Working with

Miss Nadiah Razali

Microsoft Words
1. Creating Cover Pages
2. Creating Tables of Content
3. Formatting Headings & Sub-Headings

Office 2010
4. Using Diagrams
5. Formatting in-text citations
6. Preparing the bibliography

(Windows)
1. Creating the Cover Page

1. Click on Insert
2. Click on Cover Page
3. Choose conservative cover page
4. The cover page should not be paginated
5. Insert Page Break

2. Creating the Tables of Content

1. Click on References
2. Select Table of Contents
3. Choose either Automatic Table 1 or Automatic Table 2
4. The tables of content must appear right after the cover page
5. Insert Page Break

3. Formatting Headings and Sub-Headings

1. Place the cursor at the top of the page

2. Click on the Home tab
3. Choose Heading 1 and type the heading title
4. Heading 2 = sub-heading
5. Heading 3 = sub, sub-heading
6. Click on Normal before typing in the main body of content

Sample:

4. Using Diagrams

1. Click on Insert

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2. Click on SmartArt
3. You will see this pop-up window

4. Types of SmartArt (Diagrams) available for use:

a. List
b. Process
c. Cycle
d. Hierarchy
e. Relationship

5. Most commonly used:

a. Process
i. Use to represent a continuing sequence of stages, tasks, or
events in a circular flow. Emphasizes the connection
between all components.

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5. Most commonly used:

a. Relationship: Cycle Matrix

i. Use to show the relationship to a central idea in a cyclical
progression.

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 b. How to use it ?

5. Formatting in-text citations

1. The citations must be placed within the body paragraph

2. It must be written in the sentence where the research has been used and
be placed before the full stop

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 3. Sample:

Message to the assessor:

The claim that prolonged absence of the teacher could result in temper tantrums
and emotional damage leading to behavioural problems in children is NOT my
opinion. I am not claiming ownership of this point. It is a fact presented as a research
finding by Shellenbarger.

The WSJ article is written by Shellenbarger and published in 2006.

For more information, refer to the bibliography and look for (Shellenbarger, 2006).

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4. How to insert the in-text citation?
a. Place the last cursor beside the last word of the sentence
b. Click on the References tab
c. Click on Insert Citation
d. Click on Style and choose APA Sixth Edition
e. Choose Add new Source

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6. Preparing the bibliography

1. Click on the References tab

2. Click on Bibliography
3. Choose the heading you prefer: Bibliography or Works Cited
4. Click on one of the above
5. The bibliography will appear and it will be arranged in alphabetical order
PROVIDED THAT YOU HAVE DILLIGENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY
KEYED IN ALL THE IN-TEXT CITATIONS

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