Working with text

An introduction to the free bibliographic management software, EndNote Web.

Create an EndNote Web account.  Learn how to build your online reference library.  Import references directly from Web of Knowledge.

Use Cite While You Write to easily cite references and create a bibliography in your Word document.

iSkills Seminar. If you are writing a dissertation or thesis the computer can help keep track of all the references for the bibliography. This seminar will cover the basics of EndNote, which is available in the open access computer labs. The presentation and handout for this seminar are available from the link below.

Further Details: https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/x/TBlHBQ

Prerequisites: Basic computing experience, including Word 2010.

iSkills Seminar. This course will provide an introduction to the LaTeX document preparation system for people who have not used it before. It will use WinEdt, which is available on some open access lab Windows PCs. The course will cover document structure, typesetting text, tables, figures and equations. The presentation and handout for this seminar are available from the link below.

Further Details: https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/x/JwZ8Bg

Prerequisites: Basic computing experience

Endnote is a reference and image database.  This course demonstrates the  basics of EndNote X4,  manually entering references or importing them from on-line databases, before generating your bibliography in a word-processing document. Please Note, this is a introductory course.  We cannot provide support for EndNote on laptops or other EndNote problems. 
EndNote Clinics are available to cover most queries – book through MyEd

Does your document need a table of contents? This short demonstration session shows you how to save time and effort by creating a table of contents that can be generated and updated automatically.

Want to know how to improve the appearance of a document with just a few key strokes? In this short demonstration session, find out how to use styles in Word 2010 to control your formatting. You will also find out how styles can make creating numbered headings and tables of contents easy.

Direct Export is the easiest way to retrieve references from online databases, but not all information providers offer that option.  Part of this session will demonstrate the 3 options available.

• Direct Export
• Connection to an online database through EndNote
• Saving References as a .txt file and importing into EndNote via an Import Filter

Using Endnote to assist in the formatting of in-text citations, bibliographies and footnotes?   Despite Endnote supplying 236 output styles , you may require a style that is not available .  Learn how to modify an existing Endnote Style to meet a specific need.

Applying numbering to your headings has been known to cause a great deal of grief. This short demonstration session takes you through the process for creating a reliable numbering scheme quickly and easily.

Have you ever needed to include a landscape page in a portrait document, or wanted to change the content of the header or footer from one part of a document to the next? This session shows you how to use section breaks to change the structure of a Word file.

You can use tables in two ways in Word: to display data and to organise content. This short demonstration session covers the techniques you need to produce professional and stylish tables.  

This course deals with the process of creating a long and complex document in Word 2010. The features covered include:

• Formatting with styles
• Creating numbered headings
• Including Excel data
• Working with images
• Using referencing tools
• Structuring with section breaks
• Creating tables of contents and figures

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Office 2007 or 2010

This course introduces you to the features in Word 2010 that can help you produce a quality document. Topics include: formatting with styles; creating numbered headings; working with tables and images; structuring with section breaks and headers and footers; using referencing tools; creating tables of contents and figures.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Office 2007 or 2010

iSkills Seminar. An introduction to EndNote Web online bibliographic management software, which is free for members of the University to use.

Create an EndNote Web account. Learn how to build your online reference library. Import references directly from Web of Knowledge. Share your references with other EndNote Web users. Use Cite While You Write to easily cite references and create a bibliography in your Word document.

Further Details: https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/x/LZ8DCg

iSkills Seminar. This seminar will provide an introduction to Inspiration - a program that is designed to organise your ideas into diagrams, maps and outlines. It can be useful for taking lecture notes, revising for exams and planning essays or presentations. The presentation and handout for this seminar are available from the link below.

Further Details: https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/x/chlHBQ

Prerequisites: Basic computing experience.

This course aims to provide a good basic grounding in the use of Microsoft Word 2010 to create everyday documents.  Navigating around a document increasing user confidence before focusing on features such as:

• Creating and working with a document
• Selecting and working with text
• Cut, copy and paste within and between documents
• Character and paragraph formatting
• Page layout
• Creating tables
• Printing

iSkills Seminar. If you have a longer document to write such as a report or final year dissertation, this session will cover the features of Word 2010 that you'll need to know about, such as: sections; styles; table of contents; indexing and outlining. For some science dissertations with a high mathematical content LaTeX may be more suitable. Please consult your academic tutor if in doubt. The presentation and handout for this seminar are available from the link below.

Further Details: https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/x/YhlHBQ

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Word 2010.

Additional Eligibility: This course is intended for undergraduate and taught postgraduate students