What is the word processing document cycle?
See Learning Objective 7.2. Throughout Module 10, students should have the opportunity to identify the steps of, and perform activities involved in, the word processing document cycle. As an adaptation of the information processing cycle, the word processing document cycle may involve all or some of the following steps: Origination: The origination of a document involves putting thoughts into words. Those thoughts may appear in a variety of ways, including handwritten, printed, rough draft, statistical, dictated (using shorthand, machine, or voice technology), revised, or prerecorded form (previously-stored documents now requiring revision, such as a memorandum entered by an OCR scanner). Production: Production involves preparing the originator’s text into readable form by keying and sometimes printing the document. In order that the cost of producing documents be kept to a minimum, quality documents must be produced as quickly as possible. Revision: After a document has been keyed and
