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Formatting

Assignment Name:

• Formatting

Purpose:

• To learn the correct format of a paper.
• To follow the course rules for submitting assignments.

Process:

1. Open Word
   • As an EFSC student, you have free access to download the whole Office suite, including Word
   • You can find directions on downloading Office here
2. Open, copy, and paste the following text into Word.
• lorem ipsum text file
• The text is called Lorem Ipsum, a fake Latin text used to populate websites during development.
3. Follow the MLA Criteria, listed below, to format the paper.
• If you are unfamiliar with Word, use this site to help.
• Or Google this: how to format an mla paper in word.
4. Scrutinize every word, style, and punctuation in the Works Cited page to make sure yours is exactly like the example below.
• See below for images of what a formatted paper should look like.
5. Once the paper is formatted, submit the paper following the protocols for submitting assignments.

MLA Format Criteria:

• Font-type: Times New Roman
• Font-Size: only 12 point
• Indents: first line of each paragraph of the body indents 1/2" (not five space bar clicks)
• Spacing: Double space every line in the paper (no more, no less).
• Word sets extra spacing after paragraphs; highlight all, right click, choose paragraphs,and set Spacing after Paragraphs to zero.
• Margins: 1" from all sides
• No Bold
• No Underlines
• No exclamation marks--EVER!!!!!!!!

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How to format the Works Cited page