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word that won't fit on the current line go to the start of the next line automatically; you
don't have to press Return.)
Delete characters or whole sentences with a few keystrokes.
Replace one word or phrase with another. (Type the old word, type the new word, and the
application will replace the old with the new throughout the document; this is called search
and replace.)
Move text from one part of the document to another (also called cut and paste).
Copy text from one document to another or to another part of the same document.
Set margins and tabs.
Choose from a variety of type sizes and type styles.
Put text in footnotes.
Indent lists.
Single, double, or triple space.
Number pages automatically.
Insert running headers and footers (text that is printed at the top and bottom of each page).
Left-justify, center, or right-justify your text.
Companionapplications
Here are applications designed to work with some word processing applications:
Spelling checker: an application that reads through your document and finds any words that
aren't in its dictionary.
Form-letter maker: an application that inserts names and addresses from a data base into
documents created with your word processing application (also known as a mail-merge
application).
Database
Data base applications are for keeping track of information about people, places, and things.
You don't have to be the owner of an auto-parts store to use a data base. You could be a
fisherman keeping a record of the location, time of day, weather, and lure used to catch each
trophy fish. You could be a home owner keeping a record of your valuables for insurance
purposes. You could be a head hunter keeping a record of clients, their current jobs, and their
job skills.
The information about each person, place, or thing is called a record. If you have a data base
that lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all your clients, and you have 42
clients, there are 42 records in your client data base. Each category of information you keep
track of is called a field. If your address-book data base includes the name, address, phone
number, and birthday of each friend, you have four fields in that data base.
Records and Fields
The tedious part of using a data base application is typing all the information when you set up
a new data base. The fun part is using the application to search for a particular piece of
information or to rearrange the information according to criteria you specify.
Sometimes it's useful to know every detail about everything in your data base, but most of the
time you want a subset of the informationall your clients with birthdays in December, a list of
students who scored more than 650 on their SATs, a list of customers who spent more than $2000
on shoes last year and you don't care about the other information that's in the data base.
These subsets are called reports. You can generate hundreds of different reports from one data
base without affecting the information in the data base as a whole.