MLA Reports

Are you working on a report at home?
Having a hard time remembering how to format an MLA Report?

Follow these easy step-by-step directions to key a report in MLA format.

Step
Feature
How to
1 Margins 1" File, Page Setup, Margins
2 Header View, header/footer, header, right align, key your last name, space once, insert page number on header toolbar
3 Line spacing Ctrl, 2 or line spacing on formatting toolbar, 2.0
4 First page headings Your Name
Teacher's Name
Class
Date
5 Title of report Center and key title in initial caps
6 Body of report Key the body of the report. Remember to indent (tab) the first line of each paragraph. Word wrap and only enter once at the end of a paragraph.
7 Works Cited page

Create a new page (control, enter).
Center and key Works Cited.
Enter once after title.
Set hanging indent to key the works cited--format, paragraph, special, hanging.
Remember to word wrap and only enter once at the end of each citation.

Click here to view a sample MLA report.