Formatting
MLA reports
Use Default Margins
• Top 1”
• Bottom 1”
• Left 1”
• Right 1”
Line Spacing
• Entire report uses __________ Spacing.
• Indent the first word of all new paragraphs
INSTEAD of adding an extra line space
between the paragraphs. DS everything.
Header
• ___________ - Aligned
• Includes which 2 things?
–
–
Heading
Report Identification
• Includes 4 things:
–
–
–
–
Title
• Use _________ alignment.
• Type in ___________ case
Indents
Know your 3-part Ruler Tool
• First line indent
– Use for …
• Hanging indent
– Use for …
• Left indent
– Use for …
Works Cited
• “Insert” a ________ ________
• ..so that this starts on a _______ page!
• Center the words ________ __________
• References are listed in __________
order
• Set _____________ Indent
• Punctuation! [2x after : and .]

Formatting mla reports