2. THE PAPER
• RESEARCH PAPER – DOCUMENT USED TO COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF
RESEARCH FINDINGS
• RESEARCH PAPERS NORMALLY FOLLOW A DOCUMENTATION STYLE THAT
DEFINES RULES FOR CREATING THE PAPER AND CREDITING SOURCES
• POPULAR STYLES
• MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA)
• THE STYLE USED HERE AT WHS
• MLA IS WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE CHAPTER
• AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA)
• CHICAGO
3. MLA STYLE
• PARENTHETICAL REFERENCES – AUTHOR REFERENCES PLACE IN PARENTHESES
WITH PAGE NUMBERS TO DIRECT READERS TO REFERENCES INFORMATION
• WORK CITED – REFERS TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF SOURCES AT THE END
OF THE PAPER
• CONTENT NOTES – THESE ARE USED TO ELABORATE ON POINTS WITHIN PAPER
OR TO DIRECT READER TO NOTES ABOUT A SOURCE: USES A SUPERSCRIPT FONT
TO IDENTIFY
4. STYLES (MICROSOFT)
• A STYLE IS A NAMED GROUP OF
FORMATTING CHARACTERISTICS
INCLUDING FONT AND FONT SIZE
• WORD OFFERS A VARIETY OF
STYLES TO CHOOSE
• NORMAL STYLE IS DEFAULT IN
WORD WHICH USES 11PT CALIBRI
FONT
• DEFAULT IS WHAT THE SETTINGS
ARE AT WHEN THE PROGRAM IS
STARTED WHEN FIRST PURCHASED
• A USER CAN CHANGE THE DEFAULT
AT ANY TIME
5. SPACING
• LINE SPACING IS THE
AMOUNT OF VERTICAL
SPACE BETWEEN LINES OF
TEXT IN A PARAGRAPH
• PARAGRAPH SPACING IS THE
AMOUNT OF SPACE ABOVE
AND BELOW A PARAGRAPH
• REMOVE PARAGRAPH
SPACING HERE
• MLA REQUIRES THE USER TO
DOUBLE SPACE (DS) THE
ENTIRE PAPER
6. HEADER / FOOTER
• HEADER IS TEXT AND/OR GRAPHIC THAT PRINTS AT THE TOP OF EVERY PAGE OF
A DOCUMENT
• FOOTER IS TEXT AND/OR GRAPHIC THAT PRINTS AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY
PAGE OF A DOCUMENT
• CLICK THE INSERT TAB TO GET TO
THE HEADER/FOOTER OPTION OR
DOUBLE CLICK THE
HEADER/FOOTER AREA IN THE
DOCUMENT
• MLA STYLE REQUIRES A RIGHT
ALIGNED HEADER WITH LAST NAME
AND PAGE #
7. HEADER VS HEADING
FOOTER VS FOOTNOTE
• A HEADER GOES AT THE TOP OF A
PAGE AND REPEATS ON EVERY PAGE
• A HEADING IS PLACED AT THE TOP OF
THE FIRST PAGE ONLY
• A FOOTER GOES AT THE BOTTOM OF A
PAGE AND REPEATS ON EVERY PAGE
• A FOOTNOTE CAN GO ON ANY PAGE
AND REFERS TO TEXT ON THAT PAGE
Heading
Header
8. RULERS AND INDENTS
• TO VIEW RULER BARS (HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL) CLICK VIEW AND CHECK
THE RULER BOX
• RULERS ALLOW THE USER TO SET MARGINS, TABS, AND INDENTS
• FIRST LINE INDENT – INDENT ONLY THE 1ST LINE OF EVERY PARAGRAPH
• TOP TRIANGLE ON THE LEFT IS FIRST LINE INDENT
• BOTTOM TRIANGLE IS FOR HANGING INDENT (NOT IN GOOGLE DOCS)
• BOTTOM SQUARE IS THE LEFT MARGINSet 1st line indent
here
Set left margin here
9. AUTOCORRECT
• WORD AUTOMATICALLY CORRECTS MANY COMMON TYPING, SPELLING,
GRAMMAR, AND CAPITALIZATION ERRORS AS THE USER TYPES
• IF A WORD IS CORRECTED AUTOMATICALLY A SMALL WHITE BAR W/ A BLUE
OUTLINE
APPEARS
• IF YOU ARE USING A MOUSE, POSITION THE MOUSE POINTER IN THE TEXT
AUTOMATICALLY CORRECTED BY WORD TO DISPLAY A SMALL BLUE BOX BELOW
THE AUTOMATICALLY CORRECTED WORD
• POINT TO THE SMALL BLUE BOX TO DISPLAY THE AUTOCORRECT OPTIONS
BUTTON
10. CITATIONS (MICROSOFT)
• CITATIONS ARE THE IN-TEXT REFERENCES THAT MLA STYLE USES FOR SOURCES.
THE FULL SOURCE WOULD THEN BE AT THE END OF THE PAPER ON THE PAGE
CALLED WORKS CITED
• THE CITATION BUTTONS ARE LOCATED ON THE REFERENCE RIBBON IN
CITATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY GROUPING
• MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE STYLE BEFORE
CREATING YOUR CITATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, OR WORK CITED
11. FOOTNOTES / ENDNOTES
• FOOTNOTES ARE NOTES PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF A PAGE
• ENDNOTES ARE NOTES PLACED AT THE END OF A DOCUMENT
• FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT DETAIL POINTS
DISCUSSED IN THE PAPER
• A NOTE REFERENCE MARK IS USED TO SIGNAL THE PRESENCE OF A FOOTNOTE OR
ENDNOTE
• A SUPERSCRIPT IS USED AS THE MARK (EX: 1)
• WHEN A FOOTNOTE IS INITIALLY INSERTED BY WORD IT IS FORMATTED IN
FOOTNOTE TEXT STYLE WHICH DOES NOT ADHERE TO MLA STYLE – MLA STATES
IT SHOULD MATCH THE REST OF THE PAPER
12. PAGE BREAKS
• SOFT PAGE BREAK – A PAGE BREAK THAT IS INSERTED AUTOMATICALLY BY
WORD WHEN ONE PAGE HAS BEEN FILLED
• SOMETIMES CALLED AUTOMATIC PAGE BREAK
• CAUSES REPAGINATION – WORD DECIDES WHAT LINES GO ON WHAT PAGE
• HARD PAGE BREAK – A PAGE BREAK THAT HAS BEEN FORCED INTO THE
DOCUMENT BY THE USER
• SOMETIMES CALLED A MANUAL PAGE BREAK
• BUTTON IS LOCATED ON THE INSERT RIBBON IN THE PAGES GROUP
13. WORK CITED
• MLA STYLE USED A WORK CITED PAGE TO LIST THE SOURCES THAT ARE
DIRECTLY REFERENCED IN THE PAPER
• THIS IS A SEPARATE PAGE FROM THE PAPER ITSELF
• APA USES BIBLIOGRAPHY – NOT WORK CITED
14. MORE ABOUT WORK CITED (MICROSOFT)
• WORD WILL INSERT A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST – SMALL CHANGES WILL NEED TO
BE MADE TO MAKE IT FOLLOW MLA STYLE
15. MORE ABOUT INDENTS
• REGULAR INDENT – HIT TAB, INSERTION POINT MOVES .5 INCHES
• USED AT THE BEGINNING OF MOST PARAGRAPHS IN FORMAL WRITING
• HANGING INDENT – THE FIRST LINE OF A PARAGRAPH HANGS TO THE LEFT OF
THE REST OF THE PARAGRAPH.
EX:
16. HANGING INDENTS (MICROSOFT)
• A HANGING INDENT IS SET ON THE HORIZONTAL RULER BAR
First Line Indent – by setting this to a given measurement every line will
be indented when the user hits enter
The hanging indent marker is the triangle pointing up.
Click and drag to set at a given measurement
The box below is the left indent and
will move when the hanging indent is
set
17. ODDS AND ENDS
• PROOFREADING – LOOKING FOR GRAMMATICAL AND SPELLING ERRORS
• CLIPBOARD – TEMPORARY STORAGE THAT HOLDS 24 ITEMS COPIED FROM ANY
OFFICE PROGRAM
• COPYING – THE PROCESS OF PLACING ITEMS ON THE OFFICE CLIPBOARD,
LEAVING THE ITEM IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT
• CUTTING – REMOVES ITEM FROM DOCUMENT AND PLACES IT ON CLIPBOARD
• PASTING – PROCESS OF COPYING AN ITEM FROM THE CLIPBOARD INTO THE
DESTINATION DOCUMENT
18. MORE ODDS AND ENDS
• SYNONYM – A WORD SIMILAR IN MEANING TO THE CURRENT WORD
BEING USED
• EX: LIKE / ENJOY
• THESAURUS – A BOOK OF SYNONYMS
