Each user using Windows systems and the office suite of Microsoft Office programs, one way or another, came across an MS Word application. This application is one of the most common, popular and in demand among users around the world. However, many mistakenly believe that Word is a regular text editor. The program has much more features than it might seem at first glance.
Word - what is this program?
Yes, indeed, initially, at the dawn of creating the office suite, this application was developed exclusively as a text editor, different from the standard Notepad.
The first and main difference was that the letters were introduced here not as it was done in Notepad or in today's DOS systems, but using the graphic mode. This made it possible to enter both ordinary and capital letters. In addition, a fairly large number of fonts appeared in the application that could be applied to the typed text.
Immediately there was the possibility of inserting pictures, which put the program at a level higher than other text editors. Over time, the application was transformed into such a powerful tool for working with texts and related multimedia components that many developers, creating their software products, began to simply copy the Word features by embedding them in their applications (OpenOffice, Lotus, etc.).
Key features of Word
As for the tools, everything cannot be fully described. However, it’s worthwhile to dwell on some key points.
So, Word is mostly a text editor. Among all its features, it is worth noting the following:
- the use of a huge set of fonts;
- support for almost all known languages;
- spell checking with the ability to add words to the main dictionaries;
- syntax check;
- search for synonyms;
- text formatting;
- use of many predefined templates;
- editing text of arbitrary volume (restriction only on free space on the hard disk);
- change of orientation (position) of the text;
- setting page parameters;
- printing documents;
- use of the clipboard;
- import and export of various formats;
- the use of different colors for text and background;
- cross support for inserting and saving documents with Excel spreadsheets and Access databases;
- the ability to work with macros, XML documents and PDF files;
- insert and save graphics;
- the presence of a special formula editor;
- work with tables;
- input of calculated formulas;
- autofill forms;
- use of scripts and macros Visual Basic;
- the presence of a table of special characters;
- several modes of displaying documents;
- support for multi-column documents and much more.
Additional tools
As you can see, Word is more than just a tool for editing text documents.
There are many more interesting features. Everyone knows that the editor supports the insertion of graphics, but few people realize that it is just as easy to add sound or video to the text.
Among other things, this editor can be used as the simplest tool for creating full-fledged web pages with hyperlinks based on the HTML language, the knowledge of which the user does not need to be.
Finally, Word supports email clients such as Outlook and can even send editable or finished files over the local network.
Instead of a total
In general, as already understood, Word has evolved from a regular text editor into a powerful tool for working with many file formats and advanced support for web design and multimedia. Naturally, far from all the features of the program were affected here, but only the most basic ones, since it is impossible to mention absolutely everything that this unique program is capable of in the format of this article.