Loveleen Bamra

Mary Bhambra

Richmond High School

West Contra Costa Unified School District

STANDARDS:          State standards (Computer applications)

ASSESSMENT:         Students will demonstrate computer skills to write a Research Paper.

Communication skills

Meet deadlines

Follow Instructions

UNIT OUTCOME:    The students will be able to use these applications in any kind of writing project.

CRITERIA:               Grade A, B, C, D, or F

MATERIALS:           PC, Microsoft Word, Textbook, Printer, and Floppy Disk, & paper

MODIFICATIONS/ACCOMMODATIONS: The lesson can be used for any number of students and also for students with special needs.

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LESSON:  SOME TIPS TO WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER

OBJECTIVES:          Learn to:          

Change the margins

Adjust indents and line spacing

Insert headers and footers

ACTIVITY:                Setting Margins

STEPS:

Go to the File menu

Select Page Setup.
 The Page Setup dialogue appears (Figure 1)

Figure 1.

Change the top margin to 1.25 inches.

Press the Tab key on the Key-board to go to the next column.

Change the bottom margin to 1.25 inches.

Go to the left margin box using the Tab key.

Change the left margin to 1.25 and the right margin to 1.0.

Click OK.

ACTIVITY:    Change Indents and Spacing

STEPS:

Go to the VIEW menu

Select Ruler (If ruler is not showing

Click on the first-line indent marker and drag it to the beginning of the ruler as shown in figure 2.  You set the first-line Indent marker to indent paragraphs.

Click the Hanging Indent Marker to 1”.

Figure 2.

Spacing: Line spacing means the amount of space between the lines of a text.

STEPS:

Go to the Format menu.

Select Paragraph, the Paragraph dialogue box appears.

Go to line spacing and click on the down arrow beside Single.  (Figure 3)

Click on Double

Click OK

ACTIVITY:  Insert Headers and Footers

                                                                                    Figure 4.

A Header is text that is printed at the top of each page; a Footer is text printed at the bottom of the page (Figure 4).  Headers and Footers allow us to include the same information and the page number on each page of the document.

STEPS:

Go to the VIEW menu

Select Header and Footer

Type the header in the Header box

On the Header and Footer tool bar click on the first icon page number (Figure 5)

A dotted box appears at the bottom of the page titled Footer
. Type Page 1.

Figure 5.

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