How to insert citation, references, page number etc.

HOW TO INSERT CITATION, REFERENCES,PAGE NUMBER etc

• o citations (steps)
• o   references (steps)
• o   Automatic table of contents (steps)
• o   Page numbers (add different page numbers, E.g. i,ii,1,2,3,4,etc)
• o   Page borders (first page border)
• o   How to use auto shapes, word art, text box, smart art, pictures.

o   How to use CTRL key

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CITATION

Citation refers to a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work. For example "the majority of the citations are to work published during the past twenty years"

The following are the steps to apply citation on any document,

•    On Microsoft Word window, click “references” on menu bar
•  Then, click “Insert citation”  on tool bar
•   Select “Add new source”
•  Fill the details of the book, article, Conference, journal articles that used to refer
• Then click “OK” till this step citation will be done.

REFERENCE

Reference refers to the use of a source of information in order to establish something, or the action of mentioning something.

The following are the steps to apply reference on any document,

•                   On Microsoft Word window, click “references” on menu bar
•                  Then, click “Insert citation”  on tool bar
•                  Select “Add new source”
•                Fill the details of the book, article, Conference, journal articles that used to refer
•                   Then click “OK”
•              Click “bibliography” till this step the reference will be done.

AUTOMATIC TABLE OF CONTENT

The table of contents is an organized listing of your document's chapters, sections and, often, figures, clearly labelled by page number.

The following are the steps to apply automatic table of content on any document,

         i.        👉    On the Microsoft Word window, click “references” on menu bar

       ii.        👉    Select a document/ title wanted to be in a list.

      iii.       👉     Click “Add text”

     iv.         👉   Click level of the title, i.e. level 1, level 2, level 3 etc

       v.        👉    Click “table of content”

     vi.         👉   Select “automatic table of content” that interested to be displayed on the document

    vii.      👍      Now the table of content is ready.

PAGE NUMBERS

Page numbering is the process of applying a sequence of numbers to the pages of a book or other document.
The different page numbers are the number which may appear in various places on the page, can be a number, letter or roman number.

The following are the steps to apply different page number on any document,

• On the Microsoft Word window, click “insert” on menu bar
•  Click, “page number”
•   Select “format page number” i.e. i, ii, iii, IV, 1, 2, 3, 4, a, b, c, d, e. Then select intended format to insert. E.g. 1, 2, 3, 4,     
• Click ok
•   Click, “page layout”
•    Click, “breaks”
•    Click, “continuous”
•    Secondly, click “insert”
•                  Click, “page number”
•                 Select “format page number” i.e. i, ii, iii, iv, 1, 2, 3, 4, a, b, c, d, e. Then select intended format to insert. E.g. a, b, c, d, e, f
•                 Click “OK”

PAGE BORDERS (first page border)

A page border is a border that appears outside the margins on each page in the document. It looks very attractive when you apply the page border. There are many styles available on the page border. Also, you can customize your own page border like thickness, colour, design, and size of the border.

The following are the steps to apply page border on first page,

         i.        👉    On the Microsoft Word window, click “page layout” on menu bar

       ii.       👉     Click, “page layout” on menu bar

      iii.       👉     Click, “page borders”

     iv.         👉   Customize the page border, i.e. thickness, color, style, arts

       v.         👉   Click apply to “this section-first page only”

     vi.        👍    Click “OK”

HOW TO USE “CTRL” KEY

Is a key on a computer keyboard that when pressed in combination with other keys enables special commands or symbols to be accessed Pressing "z" while holding down the control key often undoes the last action. — Abbreviation Ctrl — compare alt key.

Different short cuts used in typing by using “Ctrl”

Function	Short cut
Select all	Ctrl + A
Copy	Ctrl + C
Paste	Ctrl + V
Print	Ctrl + P
Bold	Ctrl + B
Italicize	Ctrl + I
Underline	Ctrl + U
Cut	Ctrl + X
Redo	Ctrl + Y
Centralize words	Ctrl + E

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