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    SEBA CLASS - 10
    CHAPTER - 4
     EDITING AND FORMATTIN IN A WORD PROCESSOR 

    NOTE : The ðŸ’¥ star mark contained Additional question specify  that they are most likely to come in examination and very important. But I suggest you to read all the question that I post here.

    1. Fill in the blanks:

    a. The Horizontal ruler is used to set the left and right margin.

    b. The Redo command is used to reverse the action of the Undo command.

    c. Line spacing is the amount of space between the text and edge of the page.

    d. The setting that are standard or pre- defined in a software package are called default settings.

    e. The document in portrait orientation is printed along the width of the paper.

    💥 Word star, published by Micro Pro International, was the first word processor.

    💥A new document can also be created by File menu.

    💥 Word automatically adds a period and extension “.docx” to the filename.

    💥The selection bar is the space between the left edge of the page and the text margin.

    💥The Repeat command is used to reverse the Undo action.

     

    2. True or False

    a. You cannot select the entire document. FALSE

    b. Commands of the selected tan are displayed on the ribbon. TRUE

    c. To set the top and bottom margins, we use the vertical ruler. TRUE

    d. You can apply only portrait orientation to the page. FALSE

    e. The Bold button is available in the font group of the insert tab. FALSE

    💥 The Font dialog box provides more options for character formatting. TRUE

    💥 Formatting help to make changes to default settings. TRUE

    💥 Making changes to the settings of a page is called page formatting. TRUE

    💥By default, the new blank document in MS Word opens in Landscape layout. FALSE

    💥 To add a shading to a specific text, select the text. TRUE

     

    3. Choose the correct options:

    a. Which of the following options are available on clicking the home tab?

    All of these

    b. The keyboard shortcut to cut the selected text is

    Ctrl + X

    c. To select the entire document, press

    Ctrl + A

    d. To change the page margins, click the

    Page Layout

    e. The Columns option is available on this tab

    None of these

     

    1. Short answer question:

    a. Name the toolbar present on the left of the title bar. By default, which buttons are present on this toolbar?

    Quick Access Toolbar is present on the left of the title bar. By default, Save, Undo, Repeat buttons are present on this toolbar.

    b. What information is displayed on the status bar?

    Number of pages and words, view buttons and zoom slider bar are the information displayed on the status bar.

    c. Where is the ribbon placed? What is displayed on the ribbon?

    Ribbon is placed just below the title bar. The tabs and commands divided into groups are displayed on the ribbon.

    d. How can you highlight important text in a document?

    To highlight important text in your document, you’ll need to select the text by clicking and dragging your cursor over the text. Once you select the text, a pop-up menu will appear above the selected text. Click the down arrow next to the “Text Highlight Color” icon to display a drop-down menu with several colors to choose from. You can also find this option in the “Font” group of the “Home” tab. Click the highlight color to apply it to the text.

    OR

    We can highlight important text in a document in the following way:

    i) Select the text you want to highlight.

    ii) Click the Home tab.

    iii) In the font group, click the drop-down menu arrow of the text Highlight color button.

    iv)  From the color menu select the color you want.

    (Your selected color will be highlighted to your selected text)

    e. What is the use of the Format Painter option?

    Format Painter is use to quickly apply the same formatting, such as color, font style and size, and border style, to multiple pieces of text or graphics. The format painter lets you copy all of the formatting from one object and apply it to another one - think of it as copying and pasting for formatting.

    💥What do you mean by character formatting in Word?

    Character formatting in Word has to do with applying formatting properties to enhance the appearance of individual text characters. It consists of text properties like Bold, Italic, Underline, Font Size, Font color, etc.

    💥 What is Alignment? Name the different types of alignment.

    Alignment is the manner in which text is placed between the margin of a page.

    Right, Left, Center, and Justify are the four types of alignment in Word. Among these four, Left is the default alignment.

    💥 Name the two types of Page Orientation available in MS Word?

    The two types of Page orientation are Portrait and Landscape. Where as Portrait is the default new blank document appears when we Open MS Word.

    💥 What do you mean by default settings?

    Default settings is a preselected options adopted by a computer program.

    💥 What is Formatting?

    Formatting mean enhance the appearance of our document for emphasis and greater readability.

    💥 What do you mean by editing text?

    Editing text mean modifying the text to make it more understandable, appealing and correct.

    💥 Which was the first word processor?

    WordStar, published by MicroPro International, was the first Word Processor released in 1978.

    💥 What is a Word Processor?

    A computer software that helps us type text on a computer is known as Word Processor.


    2. Long answer questions: 

    a. Write a step to save a document in MS Word 2010?

    The steps to save a document in word document are

    i) Click the File tab and select the Save As option.

    ii) Select a folder where you will like to save the document, Enter the file name which you want to give to your document and select the Save As option, by default it is the .docx format.

    iii) Finally, click on the Save button and your document will be saved with the entered name in the selected folder.

     

    b. How can you change the spacing between the lines of a paragraph?

    To change the spacing between the line of a paragraph first, Select the text you want to change. On the Home tab, click the Paragraph launcher to show the Paragraph dialog box. Click the Indents and Spacing tab. Under Line spacing, in the Between lines box, type or select the amount of spacing you want between lines of text and click OK to apply your setting.

    c. Write the steps to set margins using the ruler bar?

    To set margins using the ruler just place the mouse pointer on the right or left margin boundary. The pointer changes to double headed arrow called the margin marker. Drag the margin to the desire location as you want to set.

    d. How can you change the orientation of a page in Word 2010?

    The steps to change the orientation of the page are:

    i) Click the page layout tab on the ribbon.

    ii) In the page setup group, click orientation

    iii) From the drop down, menu click Portrait or Landscape as you want.

    (Keep in mind the default orientation is Portrait)

    OR

    We can change the orientation of the page using the page setup dialog box. Click the margin tab of the page setup dialog box and select the required orientation.

     

    e. How can you remove highlight from the text?

    We can remove the highlighted from the text by following the steps given below:

    i) Select the text from which you wish to remove highlighting.

    ii) Click the Home Tab from the ribbon.

    iii) In the font group, click the drop-down arrow of the text highlight color button and select No Color.

    💥 Define Margin? How can you set margin in Word?

    Margin are the blank space around the edges of the page.

    To set margin in word Just:

    i) Click the page layout tab on the ribbon.

    ii) In the page layout group, click margins. (Margin’s gallery appears)

    iii) From the Margin gallery, click any margin style, you want to set for your page. Otherwise

    iv) Click the custom margin option, and set your own margins foe your document page.

    💥 What is the use of Undo and Redo commands?

    The Undo command is used to reverse the last command. Whereas,

    The Redo command is used to reverse the Undo action.

    💥 What is paragraph spacing? How will you set paragraph spacing?

    Paragraph spacing is the amount of white space between paragraph. It can be measured in lines or points.

    To set a paragraph spacing:

    i) Place the cursor within a paragraph or select several paragraphs.

    ii) Click the page layout tab.

    iii) In the Paragraph group, specify the spacing before and after the paragraph by specifying values in the Before and After boxes.

    iv) When finished, Click Ok.

    💥 Name the different types of Tab stops.

    The different types of Tab stops are

    i) Left Tab 

    ii) Center Tab 

    iii) Right Tab

    iv) Decimal Tab

    v) Bar Tab

    vi) First line Indent

    vii) Hanging indent


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