ICT - Topic 11

ICT - Topic 11

1. definitions

   • Spell checker: A spellchecker automatically checks the spelling in a document. You should not rely totally on spellcheckers because there are some pitfalls to be wary of.
   • Desktop Publishing: DTP Applications are used to create publications such as newspapers or magazines, leaflets and brochures.
   • Grammar Checker: A grammar checker suggests problems with the way sentences are structured, or they can find repeated words or punctuation.
   • Thesaurus: A thesaurus can suggest alternatives for words. For example, for the word NICE, a thesaurus may suggest PLEASANT, KIND, LOVELY and other words with a similar meaning.
   • Mail Merge: Is a method of producing personalised letters by merging a standard letter with details of names and addresses and other information from a database.
   • Style sheet: A style sheet is a description of the way a document is to be presented. It is used to make sure there is consistency in the appearance of the document.
   • Tabulation- To make lists of data items more readable, they are often placed in columns and rows. Tabs make columns line up easier
   • Headers and footers- A header appears at the top every page of a document/a footer appears at the bottom
   • Automatic contents production: contents page can be produced automatically by the word processors software.
   • Table - a massive box with data, columns, rows and cells inside.
   • Graphics: A graphic is an image.
   • Clipart is a graphic image used to illustrate another document
   • Auto shapes- premade shapes which you can select and insert
   • Watermarks A graphic or text can be placed on a master page where it becomes a watermark for the rest of the document. Everything else appearing on a document is written over the water which faintly shows through the background.

2. Examples

   • Mail merge
     •  Utility companies to send out bills to customers and Schools to send pupils their exam results
   • Stylesheet
     •  The font type, size and colour, The formatting of the text, including line spacing, The position of a logo or banner
   • Graphics
     •  -A picture you have taken with a digital camera -A picture downloaded from a website -A piece of clipart -A picture you have scanned

3. Graphics can be manipulated- Resizing, Cropping, Rotating, Flipping

4. Benefits of word processing and DTP

   • High quality professional publications can be created 
   • Templates are available for many types of document such as letters and business cards
   •  It is easy to edit the layout of a publication

5. File extension (wordfile doc(x))(Text file.txt)(Image file .Jpg)