Paper Basics Tutorial

This is an example of the entire paper laid out for

you to view. In the following slides, we will look at
one page and section of the paper at a time. You
will be able to read the text contained within this
document for more information on setting up your
paper as we go. There will be text boxes like this
one in each slide that will guide you along the
process of setting up your paper.
Paper Basics Tutorial
1. Please read the text on the page as we go. Well scroll
down the document throughout the tutorial. You will notice that
the highlighted text is what we are focusing on in each slide.
2. You may have a different version of Microsoft
Word, in which case you will want to follow along
with the text in the document more closely.
1. Introduction
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1. Begin by selecting the Page
Layout tab at the top of the page.
2. Page Layout Tab
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1. Click on the Margins icon
shown in the Page Layout toolbar.
2. Select the option that shows 1 margins
for all sides of the paper. If that is not an
option shown on your display, go to the
bottom and select Custom Margins.
3. Setting Margins
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1. Type or select 1 for all sides
of the page.
2. Once you are finished, click
OK at the bottom of the page.
Your margins are now set.
4. Setting Margins (Older versions of Word)
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Next, you will add your heading to the page. Start by
setting the font to Arial and the font size to 10. (If
you have already started typing your paper, select all
of the text with your cursor before setting the font.)
5. Setting Font Type & Size
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Type your name, the date, the class name
and the name of the book in the upper right
hand corner of the page. (Make sure to
align this text to the right.)
6. Heading Right Align
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2. Select the Line and Paragraph
Spacing icon as shown. Select
1.0 from the list.
1. Use your cursor to
highlight the heading lines.
7. Heading Spacing
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1. If you do not see 1.0 listed, you can click
on Line Spacing Options which will open
the Paragraph display box shown here.
3. Select Single in the Line Spacing
dropdown box.
Click on OK at the bottom.
4. Your heading spacing is now set.
8. Heading Spacing
2. In the Spacing section of the display
box, make sure the Before and After
dropdown boxes are set to 0 as shown.
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Now youre ready to format the body of the paper. Leave
one space between the heading information and the first
line of the paper. (Make sure to align the text of the body
of the paper to the left side of the page.)
9. Body Left Align
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Click on the Line and Paragraph
Spacing icon again. This time
select 2.0 from the list.
10. Body Spacing
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1. If 2.0 is not an option, select Line
Spacing Options to open the Paragraph
display box. Select Double from the Line
Spacing dropdown.
3. Make sure the box next to Dont add
space between paragraphs of the same
style is checked.
Click on OK.
11. Body Spacing
2. Make sure the Before and After
dropdown boxes are set to 0 as shown.
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1. Youre now ready to start typing your paper!
Remember to hit the tab key at the beginning of
each new paragraph to add the correct indent.
2. Hint: You may want to consider saving your first paper as a template so
that you can simply type over the existing text for future papers. God Bless!