TCC has Writing Centers at each campus where writing tutors are available. See below for a file template you can paste your paper into.ĭo you have other general writing questions? Check the font size and style of your headers. The subsequent pages of your paper will have only the abbreviated title and the page number in the header, while the cover page will now have the Running Head and no page number.ġ0. The paper title should be typed in ALL CAPS. Click on the Insert tab at the top of the screen. In the Header and Footer Toolbar, select the option. Select the header of page one by double clicking in the space above the cursor. This will appear at the left side of your header. APA: Creating a Running Head in Microsoft Word. Notice that the default level is 1st level. On the Define New List Style dialog box, enter a name for this list style set I’ve called mine Appendix Headings. This allows you to have a different header on your cover page than you will have on the rest of your paper.ĩ. Click the tiny drop-down arrow to the immediate right of the Multilevel List icon. You will now see a blank header on your cover page. If the geographic location of the computer on which you are running the OCT is set to a European location, when you create a. While still keeping your cursor in the header area, click the Header & Footer Tool's Design menu tab.Ĩ. The page number will remain at the right.ħ. Press the tab key (about 3 times) until the abbreviated title is justified to the left. Place your cursor right in front of the page number in your header and type the abbreviated title of your paper in ALL CAPS just in front of the page number.Ħ. The page number will now show up in the header.ĥ.

Make sure the 'Different First Page' check box is selected. Retain the default 'Header From Top' setting of one-half inch. Anyway, just thought of letting you know some of the shortcomings of folders as I have found out, the hard way.

My first impression was wow But then again, it was easy to be wow-ed when youve been deprived of basic necessities. In the First Page Header box at the top of page 1, type Running head: and then your abbreviated title. Enter 'Running Head: ' followed by your title in all caps, replacing the placeholder text 'Type here.' By default, the header is flush-left, which complies with APA style. I was testing out the OS 4.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. On the Header & Footer Tools Design tab, in the Options group, select the check box for Different First Page. Double click the header area of the document.

Choose Plain Number 3 from the list of header options. Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Word 2010: On the View tab, select the Print Layout document view. Select the Page Number drop down, then Top of Page.Ĥ. To create your running head and number your pages in Microsoft Word, follow these steps:ġ.

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