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New Perspectives Word 2016 | Module 2: SAM Project 1b Dark Energy Report PREPARING A RESEARCH PAPER GETTING STARTED ? Open the file NP_WD16_2b_ FirstLastName _1

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New Perspectives Word 2016 | Module 2: SAM Project 1b

Dark Energy Report

PREPARING A RESEARCH PAPER

GETTING STARTED

?

Open the file

NP_WD16_2b_

FirstLastName

_1.docx

, available for download

from the SAM website.

?

Save the file as

NP_WD16_2b_

FirstLastName

_2.docx

by changing the “1” to

a “2”.

o

If you do not see the

.docx

file extension

in the Save As dialog box, do not

type it. The program will add the file extension for you automatically.

?

With the file

NP_WD16_2b_

FirstLastName

_2.docx

still open, ensure that your

first and last name is displayed in the footer.

o

If the footer does not display your name, delete the file and download a

new copy from the SAM website.

PROJECT STEPS

1.

For your Written Communications II class, you are part of a group writing a

research paper on contemporary topics in science. Your paper is about dark

energy in space, and it must follow the MLA format. Change the Citation &

Bibliography Style of the document to

MLA

.

2.

Apply the

Capitalize Each Word

case to the title paragraph “

Dark energy:

space mystery

”.

3.

Insert a header to meet MLA standards as follows:

a.

From the Top of Page page number gallery, insert a

Plain Number 3

page

number in the header of all pages in the document.

b.

Without moving your insertion point,

type

Hill

and then press the

Spacebar

.

c.

Close Header & Footer Tools.

4.

Find the word “liquid” and replace all instances with the word

fluid

to use the

more precise term. (

Hint

:

You should find and replace two instances.)

5.

Create a First Line Indent of

0.5"

to indent the first lines of all the body

paragraphs beginning “In 1998, the Hubble Space Telescope...” and ending “...

desire to understand.”

6.

Move the second body paragraph beginning “Cosmologists, astrophysicists, and

other scientists...” so that it becomes the new first body paragraph.

7.

Find the sentence beginning “

Physicists now call this antigravity force....

” Move

the insertion point before the period at the end of the sentence and insert a

citation from a new source using the information shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Periodical Source

Type of Source

Article in a Periodical

Author

Shu, Ed

Title

Dark Energy

Periodical Title

Discover

Year

2018

Month

July

Day

30

Pages

10-12

Medium

Print

8.

Edit the new Shu citation to add

10

as the page number.

9.

Create a numbered list from the paragraphs beginning “Cosmological constant –

This theory...” and ending “...not be discarded yet.”

10.

In the paragraph beginning “

In short, dark energy...,” read the comment from

Kristen Rollins and then reply to it with the following text:

Good idea.

11.

In the paragraph beginning “

While trying to understand...,”

move the insertion

point before the period at the end of the paragraph.

I

nsert a citation that

creates a new source with the information shown in Table 2 below.

Table 2: Journal Source

Type of Source

Journal Article

Author

Brown, Paula

Title

Dark Universe

Journal Name

Cosmos Research

Year

2014

Pages

130-135

Medium

Print

 

12.

In the paragraph beginning “

Furthermore, of the invisible...,” respond to the

comment as follows:

a.

Read the comment and then delete it.

b.

Change the text “17” to

27

in the first line of the paragraph.

13.

Move

the insertion point before the period in the sentence you modified in the

previous step (“

Furthermore, of the invisible

...force or substance.”), and then

insert a citation to the existing Merali, Zeeya source.

14.

Edit the new Merali citation to add

25

as the page number.

15.

Move the insertion point to the end of the document, and then insert a

bibliography as follows:

a.

Insert a page break.

b.

Insert a

Works Cited

from the Bibliography gallery.

16.

You notice an error in the Space Telescope Science Institute source. Edit the

Space Telescope Science Institute source so that the Name of Web Page reads

“

What Is Dark Energy?

”

17.

Update the Works Cited list to reflect the edit you made to the source.

18.

Format the “Works Cited” heading as follows:

a.

Apply the

Normal

style to the heading.

b.

Center

the heading.

19.

Select the entire document and format it as follows:

a.

Change the font size to

12 pt.

b.

Change the line spacing to

double

.

20.

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document, and then insert a

comment with the following text:

Please make sure this follows the MLA format.

21.

Check the Spelling & Grammar in the document to identify and correct any

spelling errors. (

Hint

: Ignore proper names. You should find and correct at least

one spelling error.)

Your document should look like the Final Figure on the following pages. Save your

changes, close the document, and then exit Word. Follow the directions on the SAM

website to submit your completed project.