Formatting

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Standard: Times New Roman (12 pt.), 1" margins
Insert page numbers.
Put your last name before each page number.
Flush left.
Enable double-spacing.
Type your first and last name.
Type your professor's name
Type the course initial and number.
Type the due date. ( Day Month Year)
Press enter.
Center text.
Type the title of your paper.
Text begins on next line. Flush left. Indent.
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NOTE: MLA has been updated to the 9th edition, which released in April 2021. To see the major changes made In MLA 9th ed., click here.

Standard: Calibri (11 pt.), Arial (11 pt.), Lucida Sans Unicode (10 pt.), Times New Roman (12 pt.), Georgia (11 pt.), and Computer Modern (10 pt.); 1" margins
Insert page numbers.
Enable double-spacing.
Center text.
Move down 3-5 spaces.
Type the title of your paper in boldface.
Move down 2 spaces.
Type your first and last name.
Type the name of the department (followed by a comma) and your institutional affiliation.
Type the course initial and number (followed by a colon) as well as the name of the course.
Type your professor's name.
Type the due date.
Text will begin on following page.
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Standard: Times New Roman/Courier (12 pt.), 1" margins
Center text.
Enable double-spacing.
Title should be centered a third of the way down the page.
Subsequent information should be listed several lines down from your title (2/3 page).
Type your name.
Type the course (NOT the initial) and number (followed by a colon) as well as the name of the course.
Type the due date.
Text will begin on following page.
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Standard: Times New Roman (12 pt.), 1" margins
Ensure that your last name and page number is on the top righthand side of the page. Also confirm that you have enabled double-spacing.
Center text.
Type "Works Cited"
Flush left.
Type full citation.
If the citation goes onto a subsequent line, either indent that line or use the "hanging indent" feature (Format > Align & Indent > Indentation options > Special indent > None > Hanging > Apply).
If you have multiple citations, flush left and repeat the process.
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Standard: Calibri (11 pt.), Arial (11 pt.), Lucida Sans Unicode (10 pt.), Times New Roman (12 pt.), Georgia (11 pt.), and Computer Modern (10 pt.); 1" margins
Ensure that the page number is on the top righthand side of the page. Also confirm that you have enabled double-spacing.
Center text.
Type "References" in boldface.
Flush left.
Type full citation.
If the citation goes onto a subsequent line, either indent that line or use the "hanging indent" feature (Format > Align & Indent > Indentation options > Special indent > None > Hanging > Apply).
If you have multiple citations, flush left and repeat the process.
For more information, click here.

Standard: Times New Roman/Courier (12 pt.), 1" margins
Ensure that the page number is on the top righthand side of the page. Also confirm that you have enabled single-spacing.
Center text.
Move two lines down.
Type "Bibliography"
Move two lines down.
Flush left.
Type full citation.
If the citation goes onto a subsequent line, either indent that line or use the "hanging indent" feature (Format > Align & Indent > Indentation options > Special indent > None > Hanging > Apply).
If you have multiple citations, move one line down, flush left, and repeat the process.
For more information, click here.