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[[File:Paper_example.png|thumb|right|Properly formatted paper]]
These guidelines are the default settings for papers turned in at TSAS. Your teacher may alter these or add to them for specific assignments.
These guidelines are the default settings for papers turned in at TSAS. Your teacher may alter these or add to them for specific assignments.
[[File:Paper_example.png|Properly formatted paper|left|frame]]<br clear=all>


Quick guidelines:
==Quick guidelines:==
*First Page Header
*First Page Header
**Your full name
**Your full name
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**No spaces before or after
**No spaces before or after
*Text
*Text
**Times New Roman or Calibri
**Times New Roman or Arial
**12pt
**12pt
*Margins
*Margins
**One inch all around
**One inch all around
**Two inches for block quotations (See [[Citation guidelines]] for use.)
**Two inches for block quotations
*Paragraph
*Paragraph
**No space before or after
**No space before or after
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**Double-spaced
**Double-spaced


[[File:formatparagraph.png]]
==To Make Sure==
To make sure: (In Microsoft Word) after you finish your paper, save it, hit ctrl+A, right click the text, then hit "Paragraph."  The line spacing option should say "double", and the spacing before and after should read "0".  Hit "OK," then (with the text still highlighted) check the text size and font boxes to ensure they read "12" and "Times New Roman," respectively.  If not, or if they’re blank, fix them.
(In Microsoft Word) after you finish your paper, save it, hit ctrl+A, right click the text, then hit "Paragraph."  The line spacing option should say "double", and the spacing before and after should read "0".  Hit "OK," then (with the text still highlighted) check the text size and font boxes to ensure they read "12" and "Times New Roman," (or "Arial") respectively.  If not, or if they’re blank, fix them.
 
<br clear=all>[[File:formatparagraph.png|Proper settings in Word '07|left|frame]]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:00, 20 November 2017

These guidelines are the default settings for papers turned in at TSAS. Your teacher may alter these or add to them for specific assignments.

Properly formatted paper


Quick guidelines:

  • First Page Header
    • Your full name
    • Name of class
    • Name of assignment
    • Date turned in (not the day you started it)
    • See Essay Header for document heading
  • Title
    • Centered
    • Should be original and creative
    • Should follow text formatting; do not increase the font size, underline, or emphasize
    • No spaces before or after
  • Text
    • Times New Roman or Arial
    • 12pt
  • Margins
    • One inch all around
    • Two inches for block quotations
  • Paragraph
    • No space before or after
    • Indent 1/2 inch
    • Double-spaced

To Make Sure

(In Microsoft Word) after you finish your paper, save it, hit ctrl+A, right click the text, then hit "Paragraph." The line spacing option should say "double", and the spacing before and after should read "0". Hit "OK," then (with the text still highlighted) check the text size and font boxes to ensure they read "12" and "Times New Roman," (or "Arial") respectively. If not, or if they’re blank, fix them.


Proper settings in Word '07
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