Using Microsoft Word 2005
***Read this before you type!!!!!***
¨ Set your paper to double space all lines (even the heading)
1. Go to "Format"
2. Go to "Paragraph"
3. Go to the box that says "Line Spacing" pull down the menu
4. Change the line spacing to "double"
5. Click "OK"
¨ Set Font to Times New Roman, 12 point
¨ Set Margins to 1" on all sides
1. Go to "File"
2. "Page set-up"
3. Hit "Margins" Tab
4. Set all margins to 1"
5. Hit "Ok"
¨ Set Running Headers (your last name and page numbers)
1. Go to "View"
2. "Header and footer"
3. A header box will open. Type your last name, skip two spaces and hit the # icon. (NOT shift 3!)
4. Hit "control" key and "R" key at the same time to make the header align with the right margin.
5. Hit "Close"
¨ Setting the Header and Title
1. At the left margin, type your FULL name, then hit enter.
2. Your computer should double space. Now type your teacher's name. (Mrs. Doyle) Enter.
3. Type your class name. (English 10 CP). Enter.
4. Type the date in European format (Day Month Year: 18 November 2006). Enter.
5. Your paper should already be formatted to double space. Do not add any additional space! Type the title for your essay. Center it. Don't bold, italicize, or underline the title. Use the same font and size font on your title as on the rest of your paper. Enter.
¨ Typing the paper
1. Do not add any additional space after the title! Tab once (do NOT hit the space bar! Use the TAB key --- that's the one with arrows on it on the left side of the keyboard). Begin typing.
2. Did you know that you are supposed to add two spaces after every period? That is standard.
3. The final sentence punctuation (period), goes AFTER the parenthetical documentation.
If you have another kind of wordprocessing software package (not Microsoft Word for XP), you will have different menus to follow. Remember: you MUST: use Times New Roman, 12 point, have 1" margins, and running headers, your text must be double spaced, and the header and title formatted as described above.
Using Microsoft Word 2007
***Read this before you type!!!!!***
¨ Set your paper to double space all lines (even the heading)
1. Go to the "Home" tab
2. Go to the "Paragraph" toolbox
3. Go to the arrow in the lower right of the paragraph toolbox.
4. Go to the box that says "Line Spacing" pull down the menu
5. Change the line spacing to "double"
6. Click the box that says “Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style”
7. Click "OK"
¨ Set Font to Times New Roman, 12 point
¨ Set Margins to 1" on all sides
1. Go to the "Page Layout" tab
2. Click the “Margins” icon
3. Select “Normal” if it is set to 1” Top/Bottom/Left/Right if not, go to “Custom Margins” at the bottom and type in 1” for Top/Bottom/Left/Right and leave Gutter and Gutter Position alone, then click OK.
4.
¨ Set Running Headers (your last name and page numbers)
1. Go to the "Insert" tab
2. Go to the “Header” drop down menu under “View” and click it.
3. A header box will open. Click on “Page Number” in the box on the left side, under “Home.”
4. Scroll “Top of Page” and click on “Plain Number 3” (right adjusted).
5. The cursor should now be to the immediate left of the page number. Type in your last name (ONLY!) and add two spaces between your last name and the number.
6. Click under the blue dotted line to return to the document body.
¨ Setting the Header and Title
1. At the top left margin, type your FULL name, then hit enter.
2. Your computer should double space. Now type your teacher's name. (Mrs. Doyle) Enter.
3. Type your class name. (English 10 CP). Enter.
4. Type the date in European format (Day Month Year: 20 January 2003). Enter.
5. Your paper should already be formatted to double space. Do not add any additional space! Type the title for your essay. Center it. Don't bold, italicize, or underline the title. Use the same font and size font on your title as on the rest of your paper. Enter.
¨ Typing the paper
1. Do not add any additional space after the title! Tab once (do NOT hit the space bar! Use the TAB key --- that's the one with arrows on it on the left side of the keyboard). Begin typing.
2. Did you know that you are supposed to add two spaces after every period? That is standard.
3. The final sentence punctuation (period), goes AFTER the parenthetical documentation.
If you have another kind of wordprocessing software package (not Microsoft Word for Vista), you will have different menus to follow. Remember: you MUST: use Times New Roman, 12 point, have 1" margins, and running headers, your text must be double spaced, and the header and title formatted as described above.
A Sample Research Paper
Student 1
Joe Student
Mrs. Doyle
English 10 CP
18 November 2006
Science Fiction in America's Literature
Everywhere one looks, the presence of science fiction, challenges us to go where man has never gone before. It is difficult to turn on the television without seeing Captain Kirk, or Data, hurling through space to save the galaxy, the universe, or some lost child from the forces of evil. It has become apparent that one must either avoid reading sci-fi books, and give up some of the best shows on TV, or learn why this country has become so fascinated with science fiction. What is it about this genre that appeals to so many? The literature of Whitman, Emerson and Thoreau, and the letters of Lincoln and Lee tell what they saw in the nation. "Speeches by Douglas, Webster and Jefferson Davis described a nation pulled in two directions" (Stevens 17). Literature is an art which reflects the mood and philosophies of the culture. Kirk's combat with the Klingons parallels America's experience in the Cold War; so it is no accident that The Undiscovered Country is being viewed as the Soviet Union disintegrates. Science fiction describes either a future filled with apocalyptic terror, or peaceful co-existence.
A Sample Works Cited page
Student 7
Works Cited
"Aeschylus." Magill's Survey of World Literature. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1993. 9-20.
Barnes, Sharon. "Here Come the Trekkies." Newsweek. 14 June 2000: 57-60.
Cole, Frank, The Politics of Science Fiction. San Francisco: Westcoast Publishing Co., 1996.
Hermann, Dr. Paul H. "The Civil War Homepage." 27 Mar 2004. <http://www.csub.edu/ warofbrothers>.
Hombrerojo, Terry. "Creating a Universe." Science and Science Fiction. May 1998: 17-24.
STUDENT NOTES FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED:
¨ The title is in exactly the same font as the rest and is not italicized, bolded, or underlined.
¨ There is a running header (Your last name and page number) on this page, too.
¨ Notice that everything is double spaced.
¨ If an entry slips onto more than one line, each additional line is indented (as well as double spaced). An easy way to do this is to hit "Control" and "T" at the same time.
¨ Alphabetize all entries. When alphabetizing, ignore "The" or "A" or "An" at the beginning of a title.
¨ Each part of the entry ends with a period. For example:
Author's name. "Article Title." Access date. <Web address>.
Author's name. Book Title. State: Publishing Company, Publication Date. Page number(s).