How To Do MLA Format On Word?

Open Microsoft Word and start a new blank document

Set the font to 12-point Times New Roman

Set the margins to 1 inch on all sides

Set the line spacing to double

Remove extra spacing before and after paragraphs

Align text to the left

Set the first line of each paragraph to indent 0.5 inch

Type your last name and page number in the top right header

Insert your name, instructor’s name, course name, and date in the top left corner

Center the title on the next line after the heading

Begin the main text on the line after the title

Add a Works Cited page at the end on a new page

Center the Works Cited title

Use hanging indentation for each Works Cited entry

Alphabetize Works Cited entries by author’s last name

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