1. How to Format Your Paper MLA Style
English 3

2. Step 1
Go to Microsoft Word and Open Document

3. Step 2
Set Font to Times New Roman

4. Step 3
Set the Font Size to 12 Point

5. Step 4
Click the Bottom Right Corner of the Paragraph Tab (in center of the page).

6. Step 5
Set Spacing to Double & Click the Don’t Add Space Box

7. Step 6
Click on the Page Layout Tab at the top.

8. Step 7
Click the Margins Button & Choose 1 in. Margins.

9. Step 8
Click on the Insert Tab at the top of the screen.

10. Step 9
Click the Page Number Button.

11. Step 10
Click on Top of Page and Choose the 3 Option.

12. Step 11
Type in your last name and hit the space bar.

13. Step 12
Go Back to the Home Tab at the Top Left of the screen.

14. Step 13
Using the curser, highlight your last name and page number.

15. Step 14
Change the font of your last name and page number to Times New Roman.

16. Step 15
Change the font size of your last name and page number to 12 point.

17. Step 16
Go Back to the Design Tab.

18. Step 17
Click on Close Header Footer.

19. Step 18
Type Your First and Last Name & Hit Enter.

20. Step 19
Type The Teacher’s Name & Hit Enter.

21. Step 20
Type the Name of the Class & Hit Enter.

22. Step 21
Type in the Due Date of the Paper (day month year format) & Hit Enter.

23. Step 22
Click on the Center Button in the Paragraph Tab.

24. Step 23
Type in the Title of the Paper & Hit Enter.

25. Step 24
Click on the Left Alignment Button in the paragraph tab.

26. Step 25
Hit the Tab Button on your Keyboard to begin the first paragraph of your Research Paper.

27. Setting up the Works Cited Page at the End of the Paper

28. NOTICE
Make sure you are on the last page of the paper and do not have any of the research on this page.
The Works Cited page is a page to itself.
You do not have to set up the header again.

29. Step 26
Click on the Center Button in the Paragraph Tab.

30. Step 27
Type Works Cited as the title of this page.

31. Step 28
Hit Enter & Click the Bottom Right Corner of the Paragraph Tab (in center of the page).

32. Step 29
Set the Special Drop Down Menu to Hanging
Click OK.

33. Step 30
Click on the Left Alignment Button in the Paragraph Tab.

34. Step 31
Begin typing your citations in Alphabetical Order by Author’s Last Name or Title of The Web Document.

35. Bon Voyage Research Paper
YAY!!! You’re Finished!!!
Bon Voyage Research Paper