Technology Refers

Making, modification, usage, and knowledge of system, machines, craft, tools, techniques,            and methods of organization.

In order to solve a problem.

Improve a preexisting solution to a problem.

Achieve a goal.

Handle an applied input/output relation.

Perform a specific function. 

Proofreading Tools

Microsoft Word is an extremely intelligent program that helps you to find and correct errors. The first things you will notice while using Word are the red and green lines that underline misspelled words or grammatical errors, respectively. This video will teach you everything regarding Proofreading tools including Spell Checker, find, replace, grammar checker, and other Proofing options..

Strikethrough

Another simple yet useful tool can also be found under the home menu tab and it is the Strikethrough button. This feature will add a horizontal line through the middle of a words or passages. This feature while similar to the highlight tool is useful because you can strikethrough text you feel you no longer require without deleting it completely. This will allow you to reference your previous thoughts or if you decide the text becomes useful later you can just remove the strikethrough and reinstate the text.

To use this tool correctly you must select a certain word or passage and click the strikethrough button revealing a line through the text. Also, by clicking the little drop arrow at the bottom right of the font box you can gain access to the font dialog box. This box allows you to change the strikethrough from one line to two lines, which will allow you give a meaning for each. For example one line can represent spelling mistakes and two lines can be for grammar. The picture below shows how to select the strikethrough options.

Insert Comment

• Most useful editing tool.
• Used to point out problems and errors, questions and answers, and share ideas without changing or adding text.
• When more than one person adds comment it appears in different color
• Identified by users name.
• Click on Tools Option.
• Fill User Information.
• Comments appear on the right side.

Completing a Document | Review Tab

Once you have gone through revising and editing with all these tools and are ready to complete the document, you will notice that the information that is left by track changes aren’t so easy to remove. This final step will allow you to accept or reject the change that you or a peer may have made. To get to the final step you just have to find the changes group under the “Review” menu tab, from there you will see the “Accept” and “Reject” buttons. If you are unsure whether you should accept or reject a change you can just skip it with the “Next” button and return to it later with the “Previous” button. Once you complete this step your document should no longer have tracking information and you will have your final document ready to be saved and printed. The picture below shows where to find the tools to remove the tracking information options

Track Changes in Documents

• In recent versions of Word, you will find Track Changes on the Tools menu.
• Used for editing between team members.
• Revised words are visible including the changes made.
• Deletions show up in callout balloons that appear in the right-hand margin.
• Suggested revisions offered by different team members are identified and dated.
• The original writer may accept or reject these changes.
  
  
  
  
  

                This Video can also help to remove errors.

Highlight and Font Colour

Microsoft Word will occasionally miss errors. To avoid having a document filled with minor errors you must proofread your own work. However, you can take your hand off the print button and keep your red pens and highlighters stored in that old coffee mug because Word has tools to mimic those items. The tools are the Highlight and Font Color buttons under the home menu tab. These tools do exactly what their titles suggest, it allows the user to highlight and change the font to any color. This allows the user to point out errors through the use of contrast, so when you go back to correct the errors you know exactly where to look. The picture below shows how to select the  highlight and font color options.