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STUDENT
TECH BYTES
You’ve seen the promotions for the Student Tech
Byte Sessions, but you’re not really sure what all
of the hype is about? Well question no more.
The first session of Student Tech Bytes took
place on the 1st of March. Byte 1 looked at the
different ways in which we can use Microsoft
Word to style and format our assignments within
university standards.
As a current USQ Business student I found the
first session exceptionally helpful. I learnt many
simple, yet constructive skills which actually
made me mad, because I wondered ‘how didn’t
I know this already?’ Well thank goodness I
attended is all I can say! No longer do I need to
allow a week to finalise my assignments to make
them look presentable because of the many skills
I’ve recently acquired.
Word offers many different automated options
which allow your documents to automatically
incorporate citations, tables of contents, list of
tables, references and bibliographies. These
were some of the many specific skills which I
found helpful, not only for writing assignments
but letters, reports and lecture notes. Yes that’s
correct… options that can actually help you to
do your references and bibliographies… Thank
you Word! Simple skills such as, heading styles,
fonts, colours, sizes, line & paragraph spacing
and show hide keys were also incorporated into
the session.
I found the session extremely productive and
would highly recommend registering for the
second Byte! These short, sharp, focused and
‘How do I’ sessions are remarkably useful. It’s
easy to think we’ve got the Microsoft Office
suite down pat, but a little brushing up is always
necessary. Each session is available on-campus
and online.
WORDS:
KIRIS APELT – USQ Student
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