Text Processing

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Text Processing
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Early Text Editors

• Programs to enter text
• Line editors EDLIN !!!
• Display and correct one numbered line at a time
• Had to know the codes 3 d, or 5 e
• Screen based editors
• Display several lines, but only ASCII
• no formatting
• Examples
• pico, emacs, Windows Notepad

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Word processing

• Combine editing and formatting
• Wang, Inc.
• Company founded to build special purpose word
  processors
• WordStar
• First microcomputer work processor
• Released in 1979

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Was NOT WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
What you see on the screen This is Bboldb and
this is Uunderlinedu and Llargel text. What
is actually printed This is bold and this is
underlined and large text
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Behind the scenes of WYSIWYG in WordPerfect
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Semi Behind the scenes of WYSIWYG in Word
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Word and WordPerfect
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Formatting Characters

• Character size is measured in points, with one
  point equal to 1/72 inch.

200 pts
120 pts
80 pts
40 pts
20 pts
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Point Size
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Formatting Characters

• A font is a size and style of typeface such as

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Memo Template
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FAX Template
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Brochure Template
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OLE Object Linking and Embedding
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Thesaurus
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Intelligent Word ProcessorsScript to Characters
Howdy
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Automatic index, table of contents
Large Document Formatting

• Headers/footers

• Styles for consistency

Footnotes
Pagination, Top, bottom, every other page
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Outline Feature

• To do Today
• Pay bills
• Visa
• Insurance
• Call Phred
• Write Mom
• To do Tomorrow
• Study for 107 test
• Get date for Saturday

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Mail Merge
Merged Letters
Form Letter
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Spell Checking

• Electronic dictionary (100,000 and more entries
  is common)
• Expandable and tailorable
• Binary search tree organization gives efficiency

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Binary Search Trees
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Desktop Publishing
Storyboard
Word Processing
Large Documents
Master Pages
Chained Frames
Kerning
Graphics Manipulations
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Recent word processors

• Graphics

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Recent word processors

• Graphics
• Tables

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Recent word processors

• Graphics
• Tables
• Word Art

Word Art
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Recent word processors

• Graphics
• Tables
• Word Art
• Special Symbols

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Recent word processors

• Graphics
• Tables
• Word Art
• Special Symbols
• Columns

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Recent word processors

• Graphics
• Tables
• Word Art
• Special Symbols
• Columns
• Macros

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Selection.TypeText Text"Charles Massey"
Selection.TypeParagraph Selection.TypeText
Text"RH 22 " Selection.TypeParagraph
Selection.TypeText Text"UNCA" End Sub
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Tomorrows Word ToolsWeb Publishing
Although printed material may not go away any
time soon, consider this

• Electronic mail now outnumbers post office
  deliveries of letters
• CD-ROM encyclopedias outsell their paper
  counterparts
• The Internet offers mass publishing possibilities

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Electronic Books
Recent technology encourages the future of
electronic books

• Students will download textbooks rather than
  carry them from the bookstore
• Updates will come via the Internet
• Downside is that you cannot pass it on to someone
  else like a book because of Digital Rights Act
• Example eBooks.com Amazon.com
• eBook Devices

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Electronic Dictation andIntelligent Word
Processing

• Speech-recognition software uses your voice to
  execute commands and input words into a word
  processor.
• This software has much improved, but still has
  weaknesses.

• Intelligent word processors use artificial
  intelligence to assist the user in creating,
  editing, and finalizing a document.

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