Creating a Research Paper - Biography

  1. Save the document – Its name is the name of the person that you have chosen
  2. Be sure that you have two toolbars
  3. Set document margins as follows:
    • Top: 4
    • Bottom: .5
    • Left and right: .7
  4. Enter the FIRST PAGE HEADING as follows:
    • the name of your person is first
    • subtitle (about the person)
    • blank line
    • your name
    • current date using the Insert Date and Time… command
    • Center the heading
    • Set the font to Small Caps
  5. Starting the Next Page
    • Insert a Section Break. You are now on Page 2.
    • Set the top margin to .5
  6. Insert Header as follows:
    • Right-align the text
    • Enter your name – hit Enter
    • Type “Page ”
    • Insert the Page Number starting at 1
    • Insert the Total Number of Pages
You are now ready to begin your writing.
Your report will contain the following topics:
  • Period in History
  • Major Contribution
  • Why is this important?
All paragraphs should have a first line indent of .5.
  1. Insert a Section Break
  2. Create your bibliography - it does not have a header - remove the header
  3. Type Bibliography and center it
  4. Leave two blank lines
  5. Visit this site to learn how to create a page with Works Cited
  6. Visit this site to learn how to create a research paper.

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