Microsoft Office
Word 2003
WD 130 • Word Pro ject 2
1 Preparing a Short Research Paper
Problem: You are a college student currently enrolled in an introductory computer class. Your assignment is
to prepare a short research paper (350-400 words) about a computer component. The requirements are that the
paper be presented according to the MLA documentation style and have three references. One of the three references must be from the Web and formatted as a hyperlink on the Works Cited page. You prepare the paper
shown in Figure 2-80, which discusses the system unit.
Marks 1
Nicholas Marks
Ms. White
Computer Literacy 100
August 6, 2005
The System Unit
The system unit is a case that houses the electronic components of the computer used to
process data. Although many system units resemble a box, they are available in many shapes and
sizes. The case of the system unit, sometimes called a chassis, is made of metal or plastic and
protects the internal electronic components from damage. All computers have a system unit
(Alvarez 102).
Components of the system unit include the processor, memory modules, adapter cards,
drive bays, power supply, ports, and connectors. The processor interprets and carries out the
basic instructions that operate a computer. A memory module houses memory chips. An adapter
card is a circuit board that provides connections and functions not built into the motherboard.1 A
drive bay holds a disk drive. The power supply allows electricity to travel into a computer.
On a personal computer, the electronic components and most storage devices reside
inside the system unit. Other devices, such as a keyboard, mouse, microphone, monitor, printer,
speakers, scanner, and digital camera, normally occupy space outside the system unit (How to
Use a Computer). On a desktop personal computer, the system unit usually is a device separate
from the monitor and keyboard. Some system units sit on top of a desk. Other models, called
tower models, can stand vertically on the floor.
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According to Wilson, four adapter cards most commonly found in desktop personal
computers today are sound cards, modem cards, video cards, and network cards (18-32).
FIGURE 2-80a
Marks 2
To conserve space, an all-in-one computer houses the system unit in the same physical
case as the monitor. On notebook computers, the keyboard and pointing device often occupy the
area on the top of the system unit. The display attaches to the system unit by hinges. The system
unit on a PDA (personal digital assistant) or handheld computer usually consumes the entire
device. On these small mobile devices, the display is part of the system unit, too.
Marks 3
Works Cited
FIGURE 2-80b
Alvarez, Juan. Understanding Computer Basics: Stepping Toward Literacy. Chicago: Martin
Publishing, 2005.
How to Use a Computer. Shelly Cashman Series®. Course Technology. 3 Aug. 2005.
www.scsite.com/wd2003/pr2/wc1.htm.
Wilson, Tracey M. “Personal Computers and their Applications.” Computing and Information
Systems Weekly May 2005: 18-32.
FIGURE 2-80c
Instructions:
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If necessary, display formatting marks on the screen.
Change all margins to one inch.
Adjust line spacing to double.
Create a header to number pages.
Type the name and course information at the left margin. Center and type the title.
Set first-line indent for paragraphs in the body of the research paper.
Type the body of the paper as shown in Figure 2-80a and Figure 2-80b. Add the footnote as shown in
Figure 2-80a. At the end of the body of the research paper, press the ENTER key and then insert a manual
page break.
Create the works cited page (Figure 2-80c).
Check the spelling of the paper at once.
Save the document on a floppy disk using Lab 2-1 System Unit Paper as the file name.
Use the Select Browse Object button to go to page 3. If you have access to the Web, CTRL+click the
hyperlink to test it.
Print the research paper. Handwrite the number of words, paragraphs, and characters in the research paper
above the title of your printed research paper.
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2 Preparing a Research Report with a Footnote(s)
Problem: You are a college student currently enrolled in an introductory computer class. Your assignment is
to prepare a short research paper in any area of interest to you. The requirements are that the paper be presented according to the MLA documentation style, contain at least one explanatory note positioned as a footnote, and have three references. One of the three references must be from the Internet and formatted as a
hyperlink on the works cited page. You decide to prepare a paper about employee monitoring (Figure 2-81).
Mills 1
Francis Mills
Mr. Rugenstein
Information Systems 101
August 27, 2005
Employee Monitoring
Employee monitoring involves the use of computers to observe, record, and review an
employee’s use of a computer, including communications such as e-mail, keyboard activity (used
to measure productivity), and Web sites visited. Many computer programs exist that easily allow
employers to monitor employees.1 Further, it is legal for employers to use these programs.
FIGURE 2-80
A frequently debated issue is whether an employer has the right to read employee e-mail
messages. Actual policies vary widely. Some companies declare that they will review e-mail
messages regularly; others state that e-mail messages are private. If a company does not have a
formal e-mail policy, it can read e-mail messages without employee notification. One recent
survey discovered that more than 73 percent of companies search and/or read employee files,
voice mail, e-mail messages, Web connections, and other networking communications. Another
claimed that 25 percent of companies have fired employees for misusing communications
technology.
Currently, no privacy laws exist relating to employee e-mail (Privacy Laws and Personal
Data). The 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act provides the same right of privacy
protection that covers the postal delivery service and telephone companies to various forms of
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According to Lang, software currently is being developed that can track and record
what employees are doing while they work, using a digital video camera with real-time image
recognition (33-45).
Mills 2
electronic communications, such as e-mail, voice mail, and cellular telephones. The Electronic
FIGURE 2-81a
Communications Privacy Act, however, does not cover communications within a company. This
is because any piece of mail sent from an employer’s computer is considered company property.
Several lawsuits have been filed against employers because many people believe that such
internal employee communications should be private (Slobovnik and Stuart 144-160).
FIGURE 2-81b
Instructions Part 1:
Perform the following tasks to create the research paper:
1. If necessary, display formatting marks on the screen. Change all margin settings to one inch. Adjust line
spacing to double. Create a header to number pages. Type the name and course information at the left margin. Center and type the title. Set first-line indent for paragraphs in the body of the research paper.
2. Type the body of the paper as shown in Figure 2-81a and Figure 2-81b. Add the footnote as shown in
Figure 2-81a. Change the Footnote Text style to the format specified in the MLA style. At the end of the
body of the research paper, press the ENTER key once and insert a manual page break.
3. Create the works cited page. Enter the works cited shown below as separate paragraphs. Format the works
according to the MLA documentation style and then sort the works cited paragraphs.
(a) Slobovnik, Victor W., and Janel K. Stuart. Workplace Challenges. Dallas: Techno-Cyber Publishing, 2005.
(b) Privacy Laws and Personal Data. Shelly Cashman Series®. Course Technology. 3 Aug. 2005.
www.scsite.com/wd2003/pr2/wc2.htm.
(c) Lang, Stefanie. “The New Invasion: Employee Monitoring and Privacy Issues.” Technology Issues
Aug. 2005: 33-45.
4. Check the spelling of the paper.
5. Save the document on a floppy disk using Lab 2-2 Employee Monitoring Paper as the file name.
6. If you have access to the Web, CTRL+click the hyperlink to test it.
7. Print the research paper. Handwrite the number of words, including the footnotes, in the research paper
above the title of your printed research paper.
Instructions Part 2:
Perform the following tasks to modify the research paper:
1. Use Word to find a synonym of your choice for the word, issue, in the first sentence of the second paragraph.
2. Change all occurrences of the word, employers, to the word, companies.
3. Insert a second footnote at the end of the fourth sentence in the last paragraph of the research paper. Use
the following footnote text: Some companies even use automated software that searches e-mail messages for
derogatory language. One unidentified woman, for example, was fired for using her office e-mail to
complain about her boss.
4. In the first footnote, find the word, developed, and change it to the word, written.
5. Save the document on a floppy disk using Lab 2-2 Employee Monitoring Paper - Part 2 as the file name.
6. Print this revised research paper that has notes positioned as footnotes. Handwrite the number of words,
including the footnotes, in the research paper above the title of the printed research paper.
Instructions Part 3:
Perform the following tasks to modify the research paper created in Part 2:
1. Convert the footnotes to endnotes. Recall that endnotes display at the end of a document. Switch to print
layout view to see the endnotes. Hint: Use Help to learn about print layout view and converting footnotes
to endnotes.
2. Modify the Endnote text style to 12-point font, double-spaced text with a first-line indent. Insert a page
break so the endnotes are placed on a separate, numbered page. Center the title, Endnotes, double-spaced
above the notes.
3. Change the format of the note reference marks to capital letters (A, B, etc.). Hint: Use Help to learn about
changing the number format of note reference marks.
4. Save the document on a floppy disk using Lab 2-2 Employee Monitoring Paper - Part 3 as the file name.
5. Print the revised research paper with notes positioned as endnotes. Handwrite the number of words,
including the endnotes, in the research paper above the title of the printed research paper.
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3 Composing a Research Paper from Notes
Problem: You have drafted the notes shown in Figure 2-82. Your assignment is to prepare a short research
paper from these notes.
Instructions:
Perform the following tasks:
1. Review the notes in Figure 2-82
and then rearrange and reword
them. Embellish the paper as
Software, also called a program, is a series of instructions that tells the computer hardware what
to do and how to do it. Two categories of software are system software and application software.
you deem necessary. Present the
System software (source: “The Future of Application Software,” an article on page 39-55 in the
paper according to the MLA
May 2005 issue of Computers and Peripherals, authors James A. Naylor and Joseph I. Vincent.)
• System software is an interface between the application software, the user, and the
documentation style. Create an
computer’s hardware.
• An operating system is a popular type of system software. Microsoft Windows is an
AutoCorrect entry that autooperating system that has a graphical user interface. Users interact with software through
its user interface.
matically corrects the spelling of
• System software consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the
computer and its devices.
the misspelled word, softare, to
Application software (source: a Web site titled Guide to Application Software, sponsored by the
the correct spelling, software.
Shelly Cashman Series® at Course Technology, site visited on October 3, 2005, Web address is
Add a footnote that refers the
www.scsite.com/wd2003/pr2/wc3.htm)
• Application software consists of programs that perform specific tasks for users. Examples
reader to the Web for more
are word processing software, spreadsheet software, database software, presentation
graphics software, and Web browsers.
information. Create the works
• Database software - store data in an organized fashion, and retrieve, manipulate, and
display that data in a variety of formats.
cited page from the listed
• Word processing software - create documents such as letters, reports, and brochures.
• Spreadsheet software - calculate numbers arranged in rows and columns.
sources. Be sure to sort the
• Web browser - connect to the Internet to access and view Web pages.
• Presentation graphics software - create documents called slides that add visual appeal to
works.
presentations.
2. Check the spelling and grammar
• Other types of application software are available that enable users to perform a variety of
tasks, including personal information management, project management, accounting,
of the paper. Save the document
desktop publishing, photo and video editing, personal finance, tax preparation, reference,
education, entertainment, and communications.
on a floppy disk using Lab 2-3
Software suites (source: Hardware and Software Made Simple, a book published by Cyber Press
Computer Software Paper as the
Publishing in New York, 2005, written by Nanette Allen and Clint Muhr.)
• When installing the software suite, you install the entire collection of programs at once
file name.
instead of installing each one individually. Business software suites typically include
word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail, and presentation graphics programs.
3. Use the Research task pane to
• Software vendors often bundle and sell individual programs together as a single package
called a software suite. This costs much less than buying the applications individually.
look up a definition. Copy and
• Two widely used business software suites are Microsoft Office and Sun StarOffice.
insert the definition into the
document as a footnote. Be sure
to quote the definition and cite
the source.
4. Print the research paper. Handwrite the number of words,
including the footnotes, in the
research paper above the title of
FIGURE 2-82
the printed research paper. Circle
the definition inserted into the document from the Research task pane.
5. Use Word to e-mail the research paper to your instructor, if your instructor gives you permission to do so.