Discuss what it means to develop a project. Include explanations of editing and formatting in your answer.

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With productivity applications, users often create, edit, format, save, and distribute projects. Projects include documents, presentations, calendars, and more. During the process of developing a project, you likely will switch back and forth among these activities.
1. When you create a project, you enter text or numbers, insert images, and perform other tasks using a variety of input methods, such as a keyboard, a mouse, touch, or voice.
2. To edit a project means to make changes to its existing content. Common editing tasks include inserting, deleting, cutting, copying, and pasting.
a. Inserting involves adding text, images, or other content.
b. Deleting means that you are removing text, images, or other content.
c. Cutting is the process of removing content and storing it in a temporary storage location, called a clipboard.
d. Copying is the process of placing content on a clipboard, with the content remaining in the document.
e. Pasting is the process of transferring content from a clipboard to a specific location in a project.
3. When users format a project, they change its appearance. Formatting is important because the overall look of a document significantly can affect its capability to communicate clearly. Examples of formatting tasks are changing the font, font size, and font style.
a. A font is a name assigned to a specific design of characters. Cambria and Calibri are examples of fonts.
b. Font size indicates the size of the characters in a particular font. Font size is gauged by a measurement system called points. A single point is about 1/72 of an inch in height.
c. A font style adds emphasis to a font. Bold, italic, underline, and color are examples of font styles.
4. During the process of creating, editing, and formatting a project, the computer or mobile device holds it in memory. To keep the project for future use requires that you save it. When you save a document, the computer transfers the project from memory to a local storage medium, such as a USB flash drive or hard disk, or cloud storage. Once saved, a project is stored permanently as a file.
5. You can distribute a project as a hard copy or electronically. A hard copy is information that exists on a physical medium, such as paper. To generate a hard copy, you print a project. Sending electronic files via email or posting them for others to view, on websites for example, saves paper and printer supplies. Many users opt for electronic distribution because it contributes to green computing.