Intro lesson to word processing

1. -Orientation
-Pitch
-Point size
-Fonts
about 29 slides
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2. Orientation:
Portrait or Landscape
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3. Orientation:
Portrait or Landscape
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4. 8½ x 11 inches = Portrait
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5. 8½ x 11 inches = Portrait
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6. 8½ x 11 inches = Portrait
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7. 11 x 8½ inches = Landscape
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8. 11 x 8½ inches = Landscape
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9. 11 x 8½ inches = Landscape
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10. Orientation:
Portrait or Landscape
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11. Pitch
characters per inch (cpi)
one inch
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12. Pitch
characters per inch (cpi)
10 cpi
one inch
15 cpi
letters are the same height, but thinner
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13. Fixed Pitch
Every letter gets the same
amount of horizontal space
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14. Fixed Pitch
Every letter gets the same
amount of horizontal space
Example of fixed pitch
font is:
Courier New
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15. Proportional Pitch
Wide letters get
more horizontal
space, narrow letters
get less horizontal
space
(most fonts are
proportional fonts) 15

16. Proportional Pitch
Wide letters get
more horizontal
space, narrow letters Examples of
get less horizontal proportional fonts are:
space Arial
(most fonts are Baskerville Old Face
proportional fonts) 16

17. Point size
(how tall the letters are)
Florin High
Florin High
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18. Point size
(how tall the letters are)
72
Florin High
18 Florin High
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19. Point size
(how tall the letters are)
72
Florin High
18 Florin High
72 points ≈1 inch 19

20. Fonts
ABCDE (serif)
ABCDE (sans serif)
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21. ABCDE
• Serif fonts have little tails on the
letters.
• They are easier to read when you
hold the paper in your hand.
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22. ABCDE
• Serif fonts have little tails on the
letters.
• They are easier to read when you
hold the paper in your hand.
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23. ABCDE
• Serif fonts have little tails on the
letters.
• They are easier to read when you
hold the paper in your hand.
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24. ABCDE
• Sans Serif fonts do not have little
tails on the letters.
• “Sans” means “without”.
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25. Abcdefghilmnop
Script fonts look like handwriting.
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26. Font examples:
Times New Roman
Arial Black
Garamond
Broadway 26

27. Use sans serif fonts for
Titles and Headings
Use serif fonts for normal text.
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28. • orientation
• pitch (cpi)
– fixed pitch Review
– proportional pitch
• point size
• serif fonts
• sans serif fonts
• script fonts
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29. end of presentation
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