Part - I : Introduction to Word Processor

Part - I : Introduction to Word Processor Learning Objectives • To understand the importance of a word processor. • To understand this application in Open Office. • To understand working of OpenOffice writer in Windows OS. • To know the editing options in OpenOffice writer. • To know the text formatting and page formatting options in OpenOffice writer. • To know the use of spell check features of OpenOffice writer. . Introduction to Word Processor Word processor is a computer software to create, edit, manipulate, transmit, store and retrieve a text document. The above said activities are called as “Word Processing”. In other words, Word processing is an activity carried out by a computer with suitable software to create, edit, manipulate, transmit, store and retrieve text documents. There are many word processing software available as proprietary source as well as open source. The familiar word processing packages are given in the following Table. Table . - Proprietary Software & Open Source Software Proprietary source Word processing software Package Developer Microsoft Word Microsoft Corporation WPS Word Kingsoft WordPro Lotus Corporation Open Source Word processing software Package Developer OpenOffice Writer Apache LibreOffice Writer The document foundation Abiword Abisource Tamil Word Processors Tamil openoffice writer, Tamil LibreOffice Writer, Kamban . , Mentamizh2017 – These are familiar word processors exclusively for Tamil Language. Microsoft also provides full Tamil interface for all office suits. In this chapter, you are going to learn about an word processor (OpenOffice Writter). . An Introduction to OpenOffice Writer OpenOffice is the leading open- source office software suite for word