Word 365: Dissertations, Theses and Long Documents (Live Online)

PrerequisitesUpdated

This course is mainly aimed at students writing their thesis but is also suitable for staff who need to write a long document. It is designed to give an insight and hands on practice into the more advanced features of Microsoft Word that are relevant to producing substantial reports.

• All current Cambridge University members (departments and colleges)
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

• This course requires that you are comfortable using Word

Number of sessions: 1

• Dr Rosemary Rodd will explain:
  • What the exam boards require in your dissertation
  • How EndNote and Word can work together for referencing

Following on, at the completion of this course you should be able to:

• Use formatting techniques to position text and paragraphs
• Understand and use the Track Changes feature in Word
• Create and apply Styles
• Understand and work with the Navigation pane
• Insert and edit Footnotes and Endnotes
• Understand and work with Captions
• Insert a Table of Figures
• Create and delete Cross References
• Create and work with Headers and Footers in long and complex documents
• Create and work with a Table of Contents
• Indexing
• Access, navigate and save to OneDrive

• Demonstration and hands on practice

• Word 365

• The course will be taught using Word 365 on a Windows computer, but will also be suitable for Word 2016/2019 users. Apple Mac users should also find it useful.

• 3 hours

• EndNote: Introduction to a Reference Management Program (Self-paced)
• Word 365: Beginners (In Person Face to Face)

• Documentation & Wordprocessing
• Office 365