Creating a Research Paper
1) Open Word.
a) New document
b) Click on Show/Hide button on the menu bar
2) Change Margins
a) Go to File, click PageSetup
b) Change left/right margins to 1”
3) Line Spacing.
a) Right click the paragraph mark above the end mark.
b) Point to Paragraph on the shortcut menu.
c) Click on Indents and Spacing.
d) In the line spacing box, choose “double”
e)
Click OK
4) Header/Footer
a) Click on View on the menu bar then click Header/Footer
b) Align to the Right
c) Type your last name and press “spacebar”
d) Point to the insert page number and click
e) Select Last Name 1(hightlight) change font size to 12.Click Close.
5) In the main document window, change default font size to 12
Type :
1) First Name MI Last Name- press Enter
2) Professor W. Eskett- press Enter
3) Information Systems
4) Todays date- press Enter TWICE.
*Note:The
insertion point should be on line 6
Center: Position the insertion point on the Paragraph mark to be centered, press Ctrl+E.
Type: Computer Viruses. Press Enter
To left align document press Ctrl+L.
Indenting Paragraphs
Point to the first indent line marker and drag the triangle to .5” on the ruler.
Type the first paragraph.
“A computer virus is an illegal and potentially damaging program designed to infect other software by attaching itself to any software it contacts. In many cases, virus programs are designed to damage computer systems maliciously by destroying or corrupting data. If the infected software is transferred to or accessed by another computer system, the virus spreads to the other system. Viruses have become a serious problem in recent years, and currently thousands of known virus programs exist. (Reed 85-102)”
Press Enter
Change Zoom percentage to 92 so you can see the entire document.
Auto
correct: Go to tools on the menu bar and click “AutoCorrect” explore it.
Adding FootNotes:
Type
the second, third and fourth paragraph:
“Three types of viruses are a boot sector virus, file virus, and Trojan horse virus. A boot sector virus infects the boot program used to start the system. When the infected boot program executes, the virus is loaded into the computer’s memory. Once a virus is in memory, it can spread to a floppy disk inserted into the computer. A file virus inserts code into program files. The virus then spreads to any program that accesses the infected file. A Trojan horse virus (named after the Greek myth) hides within or is designed to look like a legitimate program.
Some viruses interrupt processing by freezing a computer system temporarily and then displaying sound or messages. Other viruses contain time bombs or logic bombs. A time bomb is a program that performs or an activity on a particular date. A logic bomb is a program that performs an activity when a certain action occurs, such as an employee being terminated. A worm, which is similar to a virus, copies itself repeatedly until no memory or disk space remains.
To find computer viruses, antivirus programs have been developed. Besides detecting viruses, antivirus programs also have utilities to remove or repair infected files and programs. Some damaged files cannot be repaired and must be replaced with unaffected archive files. The table below outlines some techniques used to protect computer systems.”
Adding Foot Notes
a) Place the insertion point in the third paragraph after “on a particular date.”
b) Click Insert on the menu bar, click footnotes…
c) Make sue “footnotes” and “autonumbering” are marked
d) Click OK
The Note Pane appears.
Format the text/spacing for notes.
a) Right-click to the right of the paragraph mark
b) Point to Paragraph- click Indent/spacing set at .5”
c) Click special point to “first line and click
d) Click double spacing on the line spacing
e) Click OK
Type: A well known time is the Michelangelo virus, which destroys data on a user’s hard disk on March 5, Michelangelo’s birthday (Chambers and Peters 52-54)
Click Close
Creating a Table
At the end of the document press SHIFT +Enter
Type TABLE, press SHIFT+Enter.
Type “Techniques For Virus Protection and System Archives”
Point to Insert, then table on the menu bar
Click the cell in the second row and second column of the grid (Word creates the table)
Entering data into the cells
Click in the upper left cell.
Type: “Using Virus Protection Software”
Press TAB
Type: “Backing Up Your System”
Press TAB
Type “Install Virus Protection Software On Every Computer System”
Press TAB
Type: “Develop a regular plan for copying and storing important data and program files.
Press TAB
Type: “Before use, scan every floppy disk with a virus scan program to check for viruses.:
Press TAB
Type: “Implement a backup plan and adhere to its guidelines.”
Press TAB
Type: “Check all programs downloaded from the Internet or bulletin boards for viruses.
Press TAB
Type: “Keep back up copies of files in fireproof safes or vaults or off site.”
Formatting the Table:
Click on table in the menu bar
Point to Autoformat and click
When the dialog box appears scroll down to “Grid 8” and click
Click OK
Change line spacing in the table.
Make sure the insertion point in the table.
Point to Table on the menu bar.
Point to select table
Press Ctrl+1
Position the insertion point on the Paragraph mark directly below the table.
Press Ctrl+0 This inserts a blank line.
Type the last sentence: “ If your system becomes virus infected and you have questions, contact the National Computer Security Association (NCSA) for low cost assistance (Elmhurst, 6 November, 2001).
Creating an Alphabetical Works Cited Page
The Works Cited has to be on a separate page.
Insert a “Page Break”
Click on Insert on the menu bar.
Click on Break.
Make sure “Page Break” is checked
Click OK.
NOTE: To remove a page break select it by double clicking on it. Right-click the selection and press the delete key.
Centering the Works Cited page
Drag “first line indent” On the ruler! To 0
Click center align
Type “Works Cited”
Press ENTER
Click Left align or Ctrl+L
Drag “hanging indent” tab to .5” on the ruler.
Show the other way of changing to hanging indent.
Type:
Reed, Margaret E., An Introduction To Using Computers, Chicago, West, Davidson Jones Publishing Company, 1998.
Chambers, Anita R., and Zachary W. Peters. “Protecting Against Virus Attacks”. Computers May 1998: 45-62.
Eskett, William F., Virus Infection: Where To Obtain Assitance, Word: Project3, http://www.geocities.com/ProfBill_wnec/Word/virus.doc 18 November 2001.
Authors and references must be in alphabetical order.
Select all references.
Click on Table on the menu bar.
Click on Sort.
Make sure Ascending is chosen and click OK.
Find and Replace.
Click on Edit in the menu bar.
Click on Find
When the dialog box appears, click on the Replace tab.
In the Find What box type “archive”.
In the Replace with box type “backup”.
Click on “replace all”
Click OK
Another way press Ctrl+H
Count the words in a document.
Click on Tools in the menu bar.
Click on Word count.
Or
Click File on the menu bar.
Click Properties.