Set up a dissertation style document in Word including an automatic Table of Contents and correct page numbering.

Course Details

Audience: All YSJ alumni, students and staff

Format: One hour in person on York Campus

Prior knowledge: Basic Word skills equivalent to Word1

This course focuses on writing academic dissertation essays in Word, but the skills are useful for any Word document.

This course includes:

• Applying and amending heading styles
• Using the navigation pane and showing hidden formatting marks
• Controlling margins and line spacing
• Making sections start on a new page
• Adding page numbers and an automatic Table of Contents
• Using section breaks to change page number styles
• Using languages, spelling and grammar check
• Checking word count
• Saving your work to OneDrive, managing versions and Word Online

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York St John Graduate attributes

As well as other skills, knowledge and competencies gained from your  time at York St John, these attributes are designed to enable graduates to thrive in life and work.

These courses contribute particularly to the following Graduate Attributes:

Confident

• Communicate, in a range of formats and for different audiences
• Confident in your skills and aspirational in setting goals for the future

Authentic

• Engaged with relevant technology and using it in a socially responsible way

Resilient

• Able to adapt to technological change and agile in approach to learning

Enterprising

• Aware of resources and able to utilise these to support personal and professional development

Professional

• Knowledgeable, evidence led and intellectually curious