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Importance of Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word (simply referred to as Word) is a sophisticated word processing application program/package specially designed for performing various word processing tasks, such as typing, editing and printing out of textual information. It allows adequate control over the creation and presentation of the typographic work. Microsoft Word also offers facilities for basic graphic design, statistical report of a document, spelling and grammar checking tasks, etc. These and numerous other features and facilities Word offers make it stand out among word processing programs, as well as make the difference between it and other mechanical devices for word processing (e.g. typewriter).

Importance of Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Word is an effective tool for creating all kinds of documents like letters, memos, reports, term papers, and typesetting novels and magazines, etc.
  • Microsoft  Word offers you specialized tools for formatting your document in various ways; perform spelling and grammar check to produce standard and error-free documents; in-built thesaurus for finding appropriate synonyms to replace repetitive words/phrases; word count feature for a statistical report of your document; drawing and graphics editing tools to add a touch of graphics or images to go with your documents; sounds and video handling tools to add multimedia feature to a document; numerous wizards and tools for creating and distributing merged faxes, form letters, labels and envelopes, etc.
  • Microsoft Word is highly useful for creating text of large volume.
  • You can easily create and maintain mailing lists, create personalized documents and create newsletters in Word.
  • It also helps you send documents to a group of people for feedback.
  • Word provides customized assistance in many ways.
  • With Word, you can import files or objects from other programs and use them in your documents.
  • Word also offers facilities for exporting documents to other packages, e.g. Lotus Notes, WordPerfect, etc.
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