Typing Your Report
- Use a font that is easy to read such as Times New Roman. Double-space the body of your report. Choose Format, Paragraph, and under the Line Spacing window click the drop down arrow to choose double. Remember that the computer will automatically move to a new line when you type to the end of a line. Do not hit the enter key until you have come to the end of a paragraph.
- Use the Tab key once to indent all paragraphs.
- Use the Spelling and Grammar check. Red lines are spelling errors, green ones are either grammar or spacing errors. Remember to put one space after every word. You also need a space after a punctuation mark, but not before.
- If you need a cover page for your report, use the Print preview function to check centering top to bottom. Always use the center button to center text right to left – do not add spaces to try center text.
Typing your Bibliography Page
- Center and bold the word “Bibliography” at the top of the page. Use a readable font such as Times New Roman or Arial.
- Following the guidelines for MLA Citations exactly as they are given to you in library class. There are also many references on the internet to help you with the correct format. Be especially careful to include all punctuation marks for each citation.
- To format the citations correctly, you will need to change the paragraph formatting for this page. From the tool bar, choose Format, Paragraph to bring up the selection window. In the section marked indentation, change the “Special” selection to hanging. “By” should be set at 0.5” – this will indent the all lines except the first for each citation. Be sure not to hit the enter key until you are finished typing all of your citations.
- Be sure that your citations are listed alphabetically on the page. If you need to add a citation, you can cut and paste to place it correctly according to alphabetical order.
- Hit the enter key twice after each citation to double space between each entry.
Adding a Header to all Pages of Your Report
To add a header that will print your name on each page of your report, choose, View, Header and Footer. The following toolbar will appear. A dotted rectangle will appear at the top of the page. Click the right justify button, then type your name in the box
Click here to add the date to the header. Then click close on the toolbar. Your header will appear on each page.