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Introduction To MS Word 2003

This document provides an introduction to Microsoft Word 2003, including what can be done with the software and its uses. Word is a word processing software that allows users to create documents like letters, reports, books and web pages. It enables users to create, edit, format, store, retrieve and print text documents. Word can be used at home, school, and work for tasks like homework, letters, reports, and more. While more specialized software exists for things like web pages and publications, Word is sufficient for most tasks and already installed on many computers.

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Introduction To MS Word 2003

This document provides an introduction to Microsoft Word 2003, including what can be done with the software and its uses. Word is a word processing software that allows users to create documents like letters, reports, books and web pages. It enables users to create, edit, format, store, retrieve and print text documents. Word can be used at home, school, and work for tasks like homework, letters, reports, and more. While more specialized software exists for things like web pages and publications, Word is sufficient for most tasks and already installed on many computers.

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Introduction to Microsoft Word 2003

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Introduction to MS Word 2003

Microsoft is word-processor software that let us create a variety of different documents such as:

Letters, Single file reports, Multiple file reports, Books, Brochures, Newsletters, and Web pages.
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What can we do with MS Word 2003?

Word processing software let us: Create, Edit, Format, Store, Retrieve and Print a text document.
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Creating:

Is writing and composing the document.

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Editing:

Refers to making changes to the document to fix errors or improve it.

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Formatting:

Is making the document look attractive.

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Storing:

Means saving the document on a disk.

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Retrieving:

Is opening the saved document from a disk to computer memory.

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Printing:

Is producing the document on a paper, using a printer connected to the computer.

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Uses of Word

We can use word at:


Home to create: Memos, letters, labels, envelops, stickers or flyers. School to create: Homework, theses, research notes, time tables or certificates. Work to create: Faxes, reports, contracts, business card, mail merge documents, CV.
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Uses of Word

We can create complex or specialized documents that are normally created by more specialized software such us:

Web Pages: It is easer to use than MS Front Page. Brochures, Business Cards: We can create a better job with MS Publisher.

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Uses of Word

Printer-ready publications: We can create a better job with dedicated desktop publishing packages such us Adobe PageMaker, Corel Ventura, Quark Press. Tables of numbers or other data: We can create a better job with MS Excel.

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Why use Word for a task that can be performed with a more specialized software program?

Because it is already installed on our computer.

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Why use Word for a task that can be performed with a more specialized software program?

The main reason is that you probably already know how to use Word, and the extra features of a more specialized program might not be worth the time required to learn a new software package, especially if you create only an occasional Web page, brochure, new paper, database or other specialized document.
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Thank you for your listening!

Informatics Teacher Edlir Spaho

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