Chapter2

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1.Word Processor
2. What Is Word Processing?
3. Starting the Word Processor
4. Typing Capital Letters
5. Changing Text Size
6. Copy and Paste
7. Changing Font
8. New line
9.Backspace and Change
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	Word Processor A word processor is a program on a computer that use to create documents. A document is anything you write using a word processor.

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What Is Word Processing? A word processor is a computer program you can use to help you write. Word processors save your work in a file called a document. A document can be a story or a poem or homework. You can: Fix mistakes. Move letters Add words. When you make changes, it is called editing a document. Starting the Word Processor You can start the word processor in a few different ways. One way you can start it is by double-clicking the word processor icon on the desktop. Typing Capital Letters Words have two kinds of letters, uppercase and lowercase. The letters on the keyboard keys are uppercase letters. These also are called capital letters. Lowercase letters are smaller. The keyboard has two SHIFT keys. Both SHIFT keys work the same way. You hold down SHIFT and then you press a letter key to type a capital letters.

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	Starting the Word Processor You can start the word processor in a few different ways. One way you can start it by Double-Clicking the word processor icon on the desktop. Click start Click All Programs. Click OpenOffice.org 3.1. Click OpenOffice.org Writer.

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	Typing Capital Letters Words have two kinds of letters, uppercase and lowercase. The letters on the keyboard keys are uppercase letters. These also are called capital letters. Lowercase letters are smaller. The keyboard has two SHIFT keys. Both SHIFT keys work the same way. You hold down SHIFT and then you press a letter key to type a capital letters.

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	Changing Text Size Type your first name. Click here Font size arrow in the Formatting toolbar. Select size 48. Type 6 new names make each name a different size. <flvplayer autoplay=false width=500 height=400>Fontsize.FLV</flvplayer>

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	Copy and Paste Type Hello. Double-click to select it. Click copy in the Standard toolbar. Click Paste. Paste Hello six times. Make each Hello bigger than the last one. Press space bar between each word. <flvplayer autoplay=false width=500 height=400>copypast.FLV</flvplayer>

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	Changing Font Letters can be typed in different fonts. Fonts Choose size 24 font. Type the alphabet.abxdefghijkl Drag across the alphabet to select all of it. Click Font Name arrow in the Formatting toolbar. Select a font. <flvplayer autoplay=false width=500 height=400>Fontname.FLV</flvplayer>

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New line To start a new line press Enter key Type these words:Hat Cat Mat That Sat Chat Rat Press enter a after each one. Now the list looks like this. Hat Cat Mat That Sat Chat Rat <flvplayer autoplay=false width=500 height=400>enter.FLV</flvplayer> Lists Choose size 24 font. List the months of the year like this: January February March April May June July August September October November December Make sure each month is on a new line.

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Backspace and Change Press the key to remove text or graphics. The Undo command in the Standard toolbar will reverse the last thing done. Type the title: Things I like. Things I like Playing Drawing Using computer Football Make a list of things you like. Select your title Copy it. Paste it. Select the word I like. it. Type do instead and make another list. Things I do Washingup Tidying Eating Reading Delete a drawing Draw three shapes. Click on a shape to see its handles. Tap to delete it. Click Undo to get it back.