The word processing capabilities of the Gobe Productive suite
are comprehensive and easy to use. Whether you are writing
a simple letter to a business associate or developing a huge, full
color book, Gobe Productive can handle all your word processing
needs.
The word processing environment is unlike any other environment
in the Gobe Productive suite. It is a "text-centric"
environment. In other words, the display and use of the workspace
is focused entirely on entering and formatting text. Moreover,
items placed in the word processing environment (such as images
or spreadsheet frames) can be placed in line with the text or "floating"
above the text.
One of the most important concepts to remember while working in
the word processing environment is the difference between paragraph
and character formatting.
- Character formatting is concerned with the
appearance, size, and color of the actual characters in a word
or paragraph. Character formatting only applies to the characters
you select.
- Paragraph formatting is concerned with the
appearance and placement of paragraphs in a document. Some
properties, such as alignment, apply to entire paragraphs regardless
of how many words or characters you select.
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and line spacing are examples of paragraph
formatting, while color, type
style, and size
are examples of character formatting.
Word Processing Terms
The following terms are used in this section:
Floating: Graphic objects
or frames placed above the text. These items are not directly tied
to the text flow, and therefore do not move with the text. Text
wraps around the items as specified.
Hard-Return: When the [ENTER]
key is pressed, a "hard-return" is placed in the text
flow. This ends the current paragraph and begins a new one.
In-line: An item, such as
a graphic or frame, that is placed in the flow of text. An
in-line item is treated like one, big character in the document.
As such, the item moves and behaves a little like a single character.
Text flow: A continuous block
of text.
Soft-Return: Also called a
line-feed. A line feed merely breaks the line and does not
begin a new paragraph. [SHIFT] [ENTER] inserts a soft-return
in the text flow.
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