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.
To read more about different word processing topics, select
the topic from the menu to the left.
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