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What We Did Last Week

We had our first test last week and all of you did very well. Don't give up on your study if you did not do as good as you expected. There are four more tests and you can still bring your grade up. There was a lot of  material to cover for the first test. It may not make much sense to you if you did not have a lot of experience with computer.  However, the rest of the course will be easier because you will learn to use Office 2003 by doing it on the computer. 

The test center on Pensacola Campus had computer problem last week and all the appointments were cancelled. I am going to extend test 1 for one more week. You can take the test between Monday and Friday this week at any one of the test centers. Make sure to call and make an appointment first. Also you can take the test in the computer lab in Room 2146 on Saturday. Just ask for Clint and he will enter the password for you. The lab opens from 8 am to 4 pm so you need to be there no later than 3 pm.

We learned  to start Word and create a document in Project 1 last week.  Before entering any text in the document, you learned how to change the font size.  You also learned how to save and print a document.  You used Word's check spelling as you type feature.  Once you saved the document, you learned how to format its paragraphs and characters.  Then, you inserted and resize a clip art image.  You learned how to insert, delete, and modify text.  Finally, you learned one way to use the Word Help system.

There are some common mistakes in the assignments turned in last week:

  • Do not press Enter key at the end of each line.  Instead, press the Enter key only when you finish typing the entire paragraph. This is the Word Wrap feature we have in word processing software. If you click on Show/Hide ¶ icon on the toolbar, you will see where you pressed the Enter key.  Simply move your insertion point to the end of each line and press Delete key or Backspace key to delete the ¶ paragraph mark.

  • Do not press Tab or Space bar to force the heading to be centered or right-aligned in the document. Instead, you should click on Format/Paragraph/Alignment and select the proper alignment for your heading. Or you can simply click on the Center or Align Right icon on the formatting tool bar to align your text.

Again, please do not hesitate to call or email me if you have any questions.  You can also make an appointment and come to my office if you need help with your course work. 

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What You Will Learn This Week

Project 2 introduces you to creating a research paper using the MLA documentation style. You will learn how to change margin settings, adjust line spacing, create headers with page numbers, and indent paragraphs. You will learn how to use Word's AutoCorrect feature. Then, you will add a footnote in the research paper. You will alphabetize the works cited page by sorting its paragraphs and include a hyperlink to a Web page in one of the works. You will learn how to count words, browse through a Word document, move text, and find and replace text. You will look up a synonym and check spelling and grammar in the entire document. Finally, you will navigate to a hyperlink and e-mail a copy of a document.

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Lesson Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Use Word to create a research paper

    • Describe the MLA documentation style for research papers
    • Changing the margins
    • Adjust line spacing in a document
    • Use a header to number pages of a document
    • Enter text using Click and Type
    • Apply formatting using shortcut keys
    • Indent paragraphs
    • Use Word's AutoCorrect feature
    • Add a footnote to a research paper
    • Modify a style
    • Count the words in a document
    • Insert a manual page break
    • Create a hanging indent
    • Insert a symbol automatically
    • Create a hyperlink
    • Sort selected paragraphs
    • Go to a specific location in a document
    • Move text
    • Find and replace text
    • Use the Paste Option button
    • Understand how smart tags work
    • Find a synonym for a word
    • Check spelling and grammar at once
    • Display the web page associated with a hyperlink
    • E-mail a copy of a document

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Activities for This Week

  • Reading Assignment - Project 2 in Microsoft Word 2003 section in your textbook.

  • Assignment #3 - Use Word to create a research paper

Email your completed assignment to your instructor at llemley@pjc.edu as an attachment. Remember to type "Your Section #, Assignment 3, Your Name" in the Subject.

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  At the end of this lesson, you have learned:

       To use Word to create a research paper

  Assignments

  • Reading Assignment - Project 2 in Microsoft Word 2003 section in your textbook.

  • Assignment #3 - Project 2 in Microsoft Word 2003 section in your textbook and email the file to llemley@pjc.edu as attachments.

  What we will do next week:  Word 2003