Preparing a Research Report with a Footnote(s)

 

You are a college student currently enrolled in an introductory computer class. Your assignment is to prepare a short research paper in any area of interest to you. The requirements are that the paper be pre­sented according to the MLA documentation style, contain at least one explanatory note positioned as a foot­note, and have three references. One of the three references must be from the Internet and formatted as a hyperlink on the works cited page. You decide to prepare a paper about employee monitoring.

 

Instructions Part 1: Perform the following tasks to create the research paper:

 

1.       Change all margin settings to one inch. Adjust line spacing to double. Create a header to number pages. Type the name and course information at the left margin. Center and type the title. Set first-line indent for paragraphs in the body of the research paper.

 

2.       Type the body of the paper as shown in Figures. Add the footnote as shown in Figure. Change the Footnote Text style to the format specified in the MLA style. At the end of the body of the research paper, press the ENTER key once and insert a manual page break.

 

 

3.       Create the works cited page. Enter the works cited shown below as separate paragraphs. Format the works according to the MLA documentation style and then sort the works cited paragraphs.

(a)    Slobovnik, Victor W., and Janel K. Stuart. Workplace Challenges. Dallas: Techno-Cyber Publishing, 2005. _

(b)   Privacy Laws and Personal Data. Shelly Cashman Series@. Course Technology. 3 Aug. 2005. www.scsite.comlwd2003/pr2/wc2.htm.

(c)    Lang, Stefanie. "The New Invasion: Employee Monitoring and Privacy Issues." Technology Issues Aug. 2005: 33-45.

 

4.       Check the spelling of the paper. 

5.       Save the document on a floppy disk using Lab 2-2 Employee Monitoring Paper as the file name.

  6.       If you have access to the Web, cTRL+click the hyperlink to test it.

 

Instructions Part 2: Perform the following tasks to modify the research paper: 

1. Use Word to find a synonym of your choice for the word, issue, in the first sentence of the second paragraph.  

2. Change all occurrences of the word, employers, to the word, companies. 

3. Insert a second footnote at the end of the fourth sentence in the last paragraph of the research paper. Use the following footnote text: Some companies even use automated software that searches e-mail messages for derogatory language. One unidentified woman, for example, was fired for using her office e-mail to complain about her boss. 

4. In the first footnote, find the word, developed, and change it to the word, written. 

5. Save the document to your Word/Project 2 folder using Lab 2-2 Employee Monitoring Paper - Part 2 as the file name.

  

Instructions Part 3: Perform the following tasks to modify the research paper created in Part 2 

1.      1. Convert the footnotes to endnotes. Recall that endnotes display at the end of a document. Switch to print            layout view to see the endnotes. Hint: Use Help to learn about print layout view and converting footnotes to endnotes. 

2.      Modify the Endnote text style to 12-point font, double-spaced text with a first-line indent. Insert a page break so the endnotes are placed on a separate, numbered page. Center the title, Endnotes, double-spaced above the notes. 

3. Change the format of the note reference marks to capital letters (A, B, etc.). Hint: Use Help to learn about changing the number format of note reference marks.  

4. Save the document to your Word/Project 2 folder using Lab 2-2 Employee Monitoring Paper - Part 3 as the file name.