How to copy & paste an MLA citation

• Highlight the citation
• Right-click to Copy the citation
• Open a Word document
• Right-click on the Word document and choose Paste Option: Merge Formatting to paste the citation into the document

How to create the hanging indent

• Highlight the citation
• Right-click on the citation
• Click on Paragraph
• Set all Indentation and Spacing to 0"
• Set Special: Hanging
• Set Line Spacing: Double

How to copy and paste in a Macbook

1. Select the item you want to Copy.
2. Hold down the Command key (⌘) and press ( C )
3. Inside the location where you want to save the file, hold down the Command key (⌘) and press (V).

4. Create a hanging indent by selecting the line you want indented and then holding down the Command key (⌘) and press ( T ).

Think you are finished with your MLA Works Cited page?  Double check these formatting requirements!

• Make sure each citation has a hanging indent.  The top line of each citation should be further to the left than the lines below.


• In Microsoft Word 2013, highlight your list of citations and click CTRL + T.

Think you are finished with your MLA Works Cited page?  Double check these formatting requirements!

• Your works cited page (and your whole paper) should be double spaced WITHOUT extra spaces between paragraphs and citations.


• In Microsoft Word 2013, press CTRL+A to highlight your entire paper. 
  
  
  • Click the "Spacing" button on the "Home" toolbar.  Select "2.0" to double space the paper.
  
  
  • To remove extra spaces after paragraphs, make sure the entire paper is still highlighted.  Click the "Spacing" button again and select "Remove Space After Paragraph."

Think you are finished with your MLA Works Cited page?  Double check these formatting requirements!

• Font style should be Times New Roman.

• Font size should be 12-point font.