Formatting
Formatting
Page size: Letter
Page layout: Portrait
Margins
•2.5 cms/1” on all sides
Preferred font: Times New Roman, 12 pt
Title page and table of contents
•Check with instructor for specific requirements
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Running head
•Left-aligned in header; max. 50 characters in all capitals.
•First page includes identifier: Running head: ALL CAPITALS
•Subsequent pages: ALL CAPITALS
Page number
•Must appear in the top right corner of every page
•Academic convention: title page doesn’t show a page number
Spacing and indentation
•Double-space body text, including block quotations and references
•Indent first line of a new paragraph by one tab space
•Indent entire block quotation (quotation of 40+ words) by one tabspace from left margin
Formatting
Formatting
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