> > > [||||| MLA Format ] 0.1) If you’ve been asked to submit a paper in MLA style, your instructor is asking you to format the page and present the content in a specific way. Just as football referees dress a certain way, and Japanese chefs cook a certain way, writers in certain disciplines follow a certain set of conventions. This document will show you how to format an essay in MLA style. 0.2) If, instead of questions about putting the final formatting touches on your essay, you have questions about what to write, see instead my handouts on,,. 0.3) On this page: • (1 inch margins; double spaced; 12-point) • (name and page number, upper right of every page) • (assignment info and an informative title) • (no comma between the author and page number; commas and periods go outside of inline quotes) • (lots of tricky details! Sort alphabetically by author, not by the order the quotes appear in your paper) For the most complete information, check your campus library or writing center for the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 8th ed. Document Settings Your word processor comes with default settings (margin, line height, paragraph spacing, and typeface) that will likely need adjustment. For MLA style, you need: • 1-inch margins all around • 2.0 line height (double-space the whole paper, including title block and Works Cited list) • no extra spacing after the title, between paragraphs, or between bibliography items • 12-point typeface (usually Times New Roman) (Jump directly to instructions for adjusting MS-Word settings in or; or, skip ahead to.) 1.1 Adjusting Document Settings in MS-Word (Windows) My copy of Microsoft Word for Windows defaults to • 1-inch margins all around • 1.15 line height • 10pt spacing between paragraphs • Calibri 11-point typeface. Changing to MLA Style (Windows) • The default margins in my test run were fine, but if you need to change them: Page Layout -> Margins -> Normal (1-inch all around) • The default line height is too low. Change it to 2.0. Home -> Line Spacing -> 2.0. (You could try fudging it to 1.9 or 2.1 to meet a page count, but any more than that and your instructor may notice.) • The MS-Word default adds extra space after paragraphs.(MLA Style instead requires you to signal paragraph breaks by indenting the first line.) CTRL-A (select all your text) Home -> Line Spacing -> Remove Space After Paragraph • Change the typeface to Times New Roman 12-point. Home -> Font Face Selector (change to Times New Roman) Home -> Font Size Selector (change to 12) 1.2 Adjusting Document Settings in MS-Word (Mac) My copy of Microsoft Word for Mac defaults to • 1.25 inch left and right margins, 1 inch top and bottom • 1.0 line height • no extra spacing after paragraphs • Cambria 12-point typeface Changing to MLA style (Mac) • In my test run, the left and right margins are too big. Firefox 63.0.3 - Fast, safe Web browser. Download the latest versions of the best Mac apps at safe and trusted MacUpdate Download, install, or update Firefox for Mac from MacUpdate. About Firefox for Mac Mozilla Firefox is a graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and a large community of external contributors. Firefox started as a fork of the Navigator browser component of the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox download for mac 10.9 5. I am new here and technically challenged. I have a MAC 10.9.5. TOday firefox stopped loading a couple favorite sites. So I managed to figure how to update it to version 59.0. But it still wont load a few regular sites. It loads CNN news, but wont load fox news. I get 'Problem loading page' and try again as connection was reset. Firefox was working, shut down mac and now where the firefox icon used to be is the apple 'applications' icon with the work 'firefox' when I hover, won't open! OS X Mojave (full release) - FF freezes if trying to rename a file to save. To change them: Layout -> Margins -> Normal (1-inch all around) • The default line height is too low. Change it to 2.0. Home -> Line Spacing -> 2.0 • My Mac copy of MS-Word does not add extra spaces after paragraphs. If yours does: Home -> Line Spacing -> Line Spacing Options (a new window will pop up) Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style (check this box) -> OK • The 12-point Cambria will probably be fine, but to change the typeface: Home -> Font Face Selector (change to Times New Roman) Home -> Font Size Selector (change to 12) 2. Page Header In the top right of every page, use your word processor’s “Page Header” function add an automatic page number and your surname. 2.1 Adding the Page Header in MS-Word (Windows) • Insert -> Page Number -> Top of Page -> (choose the right-justified “Plain Number” option) • The cursor will jump automatically to the right place for you to t ype your surname. • Click anywhere in the body of the paper to exit the header area. 2.2 Adding the Page Header in MS-Word (Mac) • Insert (in the top menu) -> Page Numbers -> (Set “Position” to “Top of Page (header)” and “Alignment” to “Right”) • Click just to the left of the new page number, and type your surname. • On my test document, my name was too far over to the left; grab the triangular tab adjuster just above your name, and drag it a notch to the right. Well, I needed it for a research project and my professor took off 10 points because of the bottom margin. All other margins on Word 2007 are same as 2003. 1 inch, 1inch, 1 inch, 1 inch. If you go to PAGE LAYOUT, MARGINS, CUSTOM MARGINS, then change bottom margin to.75 inch, it will look fine. Title Block In the upper left corner, type your name, your instructor’s name, the course number and section, and today’s date. Centered on the next line, type an informative title that actually informs the reader of your main point (not just “English Paper” or “A Comparison between Hamlet and Macbeth”). • Like all the other text in an MLA style paper, the title block is double-spaced. • The title is in the same font as the rest of the paper — it is not boldface, or enlarged. • There is no extra space above or below the title.
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