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Basic ICT Skills. 3

This document provides instructions on using various formatting and editing tools in a word processor, including headers and footers, autocorrect, numbering and bullets, and more. It explains how to insert headers and footers, use autocorrect to check spelling and grammar, and create numbered and bulleted lists. The document also includes examples like adding a header and page number, using autocorrect, and saving in a different file format.

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Basic ICT Skills. 3

This document provides instructions on using various formatting and editing tools in a word processor, including headers and footers, autocorrect, numbering and bullets, and more. It explains how to insert headers and footers, use autocorrect to check spelling and grammar, and create numbered and bulleted lists. The document also includes examples like adding a header and page number, using autocorrect, and saving in a different file format.

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EMPLOYABILITY SKILL

BASIC ICT SKILLS -EDIT, SAVE AND PRINT A


DOCUMENT IN WORD PROCESSOR
HEADER AND FOOTER

Header is the text that is printed at the top of each page (in the top margin) in
a document. Footer is printed at the bottom of each page (in the bottom
margin).
Header and Footers provide additional information about the document, like,
date, page number, etc.

To insert headers and footers in a document;


1. Select Insert  Header or Footer  Default.
The header area appears at the top of the document. Type the header.
Or
Select Page option from the Format menu.
a. The Page Style: Default dialog box appears.
a. Click the Header tab or the Footer tab
Removing Header or Footer
To remover header of footer, the steps are:
1. Select Insert  Header or Footer  Default.
2. A message box appears
3. Click Yes to delete the header or footer.
AUTOCORRECT

One of the main advantages of creating a document in word processor is that


we easily come to know about spelling and grammatical mistakes done while
typing. These can be easily corrected using the options available in word
processor.

OpenOffice Writer provides the following two ways of checking spelling and
grammar in a document:

• Using Auto Spellcheck


• Using the Spelling and Grammar option
Using AutoSpellcheck
The steps to check spellings as you type are:
1. Click the AutoSpellcheck button on the Standard bar.
2. Right-click the misspelled word (with a red wavy underline) and then
choose a word from the suggested list
or
from the AutoCorrect submenu.
If you choose a word from the AutoCorrect submenu, misspelled and the
replacement words are automatically added to the AutoCorrect list for the
current language.
Using the Spelling and Grammar Option
The Spelling & Grammar option of OpenOffice Writer helps you check the
spelling and grammatical errors in your document. The steps are:
1. Select the Spelling and Grammar option from the Tools menu.
Or
Click the Spelling and Grammar button
on the Standard bar.
Or
Press F7
2. The Spelling dialog box appears .
a. The unrecognized word is displayed in the Not in Dictionary
text box and suggestions are displayed in the Suggestions box.
b. On clicking the desired button, respective action takes place
and the next word is highlighted.
c. Repeat this step until a message box saying “The spell check
is complete” is displayed.
3. Click OK.
NUMBERING AND BULLET

To create a bulleted or numbered list, do


as follows:
1. Place the cursor at the position where
you want to start the list.

2. Select Bullets and Numbering


option from the Format menu
.
3. The Bullets and Numbering dialog
box appears.

4. Click the Bullets tab or the


Numbering type tab .

5. Choose the desired style and click


OK.
Let’s Try it
1. Create a new document in OpenOffice Writer.
2. Type an essay on the topic ‘Pollution’.
3. Insert page number as footer and ‘Pollution’ as header.
4. Use autocorrect to correct the spelling mistakes.
5. Save the document in .doc format so that it can be opened in
Microsoft Word also.
Worksheet
1. Write keyboard shortcut for the following commands:
a. Spelling and grammar option ___________

2. Name the menu that has option to change the alignment of text in a document.
_________________________
3. Name the four alignment options.

4. The intersection of row and column in a table is called a ________.


5. What is the name given to the text printed on top of each page of a document?
___________
6. What is the name given to text printed at the bottom of every page in a document?
__________ 33
7. AutoSpellcheck option is available on ___________ bar.

8. The default bullet style is ________________.

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