number. 
9.File administration: This office permits to make, erase, move and quest for records. 
10.Mail union printing: This office helps in printing same ―original‖ letter with various locations, so that each letter is ―original‖ and not a duplicate. 
Word-handling Packages: Several word-preparing bundles are accessible. A portion of these are recorded underneath: 
1. MSWORD (SOFT WORD) 2. WORDSTAR 3. CHIRATOR 4. NORTON EDITOR

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