DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION ANDHRA PRADESH

Name : G MADHU BABU, L/CM (DCCP)
Designation : Lecturer in Computers
Branch : DCCP
Institute : Govt. Poly. For Women, Nellore.
Year/Semester : First year
Subject : Computer Fundamentals
Subject Code : CCP-105
Topic : Windows operating system
Duration : 50 Mins.
Sub Topic : Understand Editors in Windows
Teaching Aids : Ppt, animations, drawings

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 Objective:
On completion of this period, you would be
able to know :
 What is a Text editor
 How to create a file in Notepad / Wordpad
 How to format the text and print in Notepad / Wordpad

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 Text Editors
 Text editors are normally used to
 Create Text Files
 Save Text File
 Rename Text File
 Cut / Copy the contents
 Change the contents
 Format the contents
 Print the contents

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Method to activate Notepad/Wordpad
 Notepad / Wordpad are text editors
 These are supplied with Windows O.S
 To invoke or activate Notepad/Wordpad
1. Click Start button
• Go to programs and reach Accessories
• Select the Notepad or Wordpad
• The selected text editor window appears

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 2 Click Notepad or Worpad
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Alternate Method to Open Notepad
 Right click mouse on the desk top
 Reach the new option
 Select Text Document option
 New text document icon will appear
 Double click the icon

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Look of Notepad window

Menu Bar Name of the Window( Title bar) Window control buttons

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Look of Wordpad window
Name of the Window( Title bar) Window control buttons
Menu Bar

Tool Bar

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File Creation
 Open the Notepad or Wordpad
(By default they are opened with a new file) or
 Click the File menu option
 Select the new option
 New file will appear as untitled / Document

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 Click on File menu to open the menu
Select New option

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Select New option Click on File menu to open the menu

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Menus in Notepad/Wordpad
File: This is used to
create a new file,
open an existing file,
save the file and print the file.
The above operations can be done using the file menu
options.

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Menus in Notepad/Wordpad
Edit: This is used to edit the document contents like
copy, cut and paste.
Font: This is used to format the contents like
change the size and style of text.
View: This is normally used to view the additional
tool bars or status bar.
Help: This is used to get the electronic help about this
applications.

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Formatting text in Notepad/Wordpad
 Formatting of text means changing form of text-features
 In Notepad the formatting can be applied to all the text in
file
 In Wordpad the formatting can be applied to part of text
or whole
 In Wordpad more formatting features are available
 To format the text go to the Format menu and select the
font
 Select the required font size, style and other effects
 Click on OK to apply the effects

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Font window appears after you select the format menu
and font.

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See the contents with different
sizes, colors and style See the Font Dialog
Box with effects
This is having
more options

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Printing in Notepad/Wordpad
The printing operation can be done as,
 After the file is created in Notepad/Wordpad
 Click the File menu
 Select the print preview to see how it will
appear in print
 Click on print option then print dialog box
appears
 Select the printer, pages and copies
 Finally click OK

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Number of copies

Printer
selection

Pages
Selection

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SUMMARY
 Text editors: Notepad and Wordpad come with Windows OS
 Notepad is having very limited formatting features
 Wordpad is having so many formatting features
 To create new file
 Click File menu -> New
 To format the contents of file
 Click Format menu -> Font
 To print file
 Click File menu -> Print
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Quiz
1. ______ is an example of a Text editor
a) MSEXCEL
b) POWERPOINT
c) NOTEPAD
d) None of the above
6. WORDPAD has more formatting features than
Notepad
TRUE
FALSE

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Assignment
1. Create a text file in Notepad and
Word pad and note the differences.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 Explain the procedure to Create a File in

Notepad/Wordpad
 How to print the Notepad/Wordpad File

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