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Oct 29, 2012 A brief lesson on how to perform the necessary tasks in Microsoft Word 2011 (Mac OS X) in order to achieve simple MLA formatting for academic essays. This lesson does not cover the full MLA stye. Jan 13, 2014 This tutorial will guide you through the process of setting up Microsoft Word 2013 for your MLA Format paper. It is very easy and we are going to accomplish the following settings: All text is font “Times New Roman” & Size 12.
Microsoft Word relies on sections for its use of page numbering.If you want page numbering to begin after the title page:
Microsoft Word Mac 2011 Headings Use Mla Page Numbers With A Group
- Place the cursor at the bottom of the cover page, and from theInsert menu, select Break, and then SectionBreak (Next Page).
- Place your cursor on the first page of your document (not thecover page). From the Insert menu, choose PageNumbers....
- In the dialog box that appears, make sure that the box next toShow Number on First Page is not checked. Then clickOK.
- With the cursor on the second page of your document, from theInsert menu, choose Page Numbers....
- In the dialog box that appears, in the 'Alignment' and 'Position'sections, choose the location where the page number will appear on thedocument. Make sure that the box next to Show Number on FirstPageis checked.
- Click the Format... button.
- In the dialog box that appears, go to the 'Page Numbering'section, click Start at:, and type
1
(the number 1) in the field. ClickOK twice. Your document is ready to print.