Word Processing

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Study Skill 11.1 Word Processing

Introduction

Just like typing was a valuable skill for your parents and grandparents to learn, word processing is something you’ll need for pretty much any educational or work setting you might want to pursue in the future. Word processing is exactly what it says – the processing of words. Whether you type on a keyboard or dictate with a microphone, putting words to documents is what you’ll be doing for much of your academic and vocational life. Learning to use tools like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or even Pages is a start, but so is learning about grammar checking software and rules for formatting documents.

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Key Ideas

  • Word processing can be done by a variety of applications on your own computer and on the web.
  • Word processing helps writers format and organize their writing as if they were going to print it.
  • Learning the basics of word processing will benefit students, employees, and anyone who communicates with the written word.

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  • Choose a word processor (for example, Word, Docs, Pages) and create a document with a title, your name, and a paragraph or two of text. You can use Lorem Ipsum text if you don’t want to write your own paragraphs (scroll to the bottom to generate): https://goo.gl/1EAcmL Links to an external site. 
  • Either print this document or share it with your instructor via email or Google Drive.