Wentworth Institute of Technology
Department of Electronics and Mechanical
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ELMC100: Introduction to Engineering Technology
Lab 3: Co-Authorship
Purpose:
The purpose of this lab is to learn how to coauthor and collaborate a paper with your
colleague or your lab partner. Students will be acquainted with Microsoft Word features during
this lab.
Instructions:
You will write a two-page manual explaining how write a technical paper using library
resources. This manual should apply all the skills and resources that were taught in class today
along with an example of each resource. After completing the manual, print your work and give
the softcopy of your work to your partner and get your partner’s work in return. Start correcting
your partner’s work and make suggestions and comments using Microsoft Word track changes
(Tools  track changes  highlight changes, check “track changes while editing). You can
insert comments for your partner using insert menu. After editing your partner’s work, give your
partner the edited version of his/her work, and ask your partner for the edited version of your
work Print the edited version of your work. You will be the master author, and you can accept
his/her changes or reject them by right clicking on the changes.
How to Track Changes Instructions: This information is contained in Microsoft Help. When
you open up Word, from the main menu pull down on Help and click the Content tab for a list of
features for Word. About half way down the list is Sharing Information with Other Users and
Applications. Click on the + sign to expand this choice. Now click on Revising Documents and
of the choices presented, click on Insert comments and keep track of changes. This brings up
some more choices on the right. Several choices are listed so click on Learn about adding
comments and keeping track of changes. This article will give you an overview of what this
document management tool does. There are five other choices listed that you should read so that
you can manage this tool properly. Please note that a comment is different from a change. We
want to know how to keep track of changes and how to incorporate them. Keep in mind that this
can be done by email. The Editor sends out an initial version to each of the team members. They
send back to the Editor, their revisions.
Submit:
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The first draft
The edited version
The final draft