SO YOU WANT TO QUICKLY LEARN

MICROSOFT WORD CANDACE L. FRANK

CREATING A NEW WORD DOCUMENT

IN MLA FORMAT UNIT 2.1

MICROSOFT WORD

BEFORE WE GET STARTED WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CHANGE A FEW THINGS;

SUCH AS FONT SCRIPT, FONT SIZE, AND LINE SPACING. NOTE: MICROSOFT WORD

HAS CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS THE PICTURES MAY

LOOK DIFFERENT THEY YOUR SCREEN. YOU MAY HAVE TO

LOOK AROUND TO FIND THINGS, BUT DON’T WORRY I

WILL WAIT FOR YOU. Make sure that your Script is in Times New Roman, Font is in size 12, and that your lines are double spaced .

LETS INSERT SOME PAGE NUMBERS Frank 1

Step 1: Click on Insert

Step 2: Click on Page Numbers

Step 3: Click on Top of Page

Step 4: Click on Plain Number 3

Note: You’re not done yet you need to put your last name

by the number 1 and hit spacebar twice.

Example:

Note: you will need to change your font on to

Times New Roman and 12 on this section.

HOW TO START AND TITLE YOUR

PAPER FIRST DOUBLE CLICK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE. NOTE: YOUR PAPER WILL NOT SHOW THE SYMBOLS.

CONGRATULATIONS

REFERENCE AND CITE

UNIT 2.2

BEFORE YOU START

STEP 1AND 2CREATING A NEW REFERENCE AND CITE

STEP THREE ADD A NEW SOURCE

FILL IT ALL INEXAMPLE FROM THE SCHOLASTIC WEBSITE (THE HUNTER GAMES)

AFTER YOU PRESS OK

• AFTER YOU PRESS OK YOUR CITE WILL BE PLACED IN YOUR SENTENCE. • MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CITE IS AT THE END OF YOUR

SENTENCE EX: (COLLINS). ALSO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PERIOD IS AFTER THE CITE.

HINT

NOW THAT YOU ARE DONE

DON’T FORGET MAKE A FEW CHANGES