STEPS
TOOLS
🔆Click on the windows icon located near the bottom left corner of your screen.
🔆Click on Microsoft Office Word (versions and years may vary).
🔆Click on the arrow icon next to the paragraph section to expand.
🔆Change line spacing to "Double."
🔆Check the box next to "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style."
🔆Click OK.
🔆Change font to Times New Roman.
🔆Change font size to 12.
🔆Open the "insert" tab.
🔆Click on "Page Number" to expand.
🔆Choose "Plain Number 3."
🔆The page number will appear and populate automatically for each page typed.
🔆The student's last name should be typed next to the page number. Remember to hit the space bar once to separate the last name from the page number.
🔆Close the header.
🔆On the top left side of the first page, the student should type his or her name, the instructor's name, the course title and number, and the date. NOTE: This appears on the first page only.
🔆The title will be centered on the next line.
🔆Type the title on this centered line.
🔆Left align the following line.
🔆Begin typing the essay, remembering to indent the first line of each new paragraph.
- Computer
- Microsoft Word
Kim teaches composition and literature to college freshman and sophomores. Let her know what guides to college writing you'd like to see!
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