Word Chapter 2 Notes
1. MLA Style (Info)
a. 12 pt Times New Roman font.
b. Double spaced with no space after the paragraph break, 1 inch margins (all around).
c. Indent the first word of each paragraph ½ inch.
d. The page number is in the header, placed on the right margin ½ inch from the top of the
page preceded by your last name.
e. There is no title page. Your Name, the Instructor Name, the Course Name and the
current date are placed in a block, 1 inch from the top of the first page.
f. In text parenthetical citations are used rather than footnotes.
g. Explanatory notes elaborate and are indicated by a superscripted number in the body of
the text. These notes are either footnotes at the bottom of the page. Indenting the first
line of each explanatory note ½ inch and double spaced the text. Bibliographic
information may be listed at the end of the note. These notes may also be endnotes.
h. MLA documentation style uses the term Works Cited to refer to the bibliographical
sources at the end of the paper on a new page.
i. Works Cited should be centered 1 inch from the top margin double spaced. Sources will
be listed alphabetically by the author’s name, or , if the author’s name is not available,
by the title of the source. The first line of each source will begin at the margin, indenting
subsequent lines of the same source ½ inch from the left margin.
2. Open a new word document and show formatting by click on Home Tab, Paragraph Group,
‘Show/Hide’ (backwards P).
3. Home Tab, Styles Group, click on the Normal style if it is already not selected.
4. Right Click on the Home Tab, Styles Group, Normal icon to show the shortcut menu, select
‘Modify …’.
5. In the dialog box that appears change the font to ‘Times New Roman’ 12 pts. In the row of
buttons above the Sample Text box click on double space. Click OK.
6. Home Tab, Paragraph Group click on the pull down menu of the Line Spacing button and select
‘Remove Space After Paragraph’. Repeat and select line spacing of 2.0.
7. Home Tab, Styles Group Normal icon, right click and select ‘Update Normal to Match Selection’.
This must be done before any text is typed.
8. Insert Tab, Header & Footer Group click on the pull down menu of the Header button to see the
gallery. Click on Edit Header.
9. With the insertion point in the Header, go to the Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Align Text
Right.
10. Type your last name and a space, go to the Header & Footer Tools Design Tab, Header & Footer
Group click on the pull down menu of Page Number and select Current Position, select Plain
Number.
11. Header & Footer Tools Design Tab, Close Group click on the Close button. Note your name and
page number will appear Gray.
12. Type your name, press ‘Enter’, type ‘Mr. McNally’, press ‘Enter’, type ‘CS 101’, press ‘Enter’, and
type the due date (today) and press ‘Enter’.
13. Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Center. Type ‘Can You Find Me Now’ (paper’s title) and press
Enter.
14. Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Align Text Left.
15. On the right hand side of the window above the scroll bar click on View Ruler icon. Note a ruler
appears across the top and left side of the document.
View Ruler
Rulers
16. On the left side of the top ruler click and hold on the top triangle (First Line Indent) and move it
to the ½ inch mark and release the button. Note that the paragraph mark moves to the right ½
inch.
17. Type the first paragraph;
How is a Nintendo Wii console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a
player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation, a process that determines teh
location of an object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points.
18. You should note that in the second sentence the mistyped word ‘teh’ was corrected to ‘the’.
Move the cursor and note the small blue box click on it and the AutoCorrect Options button
appears, select ‘Control AutoCorrect Options … ‘ and the AutoCorrect Dialog box appears. In the
AutoCorrect dialog box, type ‘senser’ in the Replace text box, tab and type ‘sensor’ in the ‘With’
text box. Press the ‘Add’ key and the ‘OK’ key to exit.
19. Press Enter and type the following:
Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and
elevation, surveyors measure a length to create a base line and ten use a theodolite
measure an angle to a unknown point from each side of the base line
20. References Tab, Citations & Bibliography Group click on the pull down menu of the Style
selection and select ‘MLA Sixth Edition’.
21. References Tab, Citations & Bibliography Group click on Insert Citation and select Add New
Source. In the dialog box select Article in a Periodical. Note the changes in the boxes below.
Enter the following
Author: Jains, Malila
Title: How Surveyors Measure and Calculate Angles
Periodical Title: Today’s Modern Surveyor
Year: 2012
Month: Mar.
Pages: 30-48
22. Click on OK.
23. Click on the Citation in the document then click on the pull down menu and select Edit Citation.
In the popup window enter the page numbers.
24. Type a ‘.’ and a space followed by the rest of the paragraph.
The length of the base line and the two known angles allow a computer or person to
determine the location of a third point
25. Reference Tab, Footnotes Group, click on Insert Footnote. Note you will move to the bottom of
the document.
26. Type the footnote
Cordoba and Sarkis state that electronic theodolites calculate angles automatically and
then send the calculated angles to a computer for analysis
27. Right click on the footnote and select Styles from the shortcut menu. In the dialog box that
appears after you select Styles, click on Modify. In the Modify Style dialog box change the font
size to 12 and click on the double space icon. Click on the Format button and select paragraph.
28. In the Paragraph dialog box under Special select ‘First line’ and change by to 0.5. In the line
spacing box select ‘Double’ if not already set. Click on OK twice to close the dialog boxes
followed by Apply.
29. Move the insertion point to the end of the footnote. Go to the References Tab, Citations &
Bibliography click on the ‘Insert Citation’ pull down menu and select Add New Placeholders.
Name it ‘Cordoba’ and press OK. This allows you put a placeholder for a citation that you can
edit it later when you have the details.
30. Click on the citation placeholder pull down menu and select Edit Source. In the dialog box enter
the following the press OK:
Type of Source: Book
Author: Cordoba, Nicolas E., ; Sarkis, Kara A.
Title: The Surveyor’s Theodolite Formula
Year: 2012
City: Orlando
Orange County Press
31. Click on the citation pull down menu and select Edit Citation. In the dialog box enter 25 in Pages
in the add section and check Author and Title in the Suppress section and press OK.
32. Type ‘.’ and it should look like this:
33. Click on the body of the paper and type the third paragraph.
Similarly, the Nintendo Wii console uses triangulation to determine the location of a Wii
Remote. A player places a sensor bar, which contains two infrared transmitters, near or on top of a
television. While the player users the Wii Remote, the Wii consol determines the remote’s location by
calculating the distance and angles between the Wii Remote and two transmitters on the sensor bar.
Determining the location of a Wii Remote is relatively simple because the sensor bar contains only two
fixed points: the transmitters.
34. Type the fourth paragraph and note that MS Word automatically creates a page break. As you
type the text, it will move between the first and second pages and back again. This is because to
avoid having a second page with only a few words MS Word we have set the Widow/Orphan
control on. (Home Tab, Paragraph Group click on the pull down menu. in the dialog box that
appears click on the ‘Line and Page Breaks’ Tab)
A more complex application of triangulation occurs in a global positioning system (GPS). A GPS
consists of one or more earth-based receivers that accept and analyze signals sent by satellites to
determine a receiver’s geographic location. GPS receivers, found in handheld navigation devices and
many vehicles, use triangulation to determine their location relative to at least three geostationary
satellites. According to Sanders, the satellites are the fixed points in the triangulation formula
35. At the end of the last sentence you typed insert a citation placeholder called Sanders. Edit the
citation and type the following: (For graphics see steps 29-31 above) Note to get the fourth field
displayed you will have to check the Show All Bibliography Fields.
Type of Source: Web Site
Author: Sanders, Gregory B.
Name of Web Page: Understanding Satellites and Global Positioning Systems
Production Company: Course Technology
Year Accessed: 2012
Month Accessed: Feb.
Day Accessed: 27
36. Click on the Citation pull down menu and select Edit Citation and check Author to suppress it.
Press OK. Type a ‘.’ to end the sentence.
37. You create a Manual Page Break at this point by holding one of the ‘Ctrl’ keys and pressing an
‘Enter’ key.
38. You should now be at the top of the third page. Go to the Home Tab, Styles Group and select
‘Normal’. Note that the first line indent is removed.
39. Home Tab, Paragraph Group and select Center and type ‘Works Cited’ and press Enter.
40. Home Tab, Paragraph Group and select Align Text Left.
41. References Tab, Citation & Bibliography Group click on the Bibliography pull down menu and
select Insert Bibilography.
42. If the hanging indent is not set (2nd and additional lines of the citations are indented ½ inch) set
it by going to the top ruler click on and hold on the lower triangle and drag it to the ½ inch mark
and then release it. This sets the hanging indent.
43. Save the file to either your computer or your flash drive.