How to MLA Format Your Paper

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How to MLA Format Your Paper. Original paper with defaults. 1. Center the Title. 2. Right-click “normal”. 3. Click format. 4. Click the down-arrow to make the “after” spacing 0 pt 5. Click the down arrow to make line-spacing Double 6. then click OK and OK again on the next screen. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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How to MLA Format Your Paper

Original paper with defaults

1. Center the Title

2. Right-click “normal”

3. Click format

4. Click the down-arrow to make the “after” spacing 0 pt 5. Click the down arrow to make line-spacing Double6. then click OK and OK again on the next screen.

7. Check this box so that the header appears only on 2nd page

Adding the Header8. In the “Insert” tab, click “Page Number” (circled)

9. Select the “plain number 3” to add the page number at the top right.

10. Type last name and space; then double-click on the regular part of the

paper or click the X to close.

11. Indent Paragraph—hit tab. (Sometimes Word will do this automatically)

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