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Text Processing

Text Processing. 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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Text Processing

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  1. Text Processing

  2. 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

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

  4. Was NOT WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get What you see on the screen This is ^Bbold^b and this is ^Uunderlined^u and ^Llarge^l text. What is actually printed This is bold and this is underlined and large text

  5. Behind the scenes of WYSIWYG in WordPerfect

  6. “Semi” Behind the scenes of WYSIWYG in Word

  7. Word and WordPerfect

  8. A A A A A 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

  9. Point Size

  10. Formatting Characters A font is a size and style of typeface such as:

  11. Memo Template

  12. FAX Template

  13. Brochure Template

  14. OLE: Object Linking and Embedding

  15. Thesaurus

  16. Intelligent Word ProcessorsScript to Characters Howdy

  17. Large Document Formatting Automatic index, table of contents • Headers/footers • Styles for consistency Footnotes Pagination, Top, bottom, every other page

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

  19. Mail Merge Merged Letters Form Letter

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

  21. Binary Search Trees

  22. Desktop Publishing Storyboard Word Processing Large Documents Master Pages Chained Frames Kerning Graphics Manipulations

  23. Recent word processors Hey! How about a UNCA Basketball Scholarship? • Graphics

  24. Recent word processors • Graphics • Tables

  25. Recent word processors • Graphics • Tables • Word Art Word Art

  26. Recent word processors • Graphics • Tables • Word Art • Special Symbols

  27. Recent word processors • Graphics • Tables • Word Art • Special Symbols • Columns

  28. Recent word processors Charles Massey RH 22 UNCA • Graphics • Tables • Word Art • Special Symbols • Columns • Macros Sub MyAddress() ' ' MyAddress Macro ' Macro recorded 10/23/2005 by Charles Massey Selection.TypeText Text:="Charles Massey" Selection.TypeParagraph Selection.TypeText Text:="RH 22 " Selection.TypeParagraph Selection.TypeText Text:="UNCA" End Sub

  29. Tomorrow’s Word Tools:Web Publishing • Electronic mail now outnumbers post office deliveries of letters • CD-ROM encyclopedias outsell their paper counterparts • The Internet offers mass publishing possibilities Although printed material may not go away any time soon, consider this:

  30. 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.comAmazon.com • eBook Devices Recent technology encourages the future of electronic books:

  31. Intelligent word processors use artificial intelligence to assist the user in creating, editing, and finalizing a document. 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. Electronic Dictation andIntelligent Word Processing

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