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Is eLearning @ CPCC Right For You Is eLearning @ CPCC Right For You? Is eLearning @ CPCC Right For You? Computer Skills Word Processing The ability to create, format, and save a document in a word processing software is very important for an online course because much of the course work is submitted electronically. Documents created in one word processing software may not be compatible with another type of software, so you also may need to save your document as another file type. There is an assumption that: You have Microsoft Word on your computer You know how to open it You know how to begin a new document If you need more thorough instruction on using Word or word processing, you should consider enrolling in a course at your local adult education center or technical college Microsoft Word? Most of the PCs being sold today have a Microsoft operating system already installed such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP unless you are using a Macintosh computer. A software program called WordPad is included processing software other than Microsoft Word or WordPad, you must be sure that when you save your document, you save it in. WordPad is a very basic yet functional word processing program. To open WordPad, click Start, Programs, Accessories, WordPad. When you save a file, your document is by default saved with a .doc extension, which is the same file extension as a Microsoft Word file. WordPad is not as powerful as Microsoft Word; however, it is capable of producing basic word processing documents with formatting. Basic Features of Word Processing Saving Your Document Choose File, Save As from the main toolbar. By default, Word and WordPad will save your document with a .doc extension, which is fine. However, if you are using another word processing software, you will need to save your documents in a different format so that your instructor can view them. The suggested format to save your documents is as a .doc file. You may need to change this option