- Digital Literacy Word Processing Applications Flashcards

A student wants the chapter title to appear at the top of every page except the cover page. Which setting should they enable in the header options?

Answer: Different First Page

Different First Page lets the first page have its own header or a blank one, while later pages share the main header.

You need a landscape page in the middle of a portrait report for a wide table. What must you insert before and after that page?

Answer: Section breaks (Next Page)

Section breaks let each section have its own page orientation, margins, and headers.

Which feature automatically builds a table of contents from your document's headings?

Answer: Applying built-in Heading styles

A table of contents is generated from text formatted with Heading styles like Heading 1 and Heading 2.

After adding three new sections, the page numbers in your table of contents are wrong. What is the quickest fix?

Answer: Right-click the table and choose Update Field

Updating the field refreshes the TOC page numbers and entries to match the current document.

Which paragraph setting keeps a heading on the same page as the paragraph that follows it?

Answer: Keep with next

Keep with next prevents a heading from being stranded at the bottom of a page apart from its text.

A manager wants to insert a footnote citing a source at the bottom of the current page. Which ribbon tab contains this command in Microsoft Word?

Answer: References

Footnotes, endnotes, citations, and tables of contents are found on the References tab.

What is the main benefit of creating a document from a template?

Answer: It provides preset formatting and layout so you only add content

Templates supply ready-made styles, layouts, and placeholder text so documents look consistent.