


When your finished, click on “INSERT” –> Page Break or Ctrl+Enter to create page 4.ġ6. Set the second line text to left-align and press Tab (from your keyboard) to indent your first paragraph of your essay. On the first line of page 3 type in your essay title and center it.ġ4. When your finished, click on “INSERT” –> Page Break or Ctrl+Enter to create page 3.ġ3.

Not all instructors require this page.ġ2. The abstract summarizes the problem, participants, hypotheses, methods used, results, and conclusions. On the first line of page 2 type “Abstract” and center text.ġ1. Click on “INSERT” –> “Page Break” or Ctrl+Enter.ġ0. To add a second page click at the end of your instructors name. The title page is now complete! Let’s work on the rest of the document. Just make your best judgment on centering the text vertically.ĩ. Be sure to re-adjust for team essay papers because a group of student names can take a few lines. Press “Enter” 9 times to position the text center page. Position the text cursor (blinking bar) before the beginning of the essay title. While text is still selected, right click the Normal style and choose “Update Normal to Match Selection”.Ĩ. Now that we have the proper settings configured let’s make sure the rest of the document uses these settings for the whole document. Click the “OK” button to close the dialog.Ħ. Set “After” to 0 and change the “Line Spacing” to Double. With the text still selected, open the paragraph settings (see screenshot where to click).ĥ. Change the font to “Times New Roman” and the font size needs to be “12”.Ĥ. Now that the text is selected we need to set the proper font settings. Type the essay title, your name, name of class, essay due date, and instructors name.ģ. Select all text in your document with mouse or by pressing Ctrl+A. Know what is required ahead of time so you set yourself for success!Ģ. For example I was only required to use Title page, essay body, and references page. Most of the pages on this document are useless for most students so please consult your instructor what he/she requires of you. Make sure to File –> “Save As” to save the document to your computer.ĥ. Click on the first template named “APA™ style report (6th edition)”.Ĥ. This will display a template that is provided by Microsoft for you to use freely.ģ. Open the document with Word 2013 and begin writing your essay.
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Method 1: Just download template pre-configured:
