In the dialog window under Spacing set the Line Spacing to Double. To do this go to the menu bar and press Format, and then Paragraph. I suggest that you set this page to be double spaced. Now finish off your title page by putting all the information required on it. What happens when you set the bottom margin at 2", your bottom line will be at 2.3" from the bottom setting it at 1.6" allows you to have a bottom line 1.9" from the bottom, which is a lot closer to the required 2". Now you might be asking yourself why should I set the bottom margin to 1.6" when the bottom line of my title page should be at 2". In the dialog window under Margins set the Top margin to 3" and the Bottom margin to 1.6". Now, go to the menu bar and press File, and then Page Setup. įirst of all position your cursor before (to the left of) the Section Break marker on the first page. Your title page, that is section one, needs a 3" top margin so go ahead, set the margins. The first section can be formatted anyway you want it without affecting the other sections. That means that your document now is actually two documents in one. well, you have divided your document into two sections. In the Break dialog window under Section break types press Next page and then click on OK. Go to the menu bar and press Insert, and then Break. They will not only allow you to easily adjust your margins, but, in combination with headers and footers, will allow you to insert page numbers a la Kate. Meet your new best friend: section breaks! Section breaks are at the heart of this method of pagination for a term paper. Page breaks are yesterday's tool for separating two pages.
To do this click on the paragraph mark symbol on the standard toolbar: Now you will be able to see all your formatting marks (marks which by the way, will not print). To understand what is going on and to better know what you are doing in MS Word, let's get in the habit of showing your formatting marks. ready to start? Well, open a New document in MSWord. How does she expect me to do that? A list of more tips. L esson 3 - And the rest of the story: formatting the rest of the pages L esson 2 - First impressions: creating the Title page a la SEBTS / SECWF L esson 1 - Seeing is believing: how to show your formatting marks Below you will find some simple instructions to help you format your term paper all in one file and to save money on those hair transplants. Tired of having one document for your title page and another for the rest of your document? Tired of pulling out your hair while inserting footnotes? Well, you don't have to.
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