Exercises in Windows (XP)
Word
Most of you have surely used MS Word in the past so the very basics
will not be discussed here. Word can be pretty helpful when creating
documents with headers, footers and table of contents. If you know
how to do these things, report writing will be much easier in the future.
Create a header
In order to make a table of contents, Word must know which parts of the
document that should be headers and which parts that should not.
- Start Word
- Choose "Heading 1" on the left side of the typeface
(typically Times New Roman)
- Enter a header name
- Pressing enter will change Heading 1 back to "Normal"
Create a table of contents
- Choose a blank page (presumably side 2)
- Choose "Insert->Reference->Index och förteckningar"
- Press Ok (here are many options for customizing the TOC
but we will leave that for now)
- A table of contents should be generated
Tip: If you have written inside the document you can right-click the
table of contents and choose Update fields, this will update the page numbers.
Exercise
Here is a little exercise that should be done now that you know how to make
a table of contents in word.
Create a document containing a frontpage, table of contents and 2 pages
containing text and headers in several levels (Heading 1, Heading 2...).
What happens if you change typeface on a Header?
Warning: Even though this is considered a very basic exercise there
are people studying in the forth and fifth year who do not know how to make
a table of contents. Handing in an report during the fifth year looking like
a child has written it is not going to give you a master's degree.
