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HOW DO I FORMAT THE BODY AND TITLE OF MY FINISHED PAPER IN MLA? 1 PLEASE NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT IS A BASIC TOOL FOR FORMATTING IN MICROSOFT WORD, BASED ON MLA GUIDELINES PUBLISHED BY OWL PURDUE. (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ ) ALWAYS REMEMBER TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR’S SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND DIRECTIONS. 1. If you have already typed your paper: Set the cursor at the beginning of the paper. Press Ctrl and the A key. This will highlight ALL of your work. With the work highlighte d, go to the button and choose Times New Roman and 12 pt. 2. On the HOME tab, go to Paragraph. Click on the arrow to the right of CCA Academic Learning Center 7/6/2022 4:23 PM mzm
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HOW DO I FORMAT THE BODY AND TITLE OF MY FINISHED PAPER IN MLA? 1
PLEASE NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT IS A BASIC TOOL FOR FORMATTING IN MICROSOFT WORD, BASED ON MLA GUIDELINES PUBLISHED BY OWL PURDUE. (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/)
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTOR’S SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND DIRECTIONS.
1.
If you have already typed your paper:
Set the cursor at the beginning of the paper. Press Ctrl and the A key. This will highlight ALL of your work.
With the work highlighted, go to the button and choose Times New Roman and 12 pt.
2.
On the HOME tab, go to Paragraph. Click on the arrow to the right of the word “Paragraph”.
For Alignment, choose Left.
For Indentation, select First Line
For Spacing, select Before: 0 ptAfter: 0 pt
Line spacing: Double.
Select “Don’t add…”
Click OK.
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3.
Next, choose PAGE LAYOUT.
Click on MARGINS.
4.
Choose Normal to get one inch margins.
5.
Next, click on the Insert Tab.
Select Page Number.
Then select Top of Page on the drop down.
Then choose Plain Number 3.
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6.
Your cursor will be to the left of the page number. Type your last name. Make sure there is a space between your name and the number.
7.
Place your cursor to the left of the first word of your paper. Hit Enter.
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minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco.
8.
Arrow up one line and type your first and last name. Hit Enter.
Type your instructor’s names. Hit Enter.
Type the course name and hit Enter.
On the fourth line, type the date in this formatDD Month YYYY.
On the fifth line, type the title of your paper.
Euphemia Dudeman
Professor Albert Einstein
Physics and Rainbows
29 April 2014
Title of Paper
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eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco.
9. Using your mouse, highlight the five lines you just typed.
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You may have to highlight your name and the page number, click on HOME, and choose Times New Roman and 12pt from the font selection.
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10.
Click on the arrow to the right of the word Paragraph.
Make these changes on the pull down:
Alignment: Left
Indentation/Special: (none).
Line spacing: Double
Before and After Spacing: 0
Select “Don’t add…”
Click OK
11.
Now your information is flush with the left margin.
Euphemia Dudeman
Professor Albert Einstein
Physics and Rainbows
29 April 2014
Title of Paper
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, cosectetur adipisicing elit, sed
do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut
enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco.
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12.
With your mouse, highlight only the title of your paper.On the Paragraph section, click Align Center Euphemia Dudeman
Professor Albert Einstein
Physics and Rainbows
29 April 2014
Title of Paper
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, cosectetur adipisicing elit, sed
do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut
enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco.
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