Word Processing 1

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1. A word processing package is a computer program (software) that allows the user to key in articles, reports, letters and other documents. In the correct order, the text can be:
[use the words ... printed, edited, saved]

a) b) c)


2. Word processing has replaced typewriters because you can:
[use the words ... delete, amend, insert]

a) b) c)


3. Special printing can be selected, for example: Bold, Italic, Underline, Shadow. You can also improve the way a document looks by changing the and putting the text into a different .
[use the words ... font, colour, style]


4. The format or of the text on a page can be altered by adjusting or entering which set different . Page and page can automatically be inserted.
[use the words ... rulers, layout, headers, numbers, margins]


5. A will highlight any words not contained in its . If you want to move a paragraph, you can use and paste. If you want to use a word or sentence more than once then you can and paste.
[use the words ... copy, dictionary, cut, spell checker]


6. Whenever you want to change a word that you have used throughout a document, you can use and . The best method to use is , when the computer will ask you each time if you want to change the word. The problem with the method is that you could end up changing word you didn't mean to change.
[use the words ... selective, search, replace, global]


7. You can form a document by using a number of . Most word processing packages can and text.
[use the words ... standard, export, import, paragraphs]


8. A letter has blanks left for details such as name and address, to be later. is the process of automatically loading personal details from a separate mailing list (in a file) and placing them into the correct places in a standard letter (in a document). A program may be needed to translate the formatting codes in a document into the appropriate for the printer being used.
[use the words ... standard, driver, inserted, merge, database, word, processed, codes, printer, mail]