Microsoft 365: Word Intermediate (2023): References

Name: Microsoft 365: Word Intermediate (2023): References
Author: Catherine Smith

Learn to use Word 365 reference tools

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Hello, my name is Catherine Smith, and in these lessons, I will be showing you how to include footnotes and notes in your document. We will go over references and hyperlinks. We will learn to use citations within Word desktop, and we will learn to caption graphic elements. A footnote provides the ability for the author of a document to insert a note at the bottom of the same page as the referenced text. An end note is similar to a footnote, often providing attribution or work-cited information within the document, but the end note will appear directly below the text. The placement of the text is one of the primary differences between footnotes and endnotes. When using a footnote or end note, you will see a superscript number aligned with the referenced text within the document. Let's begin by creating a few sample paragraphs using the built-in Word random text function. Let's start by pressing an equal sign. The lower case letters are A and D, an open left parenthesis, the number 3, which is the request for three paragraphs, a comma, and the number 8, which indicates we would like eight sentences within each of the three paragraphs. Now let's close our parenthesis and press the enter key. With three paragraphs of generic text on our screen, let's simply click at the end of the first paragraph. Let's choose references on our ribbon and insert a footnote. You'll observe the text in the document becomes ghosted out, but a window appears toward the bottom of the screen where I am able to type the footnote text. This may be a citation, it may be any type of annotation which is important for the author to communicate to the reader. So in order to just simply demonstrate how to use the feature, I'm going to type the words this is my sample footnote. Now I do have a format footnote option where I can change the font or the size of the footnote text and even control the type of indentation, not a large number of editing and formatting capabilities. If you need expanded formatting options for a footnote or an end note, you would need to use the word desktop version. For now, I'll simply leave the default in place, cancel my dialog box, and to return to the editing area within the document, I'll simply click in the document text. Now you will observe that the footnote text does not appear while editing the document, although I do see the superscript. In order to view the footnote text, I could choose the print option from file which would display a print preview window, a PDF, or I could choose view and select the reading view. From the reading view, I will see the way that the footnote would appear on a printed page. Now in order to return to editing the document, I'll choose edit document and then the word edit. Now let's demonstrate an end note. Placing the cursor at the end of the second paragraph, I will once again choose references, insert, and note. Again, the document text becomes ghosted, and I'm prepared to enter my end note. Enter some very generic text, observe the format option, then I will click in the body of the document window. Now you'll notice the system numbered my footnote starting with one and my end note starting with one, and again I can't see the actual end note until I choose view, reading view. Now I will observe my end note appears directly beneath the text, whereas my footnote appears at the bottom of the page. Again, I will return to the editing window. For the purpose of the example, I'm going to add one more footnote. References, insert footnote, and I will simply type one more footnote. Click up into the document window, you'll notice now that is footnote two. I'm going to view the reading view, I see my end note, and I see my two footnotes. Most often when I create a document, I will choose to use either footnotes or end notes to create a more standardized appearance within the document in the way I'm handling my references. Again, I will choose edit document and return to the editing window. Stay tuned for the next lesson where we will use additional references and hyperlinks within a document. Thanks for watching.

Intermediate Provider : Catherine Smith 4 Lessons · 20m in English

Course Description

In academic papers or research reports, it is often required that references be included within the document. Microsoft Word has reference tools that can make this task easier for you. It’s important to understand the proper use of the different tools such as citations, footnotes, endnotes, and bibliography. Applying styles to headings in a report will not only provide formatting consistency but will allow you to include properly identified headings in a Table of Contents. Captioning pictures presents images in a document with a higher degree of professionalism and thoroughness.

In this series of lessons, you will learn to use reference tools within Microsoft Word 365. We’ll go over footnotes and endnotes, and move into the Word desktop app to use advanced reference tools such as citations, bibliography, and Table of Contents.

What You'll Learn

Use the reference tools available in Word online, including footnotes and endnotes
Apply heading styles to a report and understand their relationship to the Table of Contents
Insert citations and create a bibliography using the Word desktop app
Add references and hyperlinks within a document
Insert captions for pictures in the Word desktop app to present images more professionally

Key Takeaways

Microsoft Word's reference tools make it easier to include references in academic papers or research reports.
Applying styles to headings provides formatting consistency and allows headings to be properly identified in a Table of Contents.
Captioning pictures presents images in a document with a higher degree of professionalism and thoroughness.
Footnotes and endnotes can be handled in Word online, while advanced tools such as citations, bibliography, and Table of Contents are used in the Word desktop app.
The course covers the proper use of citations, footnotes, endnotes, and bibliography.

Frequently Asked Questions

What reference tools does this course cover?

It covers footnotes and endnotes, references and hyperlinks, citations, bibliography, Table of Contents, and inserting captions, across Word online and the Word desktop app.

Who is this course for?

It is suited to anyone who needs to include references in documents such as academic papers or research reports using Microsoft Word 365.

Which lessons are included?

The lessons are Footnotes and Endnotes; References and Hyperlinks; Using Citations in Word Desktop; and Inserting Captions in Word Desktop.

Does this course use the Word desktop app or Word online?

Both. It covers reference tools in Word online and moves into the Word desktop app for advanced reference tools such as citations, bibliography, and Table of Contents.

What skills will I gain from this course?

Skills covered include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, EndNote, Microsoft Office 365, Reference Desk, and Reference Management.