Document Formatting Guide: Word

...Save your work	...do a spell-check and word count
...set a hanging indent	...insert a page-break
...set line spacing	...insert page numbers and Headers
...set / adjust margins	...give the document a name / title

...Save your work
File (upper left) > Save. 

If it's the first time you're saving your work, you'll be asked to give the file a name. You'll also need to select where you want the file saved (ie. your stick drive or OneDrive, etc.)

 

...create a hanging indent

1. Highlight all of your citations.
2. Click the arrow near Paragraph Settings. (Make sure you're in the Home tab.)  
3. Under Indentation, look for Special  >  under Special select Hanging  >  click OK. 

 

 

...set line spacing

1. Highlight the text you want to change.
2. Click this icon. (Make sure you're in the Home tab.)  
3. Select the desired spacing. 

 

...set / adjust margins

1. Highlight the text you want to change.
2. Click the Layout tab, then click Margins (far left). 
3. You can select a pre-set margin or you can customize it by clicking Custom margins. 
    

...do a spell-check and word count

SPELL-CHECK: Click the Review tab, then Spelling & Grammar, then Spelling. 

WORD COUNT: Click the Review tab, then Word Count.  

If there's only a portion of text you're checking, just highlight that text, then follow the steps above. 

 

...insert a page-break

1. Click your cursor in the place where you want the page break to occur. 
2. Click the Insert tab, then Page Break. 

 

...insert page numbers and Headers

PAGE NUMBERS: Click the Insert tab, then Page Number (towards the upper right). Select the one that shows where you want the page number to be. It will then appear on the document in gray; just double-click anywhere in the document to finalize it. 

HEADER Click the Insert tab, then Header (towards the upper right). Select the one that shows where you want the Header to appear. It will then appear on the document in gray. You can then fill in the areas where it says [Type here]. When done, just double-click anywhere in the document to finalize it. 

 

...give the document a name / title

See ...Save your work above.​