At the bottom of the dialog box, you can see a Preview of how the options will look before you apply them.Ĭhoose Left to align text to the left with a ragged right edge (or use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+L).Ĭhoose Center to center text with a ragged left and right edge (Ctrl+E).Ĭhoose Right to align text to the right with a ragged left edge (Ctrl+R).Ĭhoose Justify to align text both left and right, adding space between words (Ctrl+J). appendices: Appendix labels and titles should be centered (and bold).There are general, indentation, and spacing options available in the Paragraph dialog box options.reference list: Reference list entries should have a hanging indent of 0.5 in.tables and figures: Table and figure numbers (in bold), titles (in italics), and notes should be flush left.Level 4 and 5 headings are indented like regular paragraphs. headings: Level 1 headings should be centered (and in bold), and Level 2 and 3 headings should be left-aligned (and in bold or bold italic, respectively).If the block quotation spans more than one paragraph, the first line of the second and any subsequent paragraphs of the block quotation should be indented another 0.5 in., such that those first lines are indented a total of 1 in. block quotations: Indent a whole block quotation 0.5 in.abstract: The first line of the abstract should be flush left (not indented).section labels: Section labels (e.g., “Abstract,” “References”) should be centered (and bold).For student papers, the title (in bold), byline, affiliations, course number and name, instructor, and assignment due date should be centered on the title page. title page: For professional papers, the title (in bold), byline, and affiliations should be centered on the title page.Do not use the space bar to create indentation.Įxceptions to these paragraph-formatting requirements are as follows: Use the tab key or the automatic paragraph-formatting function of your word-processing program to achieve the indentation (the default setting is likely already 0.5 in.). Indent the first line of each paragraph of text 0.5 in.
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