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. 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 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. In the Header, Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Align Text Right. Type your last name and a space. Header & Footer Tools Design Tab, Header & Footer Group click on the pull down menu of Page Number and select Current Position, select Plain Number. 10. Header & Footer Tools Design Tab, Close Group click on the Close button. Note your name and page number will appear Gray. 11. Type your name, press ‘Enter’, type ‘Mr. McNally’, press ‘Enter’, type ‘CS 101’, press ‘Enter’, and type the due date (today) and press ‘Enter’. 12. Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Center. Type ‘Can You Find Me Now’ (paper’s title) and press Enter. Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Align Text Left. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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 ESC key to exit. 17. 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 18. References Tab, Citations & Bibliography Group click on the pull down menu of the Style selection and select ‘MLA Sixth Edition’. 19. 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 20. Click on OK. 21. 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. Now press ‘Ok’. 22. Type a ‘.’ and a space with 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 23. Reference Tab, Footnotes Group click on Insert Footnote. Note you will move to the bottom of the document. 24. Type the footnote Cordoba and Sarkis state that electronic theodolites calculate angles automatically and then send the calculated angles to a computer for analysis 25. Right click on the footnote and select Styles from the shortcut menu. In the dialog box 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. 26. 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. 27. Move the insertion point to the end of the footnote. References Tab, Citations & Bibliography click on the Insert Citation pull down menu and select Add New Placeholders. Name it ‘Cordoba’ and press OK. 28. 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 29. Click on the citation pull down menu and select Edit Citation. Enter 25 in pages and check Author and Title and press OK. 30. Type ‘.’. Click on the body of the paper to move the Insertion point there. Type ‘.’. Press ‘Enter’ and then type the third and fourth paragraphs below: 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. 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 31. Insert a citation placeholder called Sanders. Now edit the citation. When the dialog box appears check the box in the lower left hand corner “Show all bibliography fields”. Then type the following in the named 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 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Click on the Citation pull down menu and select Edit Citation and check Author. Press OK. Type ‘.’. Create a Manual Page Break by holding Ctrl and pressing Enter. Home Tab, Styles Group select Normal. Note that the first line indent is removed. Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Center and type ‘Works Cited’ and press Enter. Home Tab, Paragraph Group select Align Text Left. References Tab, Citation & Bibliography Group click on the Bibliography pull down menu and select Insert Bibilography. 39. Highlight all the citations. On the ruler click and hold on the lower triangle and drag it to the ½ inch mark and release. 40. Save the file.