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Word
Project 2
Creating a Research Paper
Web
Publishing Research Paper
- MLA style of
documentation
- (Modern
Language Association)
- Popular
style used today for research
paper
- Project Two
uses this style
MLA
Documentation Style
- General Guide-lines
- double-space
all pages
- one inch margins
(top, bottom, left, right),
- indent 1st word
of each paragraph 1/2 inch
- page number
at right margin 1/2 inch
from top margin
- precede page number
with last name
- title page
- replaced by title block (name
course information) on 1st page of paper 1 inch
from top of page
- Center Title
- 2 lines below course information
MLA
Documentation Style
- Special Terms:
- parenthetical
citations - used instead of footnoting
each source at the bottom or end of paper
- MLA style -
footnotes used only for explanatory notes
- superscripts
- (raised numbers) signal explanatory note exists
- Explanatory
notes (optional) elaborate on points discussed
in body of paper
- footnotes
or endnotes can be used
- double-space,
indent 1/2 inch from left
margin
- Works Cited-
lists works alphabetically by author’s
last name
- Separate
page, center title
1 inch from top
margin, double-space, begin
at left margin, indent subsequent lines 1/2 inch
from left margin
Headers
and Footers
- Header
- text printed at top of each page (In Word
put 1/2 inch from top
of page)
- Footer
- text printed at bottom of each page 1/2 inch
from the bottom of the page
Note: can include
both text and graphics
Note: can also
contain page number, date,
and time by clicking the appropriate
button on the Header and Footer toolbar
Smart Tags
- Word notifies you of a smart tag by
displaying a smart tag indicator, such as a purple dotted
underline
- Can use smart tags to perform certain actions.
- example1 - actions menu for a date, schedule
a meeting in Outlook Calendar
- example2 - actions menu for an address,
displaying a map of address, or driving directions
- Smart tag indicators inactive:
- click Tools, click AutoCorrect
Options, click Smart Tags tab, place a check
mark in smart tags check box, be sure a check mark is in the
Dates check box
General
Terms
- first-line
indent - first line of each paragraph indented
(drag first-line indent marker top
triangle at the 0" mark on ruler)
- Left indent
marker - is used to change entire left margin
(small square at the 0" mark on ruler)
- page width zoom
- Word adjusts zoom percentage
to your left and right margin settings so that you see
all text on screen between the left and right margins
- AutoCorrect
feature - automatically corrects
your misspelled words, capitalization,
or grammar errors as you type them
into the document
- can create your own
AutoCorrect entries (Tools menu)
- can create entries
for abbreviations, and codes
- Word predefines
commonly used symbols
- type in certain
characters and Word inserts arrows, faces
and symbols into a document
AutoCorrect
Check boxes
- Correct
TWo INitial CApitals
- Capitalize first
letter of sentences
- Capitalize names
of days
- Correct accidental
usage of cAPS LOCK key
- Replace text as you
type
Adding
Footnotes
- footnote
- end of page (default)
- endnote
- end of paper
- note text
- footnote documentation at bottom of screen (can be of
any length and format)
- note reference
mark - displays as superscripted
number in body of document and in the note
text area at bottom of screen. (Word automatically
numbers notes sequentially)
Automatic
Page Breaks
- Automatic
or Soft page breaks
- Word automatically
inserts page breaks when text has filled one page
- indicated by single
horizontal thinly dotted line
- Background
repagination
- Word performs page
recomputation between keystrokes
- Hard Page Break
- forced into
document at specific location
- (select Insert,
Break or press CTRL+ENTER)
Note: Word by
default prevents widows and orphans
in a document
- widow
- created when last line of paragraph displays by itself
at top of new page
- orphan
- first line of paragraph displays by itself at bottom of
page
Reveal Formatting
-
To see a list of formatting that has been
applied to text, select the text, click Format, click
Reveal Formatting to display the Reveal Formatting task pane.
- To change a format applied to selected
text, click blue link in task pane and then change format
in dialog box that displays.
Creating
a Hyperlink
- hyperlink
- shortcut allows jump to documents, objects or pages
- text appears initially as blue and underlined
- http://www.scsite.com/wd2003/pr2/wc.htm
- click hyperlink
text color changes to purple
- http://www.scsite.com/wd2003/pr2/wc.htm
- can create hyperlink by
simply typing the address of file
or Web page to jump to by using the AutoFormat
As You Type feature
- Jumping
- process of following hyperlink to its destination
Alphabetical Works Cited Page
- hanging indent
- first line hangs to the left of the rest of the
paragraph (drag left indent marker (bottom triangle at
the 0" mark on ruler))
- Sorting
- arrange paragraphs in alphabetic, numeric, or date
order, based on first character in each paragraph (Table
menu)
- ascending
(default) from smallest to largest
- descending
- from largest to smallest
- mixed types
- numbers and dates appear first letters last
- Uppercase
before lowercase
Going to
a Specific Location in
Document
- Double-click
the page area of the status
bar
- Press CTRL+G
- Click Edit,
Go To on menu
- Click Select
Browse Object button on vertical scroll bar
Smart Tags in Word
- Smart Tags
-
Appear on screen when Word performs a certain
action
-
Smart tag indicator
- Clicking button displays menu that contains
commands relative to the action performed at the
location of the smart tag
- Commands in Smart Tag Actions menu vary
depending on the smart tag
Using Thesaurus
and Word Count
In the
Lab 1
(HOMEWORK #2)
Page WD
130-131
End Word
Project 2
Computer
Assignment 2
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While holding down the ALT key, click the word for which you
want a definition (e-commerce). Release the ALT key