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Guidelines for Typing Your Research Report |
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Typing Your Report
- Use Microsoft Office 2007 to type your report. This program is on all computers in the lab, library and in the classrooms.
- Use a font that is easy to read such as Times New Roman or Calibri. Double-space the body of your report. In the paragraph section of the Home tab, choose Line Spacing, 2.0. Microsoft Word will automatically add extra space after each paragraph. 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.
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 Home tab, Paragraph section, click the tiny arrow at the bottom right 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, Insert, Header, Blank (three columns). the header section of your page will open so that you can type in it. Add your name to the right column on the header, then click Close Header and Footer on the right side of the toolbar.