Microsoft Word: Its Educational Importance

Microsoft Word: Its Educational Importance

 

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.

Microsoft word has an important educational application. It is important to process raw facts into meaningful information. Microsoft word can benefit teachers and students to create new innovative methods of learning and teaching. Microsoft word and Microsoft office suite for students help to transmit educational materials and practice systematically in school and university faster with higher quality.

Microsoft Word and its importance in Education:-

1. When we type on wrong spelling in Microsoft Word it highlights our mistake in the red line in real time. Then we right click and correct it. Similarly, students observe spelling mistakes in real time. It means they will try to take the decision based on suggestion after click on the word underline red. Now they can observe, judge, think which one spelling is correct?

That is going to self-learning practices and freedom (leadership) to take the decision. It will improve their brain power, thinking pattern. And if students are able to do that small work, teachers can maximize their topic broadly. 

2. Students and teachers can insert and use diagrams, table, chart, and smart art etc. visual explanation tools. They can use it to teach, define, and explain complex lessons in simple methods.  Chart, table, smart art and shapes and various other visual objects can benefit students to understand more about the topic practically.

3. Microsoft word application is not only accessible to school and college computers. But you can access this application at home. The benefit will generate for students and teachers that teachers can connect with students. They can collaborate on the same documents. I mean Microsoft word is now a cloud-based application that you can use anywhere and work with your team. As you know there are various uses of Microsoft Word in our daily life. The important point here, teachers and tutors have to make a list of tool and functions that are beneficial to improve human (students) natural intelligence and instinct. 

4. Microsoft Word is an effective tool for creating all kinds of documents like letters, memos, reports, term papers, and typesetting novels and magazines, etc.

5. 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.

6. Microsoft Word is highly useful for creating text of large volume.

7. One can easily create and maintain mailing lists, create personalized documents and create newsletters in Word.

8. It also helps you send documents to a group of people for feedback.

9. Word provides customized assistance in many ways which helps the learner in project/school    activities.

10. With Word, one can import files or objects from other programs and use them in ones documents. It also offers facilities for exporting documents to other packages, e.g. Lotus Notes, Word Perfect, etc.

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