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MLA Formatting using Google Docs
The First Page of Your Paper
Creating a Document Step 1: Create a new document: Click on create and then document. Mouse over “Untitled Document” in upper left hand corner. Click on it and create a name for your document.
Do not make a title page for your essay unless specifically requested
Document Set Up Step 2: Change font to Times New Roman, 12 point Set up line spacing by clicking on Format, Line Spacing and then select 2.0.
Header Step 3: Create a Header by clicking on Insert and then Header. You will need to change the font to Times New Roman, 12 point. Then click Insert, Page number, Top of page and right justify it. Click on the space before the number and type your last name. Click out of the header when finished.
Heading Step 4: Line one: type your first and last name. Line two: type your teacher’s name. Line three: type the class and period. Line four: type the date (1 September 2015).
Essay Title Step 5: Click on the center button and type your title. Do not underline or put in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case, not in all capital letters
Citing Research Step 4: Cite as footnote will create a perfect footnote reference at the bottom of your page, and Insert will cite the source like a bibliography.
Formatting Step 1: Click the arrow under the search bar, to change the formatting to MLA for your citations.
Step 2: Click the arrow next to the g (google icon) for a drop down menu to change the
type of research to: quotes, dictionary, images, tables, etc.
