ICS Solved Olevel Examination Form One To Form Four

 

ICS Examination, Information Computer Studies Examination

TOPIC 1: WORD PROCESSING

Introduction

There has always been a need to come up with better writing tool to improve on efficiency and legibility of the written work.  These tools include manually type writers, electronic type writers.

ELECTRONIC WORD PROCESSORS

An electronic word processor is application software documents,

Examples of common word processors include; Microsoft word, cavil word perfect, lotus word pro and apple works.

WORD PROCESSOR

Definition:  Is software for preparing formatting and editing of a document.

Eg: of word processors packages;

1) Microsoft word

2) Microsoft works

3) Apple work

4) Open office writer

5) Lotus word pro,

6) Corel word perfect.

THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN WORD PROCESSOR AND MICROSOFT WORD

A word processor is the type of software.  Word processing is what you do with a word processor.

So Microsoft word processor, typing a letter in Microsoft word is word processing.

BENEFIT OF USING A WORD PROCESSOR OVER TYPEWRITERS

1) Word processor can save data while typewriters cant

2) You can edit while you work on a word processor, but with a typewriter you have to start over

3) Easy to correct mistake while a typewriter cant

      4) Typewriter also didn’t have features like spell check while word processor has

STARTING MICROSOFT WORD
There are two alternatives.
Alternative 1
Using start button.
1. Click start button, the menu will appear.
2. Select all programs
3.Select Microsoft office, the group menu will appear.
4. Double click the Microsoft word 2003-2010 the window will appear.

Alternative 2
Using keyboard
1.Pres window logo key.
2.Select all programs for double click on microsoft word 2003-2010
NOTE
If you select  all programs follow procedure 3 and 4 above other wise
3.The window will appear.

FEATURES OF A WORD PROCESSOR

Most word processors have common features.  Each task appears in a rectangular are called Application window.

TITTLE bar

A title bar indicates the tasks which are currently running on its right.  There are; minimize, restore and close button

Menu bar

The menu bar provides the user with a group of commands.  Each command has a drop down list, when clicked, used to create and manipulate documents

Tool bar

Tool bar consist of buttons of command (icons) that provide shortcuts to command available in the menu bar.  The two default tool bars are the standard and formatting tool bar. 

DOCUMENT WINDOW

This is the work area where you create documents.  It is resembled on an ordinary piece of paper.

STATUS BAR

The status bar is the communication channel between the user and application program.  It displays the current page, section line and activities such as file saving process.

 Search and replace:  Allows you to direct the word processor to search for a particular word or phrase.

 Print feature :  Allows you to send a document to a printer to get hard copy

 File management:   Many word processors contain file management capabilities that allow you to create, move and search for files.

 Font specification:  Allows you to change font within a document.

 Mail merges:   This is particularly useful for generating many files that have the same format but different data.  Generating mailing labels is the classic. Example of using merges.

 Spell checker:  A features that allows you to check the spelling of words

 Table of contents and indexes:  Allows you to automatically create a table of content and index based on special codes that you insert in document.

 WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get): With WYSIWYG, a document appears on the display screen exactly as it will look when printed.

OPEN A FILE WITH WINDOW XP

1) Open word 2007

2) Click the Microsoft button a menu will appear

3) Click open, the open dialog box will appear

4) Use the look in field to move to the folder in which you saved the file.  The file is named lesson two docx

5) Click lesson Twodocx

6) Click open.  The file you create during the previous lesson appears

ALTERNATE METHOD OPENING A FILE WITH KEYS

1) Open word 2007

2) Press Ctrl+O

3) Locate the folder in which you saved your file.  The file is named lesson two docx.

4) Click lesson two docx.

5) Click open. The file you create during the previous lesson appear

DOCUMENT VIEWS

• Draft view
• Web layout
• Print layout
• Reading layout

 

ICS MIDTERM, TERMINAL, ANNUAL AND MOCK FORM ONE TO FORM FOUR EXAMINATION

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ICS F4-FORM IV SERIES 3
ICS-FORM TWO MOCK EXAM 2013
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ICS - FORM II 2020
ICS FII EXAM 2022
ICS-TERMINAL F1 EXAM
ICS-TERMINAL EXAMINATION F4 JUNE 2018
ICS PAPER 2 2020
ICS MIDTERM EXAMINATION FORM II MARCH 2016
ICS-MIDTERM TEST FORM TWO (ICS)
ICS-F2-TERMINAL EXAMS
ICS-FORM 2(2022)

SHORTCUT KEYS

is the combination of key that causes a specific command. A shortcut keys combine the ctrl or alt and some other keys.

 

1.      CTRL + N = NEW DOCUMENT

2.      CTRL + A = SELECT ALL

3.      CTRL + SHIFT + A = CAPITAL LETTER

4.      CTRL + C = COPY

5.      CTRL + X = CUT

6.      CTRL + V = PASTE

7.      CTRL + S = SAVE

8.      CTRL + Z = UNDO

9.      CTRL + Y = REDO

10.  CTRL + B = BOLD

11.  CTRL + U = UNDERLINE

12.  CTRL + E = CENTER

13.  CTRL + J = JUSTIFY

14.  F1 = HELP

15.  ALT + F4 = CLOSE DOCUMENT

16.  CTRL + O = OPEN DOCUMENT

17.  CTRL + P = PRINT

18.  CTRL + D = DELETE

 

 

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