Laboratory Exercise # 5

References
Objectives:
At the end of the exercise, the students should be able to:

▪ create table of contents,

▪ insert footnotes,
▪ insert citations, and
▪ create bibliography.
Materials:
▪ 1 PC with pre-installed Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office Word 2010

Procedures:
Activity 1 Creating a Table of Contents

1. Open a blank Word document.

2. Input the following text:

Computer Basics
History of Computers
Generations of Computers
Computer Applications
Computer Organization
Number System Concepts
Digits in a Number System

3. Apply Heading Styles for each text. Heading 1 for Computer Basics and Computer Organization
and Heading 2 for the rest of the text.

Figure 5.1 Applying Heading Styles

4. Move the insertion point near the beginning of a document.

 5. From the References tab, click the Table of Contents button from the Table of Contents group
and choose Automatic Table 2.

Figure 5.2 Automatic Table 2

6. Click TOC and edit the page numbers. Use the corresponding page numbers for each topic and
sub-topic:
a. Computer Basics – 1-11
b. History of Computers – 1
c. Generations of Computers – 5
d. Computer Applications – 8
e. Computer Organization – 12-20
f. Number System Concepts – 12
g. Digits in a Number System – 17

7. Save your file as TOC – [Your Name].

8. Close the document.

Activity 2 Inserting Footnotes

1. Open a blank Word document.

2. Input the following text:

A pseudocode is a version of the instructions describing each step the computer must
follow. It is written in an abbreviated form of spoken language and lies somewhere
between commands written in ordinary English and those in a computer language.

3. Place the insertion point after the word “computer”. Go to References tab and in the Footnotes
group, click Insert Footnote.
 Figure 5.3 Inserting Footnotes

4. Then, type the following in the footnote section without the quotes:

“It is a device that accepts input, processes data, stores data and produces output according to a
series of stored instructions. It is a powerful electronic device that performs the instructions in a
program.”

5. Insert another footnote. This time place the insertion point after the second sentence.
6. Type the following in the footnote section again without the quotes:

“Parsons, J., Oja, D. (2011). New Perspective on Computer Concepts 2012: Comprehensive (14th
ed). Massachusetts, USA: Course Technology.”

Figure 5.4 Inserting Footnotes

7. Save your file as Notes – [Your Name].

Activity 3 Citations and Bibliography

1. Open a blank Word document.

2. Input the following text:

The term “bit” is an abbreviation for binary digit but it can also be abbreviated as a
lowercase “b”. On the other hand, the term “byte” which is composed of eight bits is
abbreviated as an uppercase “B”.

3. Place the insertion point at the end of the paragraph.

4. Go to Reference tab. Click Insert Citation > Add New Source.

Figure 5.5 Adding New Source

5. In the Create Source dialog box, input the following:

a. Type of Source – Book
b. Author – Null, Linda; Lobur, Julia
c. Title – Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture (3rd ed.)
d. Year – 2011
e. City – Massachusetts
f. Publisher – Jones and Bartlett Learning
g. Tag name – Null_Lobur11

6. Click OK.

Figure 5.6 Create Source Dialog box

7. After adding a new source, you may now create a bibliography. Go to Reference tab, click
Bibliography> Bibliography.

Figure 5.7 Adding Bibliography

8. Save your file as Bibliography – [Your Name].

9. Close the document.