Formatting Documents

LETTER FORMATTING

Sending letters is still a way of communication. Sending letters can be very important for contacting someone. A time you may use a letter would be when trying to contact a school authority or someone of high power.

The begging of a letter should start with your information such as address, city and state and the date.
The next line after spacing four times should have the information of the person who is receiving the letter. Their name, address and city and state

The end of the letter should be you thanking the reader for their time and after spacing twice,  a salutation should be place. Then spacing four times you should put your name.

REPORT FORMATTING

Starting an MLA formatted report is easy is you know how to do it. It should start by you double spacing your document. create a header and in the top right hand corner, type your last name and put pages numbers on. That will count how many pages you have and help you stay organized. After that, it starts with your first and last name, enter, teacher name, enter, subject and assignment, enter, and the date. The report should then have a title placed in the center of the page and under it, the introduction to the report.

At the very end of an MLA formatted report, you need to insert a page break and create a work cited page with a title in the center. Use a bibliography cite to create citations for your sources. If the citation goes over one line, then you need to create a hanging indent. Click Format-Paragraph-Change Special under indentations to Hanging-Save.

TIPS

1. Talk respectfully
2. Dont ramble on
3. Make sure you click DOUBLE SPACE before starting the report
4. Make sure sources are creditable