

Developed by the university faculty, the software can automatically convert content typed in any font into Unicode or Ravi. To help them out of this predicament, a professor of Punjabi University has now written a letter to the state government to help the candidates by adopting a new software. Many of the applicants had learnt typing in Joy, Asees, Sutlej, Anmol lipi, and other fonts.

Concerned officials hinted that it could be conducted in October. The date for the test is yet to be announced. These posts were advertised in September 2016, however, after the imposition of code the test could not be taken. There are over 1,882 posts of clerks and clerks-cum-data entry operators for which over 50,000 candidates will appear to give the typing test in Punjabi.

As they have learnt typing in other Punjabi fonts, these applicants are now finding themselves at a disadvantage. DOC files are easy to share and print, and can be opened by most word processing programs, including LibreOffice, Apple Pages, and Google Docs, as well as by Microsoft Word.PATIALA: The decision of the state government to conduct Punjabi typing tests only in Raavi font for the post of clerks and clerk-cum-data entry operators in all departments, has sent thousands of applicants in a tizzy.

A basic free ‘Word for the web’ program is also available online for Microsoft account holders. Microsoft Office was designed for the Windows operating system, but you can also install Office apps on other operating systems like Apple’s macOS and Google’s ChromeOS. Word is part of Microsoft Office, which is available as a paid software application or accessed online with a Microsoft 365 subscription. They can include pictures, charts, and graphs, as well as plain or formatted text, and can also contain an editable template. DOC and DOCX are used for formatted text documents like reports, letters or resumes. Since 2007, Word has used DOCX as standard, although you can still open DOC files and can still save to the older format. DOC was primarily used by Microsoft for its Word program until 2003. DOC and DOCX are the most common word processing file formats.
