Students also damage or steal each others work. Your child may also lose the work themselves but has a saved copy to revert to. Illustrations and charts can be pasted into pieces of work which add to the content and appearance. Word comes with its own ClipArt library of images. Text can be displayed in colours or different styles, again enhancing readability and presentation.
Word processing is useful for all school subjects.
Spreadsheet Creation of graphs and charts. All students will learn to use spreadsheet at one time or another. Particularly useful for students of IT because part of the coursework will include spreadsheet applications. Some use in maths and science. Helpful for the creation of tables for storing marks and progress lists.