Supplemental Websites for this Chapter
Information to Supplement this Chapter from the Authors
Other Websites Pertinent to this Chapter
Websites from this Chapter in the Text
Websites Referred to in the Text of this Chapter
Chapter References for this Chapter that Are Online
Onsite Information to Supplement the Text
- Alphabetizing a list (Works on a list of References)
- APA Guidelines
- Center a Page Vertically
- Changing text attributes including spacing and font
- Changing Page Margins
- Check Readability of a document.
- Coping With Word's Idiosyncrasies
- Copying or Moving Text
- Create a Header
- Creating a forced New Page and Keeping Text Together
- Expanding the Find and Replace Option
- Formatting an APA paper
using:
- Word 2007
- Word 2003
- Word Perfect (All versions)
- Authoritative source for APA (off site)
- Forcing a new page and keeping text on the same page
- Formatting a Paragraph (Includes hanging paragraphs for APA references)
- Headers and Footers (Automatically inserted on each page)
- Inserting a File into an Existing Document
- Outlines (Using this feature)
- Readability (Checking)
- When to Cite (Using other sources in your writing)
- Word Processing Definitions
- Writing the Research Paper (Chapter 25)
For use in the Competencies & Applications for Chapter 7
- Multitasking (Word document to experiment with word processing features)
- Multitasking (Word Perfect document to experiment with word processing features)
Offsite Websites That Are Pertinent to This Chapter
- Copyright (Chapter 26)
- Fair Use (Chapter 26)
- Plagiarism
- Selecting Fonts (off site)
- Tutorials
- APA
- Videos from Northern Michigan University site (6th edition) (off site)
- Word columns (create)
- Writing Health Education Materials
- Writing the Research Paper (Chapter 25)
- Writing Help
Plagiarism
This site, free to use, allows you to check your paper for possible plagiarism.
http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/
Tutorials
APA
A great tutorial for using APA can be found at APA Interactive Tutorial
http://www.kevinschoepp.ca/APAtutorial/contents.htm
Word Columns (create)
This site provides information for creating columns in Word versions prior to 2007.
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/3816946\
To create columns in Word 2007.
http://revver.com/video/597856/create-columns-in-word-2007/
Writing Health Education Materials
Health Literacy: Practical Tools for Improving Communication. A Power Point presentation that would be helpful in designing either Web or written pages in health care. Considers many points beyond readability.
http://www.wisconsinliteracy.org/events/healthliteracysummit07/download/Health Literacy Summit-writing workshop.ppt
To check the readability of a Word Document, see this page.
Writing Help
The Purdue Online Writing Lab. Help with all aspects of writing.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Reverse Outlining. An excellent way to check if your writing holds together.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/689/01/
Websites Referred to in Text of Chapter
Multitasking.rtf for Applications and Competencies
References in this Chapter that are Online
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Created May 22, 2009