MS Word Creating a Research Paper

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MS WordCreating a Research Paper

• Reports can be either
• Business reports
• Academic reports
• Two popular documentation styles for research
  papers
• MLA (Modern Language Association of America)
• APA (American Psychological Association)

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MLA Documentation Style

• Double-space text on all pages of the paper
• Set top, bottom, left and right margin to 1 inch
• Indent the first word of each paragraph one-half
  inch from the left margin
• Page number appears at the top (one-half inch
  from the top margin) right corner of each page
• On each page precede the page number by your last
  name

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Lab Work (09/22)

• To change the margin settings (WD 2.08)
• To double space text (WD 2.10)
• To display the header area (WD 2.12)
• To click and type (WD 2.13)
• To enter a page number (WD 2.14)
• To enter name and course information (WD 2.16)
• To use shortcut keys to format text (WD 2.17)
• To first-line indent paragraphs (WD 2.19)
• To autocorrect as you type (WD 2.21)
• To use the autocorrect options button (WD 2.22)
• To create an autocorrect entry (WD 2.23)
• To add a footnote (WD 2.25)
• To modify a style (WD 2.28)
• To close the note pane (WD 2.31)
• Save your work in a floppy disk