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How to Create an Instant and Good-Looking Document Cover in MS Word

By Ugur Akinci | August 29, 2011

You can create a nice looking cover within seconds by using MS Word. Method 1 1) Place your cursor in the beginning of your MS Word document. 2) From the ribbon, select Insert > Quick Parts >Building Blocks Organizer: 3) In the Building Blocks Organizer dialog box, click the on the label of the Gallery…

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How to Use Titles and Subheadings to Group Similar Kinds of Procedural Tasks

By Ugur Akinci | August 25, 2011

Here is an example of how NOT to use  a title when writing procedural steps: [TITLE] Follow these instructions: Calculate the exact amount of patent fee you need to pay to the United States Patent and Trademark Office by using the PF calculator. Itemize the fees for each individual application by using Form I. Convert…

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How to Stress the Subject or the Object of a Title

By Ugur Akinci | August 24, 2011

There are ways to direct the attention of the reader to the subject or object of a title (or subtitle). ———————- QUICK RECAP: In the following sentence, “Shaun loves fish” “Shaun” is the SUBJECT and “fish” is the OBJECT. ———————- You can highlight a title’s subject or object by using active or passive voice appropriately. Here is how: METHOD…

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A Title Should Identify the Object of the Text

By Ugur Akinci | August 23, 2011

A title should identify the object of the text. A title should be a brief, but informative, description of the text that follows. In order to establish a connection between the title and what is being discussed in the text, it is important to provide some basic information about what is going on in the…

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