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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.