Report writing formatting guide

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Information for formatting reports, projects, and coursework is presented in this guide. This information includes: (1) page numbering; (2) headers and footers; (3) page breaks and section breaks; (4) table of contents. The guide is designed for use as a supplement to format pre-written reports so as to make it more readable and presentable.


LESSON: Report Writing Formatting Guide



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Objectives
  • To insert page numbers
  • To insert headers and footers
  • To use section and page breaks
  • To generate a table of contents automatically




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Preknowledge

The user is expected to be familiar with the Microsoft Word 2003 environment.





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Media

Teaching Aids
  • Microsoft Office 2003
  • Pretyped report
  • RGB projector




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Activity
  • To insert page numbers
  • To insert page numbers in roman letters
  • To insert header
  • to insert footer
  • To insert page break
  • To insert section break
  • To generate a table of contents






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Summary

At the end of the practical session, you should be able to:

  • To insert page numbers
  • To insert headers and footers
  • To use section and page breaks
  • To generate a table of contents automatically