1. Formatting and Submitting your Essays
What should it look like on the paper?
How should I get it to the instructor?

2. Basics
Font = Times New Roman
Size = 12 pt.

3. Margins Margins: ‘Normal’
But check to make sure that they are 2.54cm on all 4 sides.

4. Text Alignment
Choose ‘ragged right’

5. Indentation
Use the ‘tab’ key for the first line of every new paragraph:
The tab should be about 2.5 cm.
Not the space bar!!!!!

6. Indentation
It should look something like this:

7. Double Spacing
Leave an empty line between every line of text:

8. Double Spacing Check your settings!!!!!!!!!!!! Right click “normal”
Click ‘modify’

9. Double Spacing
Click ‘format’
Choose ‘paragraph’

10. Double Spacing
Make sure all of
these numbers are ‘0’

11. APA Style

12. Submitting Your Essays
You must give me two copies of your essays:
The printed copy (in the format discussed in this presentation)
An identical digital copy, ed to me.

13. The digital copy All emailed essays must be in .pdf format:
This ‘locks’ the formatting, so no matter what computer you display it on or print it from, it will be exactly as you saved it.
Save your file as a .doc or .docx first!
Then resave it as file type .pdf
Attach the .pdf to an , and send it to me
Filename: Student Name – Student Number – Essay Number

14. The digital copy Filename:
Student Name – Student Number – Essay Number
Example:
Main Timothy – – Essay 1
Notes:
Family name first
No commas
No spaces in the student number

15. Conventions
Please remember that s are like letters in many ways. If the body of your is blank and you send only the attached file, your grade will be reduced 10%.

16. Email Conventions Emails must contain: Greeting: Formal – “Dear Sir,”
Less formal – “Dear Tim,”
Informal – “Hi Tim,” or just “Hello,” or “Hi,”

17. Email Conventions Emails must contain: Body:
Tell me (clearly) the purpose of the
“I’ve attached my homework …”
“I have a question about …”
“I’ve chosen ____ as my essay topic…”
Etc.

18. Email Conventions Emails must contain: Closing:
Sincerely,
Kind regards,
Best regards,
Best,
Your name and Student Number

19. Conventions
Example: No message at all!

20. Conventions
A bit better but still missing some important pieces:

21. Conventions
Example: Getting Better

22. Conventions
Example: Almost Perfect!