Text Programs
Introduction
Nearly every microcomputer in the Navy has some sort of word processing
program installed on it. These programs make it easier for us to complete
the myriad of administrative tasks demanded of us. To a DM, they are
invaluable at composing flawless text for subsequent reproduction.
Word
Word processing programs allow you to create documents with extensive
processing
editing features that a typewriter, even a high-end electronic typewriter, does
programs
not allow. These editing features are what distinguishes one word processing
program from another. Regardless of manufacturer and because there are so
many word processing programs used in Navy Graphics shops, this segment
covers only the features common to the majority of programs.
Word
Word processing programs simplify the creation of documents. The program
processing
features manipulate the text in every imaginable way. Read the owner/user
software
manual for the software on the computer at your shop. Each program offers
features
a combination of features in the following categories:
DOCUMENT FORMAT: Format a document before entering the text of the
document by setting the parameters for margins, justification, centering text,
aligning text with the right margin, setting headers, footers, endnotes, and
pagination.
TEXT ATTRIBUTES: Text attributes include the ability of the program to
change typefaces and sizes, to bold, underline, or italicize, and to display and
print.
EDITING FEATURES: Editing features include text search and replace,
automatic hyphenation, automatic word wrap, columnization, special
character definition, mail merge, incorporation of lines, boxes, or images,
delete, insert, block, move text, a thesaurus, a spell check, and grammar and
style checker.
SPECIALIZED FEATURES: Some programs offer index construction, table
of contents construction, line numbering, and macros which set specific
repetitive steps used frequently into one keystroke for rapid recall.
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