Microsoft Word:

Assignment
formatting
1. Selecting Text

Single-click
This will move the cursor to the area you want it to be in.

Double-click
To select a word, double-click it. Word will select to the left and right of the cursor, until it
encounters a space character.

Triple-click
A triple-click selects the current paragraph.

Margin+click
To select an entire line, move the cursor into the left margin. When you see the insertion pointer
turn into an arrow pointer, click. Doing so will select the current line.

All Text
Click CTRL and A at the same time.
2. Undo/Redo
To undo an action.
Click Undo on the Quick Access Toolbar.
You can press Undo (or CTRL+Z) repeatedly if you
want to undo multiple steps.

To redo something you've undone.

DO
UN

Click Redo on the Quick Access toolbar.

RE
DO

(The Redo button only appears after you've undone

an action.)

***************IMPORTANT****************

Once you save and exit you can no longer use these
functions.

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3. Navigation Pane
Always open this when doing
1. work on assignments.
Click
VIEW
• The Navigation
pane in Word lets
you navigate through your
document.
2. Tick
navigation pane • You can also use
the Navigation
Pane in Word to search your
document.
• You can also use
the Navigation
Pane in Word to select and
move text that has a
“Heading” style applied.
• The first item in
the Navigation pane is the
“Search document” search
field.
4. Fonts
2.
1.
Click
Click
▼
Home To
expand

This is where you change your

fonts.

Be sure that when submitting

assignments the academic staff
may ask for the submission to be
in a certain font.

For this we are using font:

Times New Roman

5. Font size
2.
1. Click
Click ▼
Home To
expand

This is where you change your font

size.

Be sure that when submitting

assignments the academic staff may
ask for the submission to be in a
certain font size.

For this we are using font size:

12
6. Font colour

1. 2.
Click Click
Home ▼
To
expand

This is where you change your font colour.

Font colour is Black

7. Alignment

1. Align to LEFT margin

Click
Home
Align to CENTRE

Align to RIGHT margin

Distribute evenly also used to

justify text in order for it to be
formatted to both right and left
alignments
8. Spacing

1. 2.
Click Click Select the paragraphs for which you want to
Home ▼ change the line spacing.
To
expand
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click
Line Spacing

Do one of the following: Click the number of

line spaces that you want.

For example, click 2.0, to double-space the

selected paragraph.

For this we are going to use:

1.5
9. Numbering

1. 2.
Click Click
Home ▼
To
expand

Unlike line numbering,

there’s no direct way to
number paragraphs in
Word. To number the
paragraphs in a document
or automatically number
them as you type, use
numbered lists or
multilevel lists.
10. Cover page
2. 1.
Click
Click Insert
one
of
these

Click where you want to insert a new page in a document.

The page you insert will appear before your cursor

location.

1. INSERT tab, in the Pages group,

2. Click Blank Page.

Type your text, such as the title and the author, and
modify the page as you want.
11. Header/Footer
With your cursor on the first page of your document, go to
1. Insert
2. Select Header or Footer

Whatever you want repeated on the pages of your document: add it in the header or footer area on the page.
If you don't want the header or footer on the first page, select Different First Page.

When you're done, select Close Header and Footer.

2.
1. Click
Click one
Insert of
these
12. Page Numbering: Part 1
2.
1.
Click
Click one
Insert of
these

3. Look at the drop down that comes up. Where do you

want the page numbers? Top, Bottom or on the margins?

Do you want them from the first page?

If not then Format Page Numbers
13. Page Numbering: Part 2

4. Click here to format

5. Choose which format

6. Click Different first page as you do not want cover page numbered
15. Table of contents (TOC) Part 1
In Word, you can create a TOC based on a portion of the text in a paragraph without including the whole paragraph.
You can mark text by using the Lead-in Emphasis feature with heading styles to include the text in a TOC.
To insert a table of contents, follow these steps

1. Mark up your headings using Styles in the home tab

2.
Right
1. Click
Click Heading
Home 1
17. Table of contents (TOC) Part 2

4. Change
font/Font
3. Select Size/Make Bold
Modify and Change colour
to match these
settings then click
OK

5. Follow the same steps for Heading 2

18. Table of contents (TOC) Part 3
6. Watch the video below for next steps
19. Table of contents (TOC) Part 4
7. Once all the
Headings are
marked then
9.
Select Table of scroll to where
you would like
Contents
your TOC to be
8. Select
References
tab

10.
Select
11. You should now have a table of contents.
Automatic
1 or 2Leo Remember if you move page numbers or change the
heading you will need to update the TOC!

Do this by clicking on the table and selecting Update Table

at the top and choose the option you want.
20. Update normal style to justify text

Distribute evenly also used to

justify text in order for it to be
formatted to both right and left
alignments
21. Inserting pictures that you have saved on your computer

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