Please consult your school or reading committee for the specific formatting requirements that apply to your paper and adjust the following directions where needed.
These instructions were written using Word 2013. If you use a different version of Word - especially a version of Word for Mac - your options may be found in a different place, though they will almost always go by the same name. Visit support.office.com to learn more about any setting you cannot find.
Paragraph Marks
Paragraph marks can be helpful to see when something is not responding to formatting the way you expect it to. These can be turned on and off by clicking the paragraph marks symbol, , in the Paragraph group on the Home tab of the ribbon.
Text
Page Margins
Title Page
Body Paragraphs
Chapter Titles
Block Quotes
Long or Em Dash
Adding Section Breaks (for page numbering and footnotes)
Footnotes
Page Numbering
You will find step by step instructions for page numbering at Numbering Your Pages.
Images and Captions
If you are including images in your paper, you can read how to add captions in Word in this article (applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016).
This YouTube video from Office gives you some tips for including images in your Word document: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPlBSv5C83M