Microsoft Word

Hello, everyone! Today I would like share about Microsoft Word’s features. Why do I want to talk about this? Well, because the features in Microsoft Word will be very useful for you who want or need to make an article.

So, there are many styles provided in Microsoft Word. The first one is about how to add the page number. You can simply double click the header or the footer area to add the page number. But if you do it like this, the next page number will be the same as the previous page number.Therefore, you need to edit it by double-clicking the footer area and you will see many format directly. Next, click “page number” and choose “Format Page Number”. Then, a small tab will be appeared in your screen. In there, you can choose the number format. You can change it to become 1,2,3; a,b,c; or even i,ii,iii. After that, click “OK”.

However, in an article there are many kinds of pages which are the combination of i,ii,iii and 1,2,3. To continue the page number from i,ii,iii to 1,2,3, you need a little change in the method. When you want to to change the number, first you have to click “page layout” and choose “breaks” and then click “next page”. Next, you can change the page numbering by using the same method as the previous one.

Sometimes, you also need to change the orientation of your pages, but just a few of them. Then, how to do it? First, choose “page layout” column and click “breaks”. Next, click “next page” and then you may change the orientation as your wish without change the other pages’ orientation.

Then, how about making the table of contents? First, choose the format of table of content and click “custom table of content”. Then, you will see the example of table of contents inside a box and choose “option”. Then, click “OK”.

Mendeley

Hello friends! Have you ever had a difficulty in citing from a journal? When you write a paper and you have to include all of the references in there, but you realize that it is hard to add the reference one by one. Moreover, you may write the references in the wrong way. Therefore, in today's post I would like to introduce you about an application that will be very helpful for your journal, thesis, or anything that need citation in it. Yes! As you can see from the picture and the title of this post, today I would like to talk about Mendeley! But before that, you have to install the application first. Download here.

So, what is Mendeley?

Mendeley is a referencing management tool that allows you to easily organise and search your personal library, annotate documents and cite as you write. Mendeley’s word processor plugin works, such as Microsoft Word, Libre Office, and the others. So, in Mendeley you can import the papers or other documents from your desktop and Mendeley will captures the information of the papers, such as the author, the title, and the publisher automatically.

Then, how to use it?

First of all, you have to upload your references in PDF form to Mendeley. Then, in Microsoft Office, click "add citation". After that, click "Open Mendeley". Next, you have to find your document which you will cite and click "Cite". This will transfer the citation directly onto your word document. After that, if you want to insert bibliography, simply click "Insert bibliography". 

It's easy, right? Please try it out! See you in the next post!