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Get Started:
Setting up your paper
Most Word Processing programs have a Research Paper set-up. If using Google Docs, choose New> Template> Report. This will automatically set up your paper in a generic MLA set-up; however, you should make sure of the following:
Font: Times News Roman
Size: 12
Double-Space
Insert> Page #
Put your last name in front of the page number!
See a sample MLA paper set-up on the next page.