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Word Processor (Microsoft Word) - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Word 2000 can mix text, mathematical formulas, images, graphs, tables, spreadsheets, etc. in a document, and display on the screen an exact image of how said document will be printed. This is what is called a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) application.
        WYSIWYG applications are very easy to learn and use. Since the effects of each command or action can be immediately observed on the screen, errors are detected immediately and can usually be cleared with a simple action.
        It is also very easy to test until the desired effect is achieved in the document being prepared.
    - - Word 2000 is a fully integrated application in Windows 95/98/NT, making full use of the features of these operating systems.
        One of these features is the contextual menu, which opens when the right mouse button is clicked on a certain element on the screen, offering the selection of options and commands that are considered most appropriate for that situation.
- - - - At the bottom of the Word 2000 window is the status bar, shown in Figure, which displays other general information such as page and section, total number of pages, line and column of the screen the cursor is on, the time, etc.
        There are also four small icons or buttons -on the left- that allow you to go from one way of viewing the document to another. This will be referred to in the following section.
        
        Menu Operation
        The behavior of the menus has changed compared to Office 97. When a menu is opened, the most used or most recently used options appear. To view all the menu options, click on the symbol that appears at the end of the menu.
        Different Ways of Viewing a Document
        There are several possibilities for viewing a document, almost all of which are controlled by the View menu.
        In Outline mode (outline), a document can be seen hiding most of the information, that is, seeing only the titles of the different sections and perhaps - if desired - the first line of each paragraph.
        However, the same results can be achieved by activating the Document Map mode in the View menu.
        
        Work Several Documents at the same Time
        In Word 2000 it is possible to work simultaneously with several documents. To do this, all you have to do is open all of them -as will be seen in the next chapter- and go from one to the other through the Window menu.
        It is possible to copy or move text and any other type of elements (graphics, formulas, etc.) from one document to another. Unlike Word 97, Word 2000 creates a new, separate window for each file.
        
        Working with two Parts of the Same Document
        Word 2000 can work with two different parts of the same document, which is very useful for example when you want to compare two paragraphs that are on different pages and perhaps copy or move text from one to the other.
        To do this, Word 2000 has the ability to divide the screen into two parts, each with its own scroll bars.
        
        The relative height of these two parts can be changed by keeping the mouse clicked on the separating border and dragging it to the desired position. To eliminate the subdivision of the screen, just double click on the point where the two vertical scroll bars meet.
- - - - Insert Documents
        Word 2000 allows existing documents to be incorporated into the currently active document, inserting its content in the desired position.
        To do this, place the cursor at the point in the active document where you want to insert the second document. Select Insert/File and in the dialog box that opens --similar to the File/Open command-- choose the file you want to insert.
        
        Search Documents
        Sometimes you want to find documents contained in files for which you do not exactly remember the name or the directory in which they are stored. In Word 2000 this problem is solved with the Find option, which is activated through the Tools menu of the File/Open command dialog box.
        Format Text
        One of the most typical characteristics of a word processor is its ability to format text, changing any of its characteristics, such as margins, fonts, spacing between lines, etc.
        Cut, Paste and Copy Text
        Closely related to text selection is copying and/or moving text from one part of the document to another. Perhaps these are one of the most frequent operations when writing, correcting or modifying a document on the screen.
- - - - Paragraph Indentation
        Paragraph indentation -Indents- allows the first and/or all other lines of a paragraph to start a certain distance from the left margin.
        The indentation can depend on the tab positions, or be set independently of them. The Left and Right boxes control the position of the left and right margins.
        The position of the first line is controlled by the Special box: if First Line is chosen the first line is offset relative to the text; if Hanging is chosen, the text scrolls relative to the first line.
        
        Space between lines and between paragraphs
        You can control the distance between the lines of a paragraph (Line Spacing), as well as an extra space (Spacing) before and after each paragraph.
        tabs
        By default, tabs are usually preset at half-inch (1.27 cm) intervals, starting from the left margin.