Following MLA style in Microsoft Word can be challenging, especially in Word 2010. Many of the features new to that version interfere and contradict MLA style.This style guide explains the major considerations, and how to format for them in Microsoft

The Word 2007-2010 default Paragraph settings need to be formatted to MLA style standards. This includes reducing the spacing after a paragraph to zero, and changing line spacing to double spaced.Both paragraph formatting and line spacing are controlled in the

The default page margin setting for Microsoft Word 2007-2010 need to be adjusted for an MLA formatted paper.To format document margins to MLA style standards:Click the Page Layout Tab and in the Page Setup section, click the dialog box launcher.In

MLA Formatting requires indenting the first line of a paragraph one half-inch. The Microsoft Word First Line Indent feature will apply this MLA formatting automatically throughout your document.To set First Line Indent to MLA standards: Select all your text by

One common annoyance with Word is that images pasted into a Word document are by default positioned in-line with text. This creates huge text breaks around each image.To manually change this option, first, select the image. Then, in the conditional

MLA Style requires you to create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. Your instructor may ask also ask that you omit the number

The 2007-2010 default font setting for Microsoft Word is Calibri 11 . MLA style requires Times New Roman 12. To format font in Word to match MLA style requirements:From the Home Tab in the Font section Click the Font Dialog box launcher. This will open

With Microsoft Word, inserting endnotes to meet MLA standards is fairly simple.To insert MLA Endnotes in Word: Position the curser next to the text to be annotated. Select the References Tab and in the Footnotes group click Insert Endnote The curser will

Microsoft Word 2013 can launch and play videos from the internet from within documents. To link to a document:1. Click on the Insert Tab2. Choose Online Video3. Locate the video you want and click insert.4. You can then resize, add

Microsoft Word has a feature to quickly reformat similar text. For example, if you’ve decided that your headings should be green instead of blue, you can make that change for the entire documents with just a couple of clicks. Select