Format housework in Word - the best tips

Housework is already stressful enough. With our tips, at least format your Word text without problems. So you can fully devote yourself to the content of your work.

Basic Word formatting: Align the text of the housework

Many chores are written in the "Times New Roman" font in the 12 font size. There is also a justification, automatic hyphenation and a spacing of 1.5 lines. How to set the individual formalities:

• Call Word and change the font and the size in the "Font" submenu under the "Start" tab.
• Follow the "Paragraph" submenu and select the symbol with the same length lines to activate justification.
• Switch to the "Page layout" tab and click on "Hyphenation" in the "Page setup" area. Select the "automatic" function here.
• Now insert a 1.5-line spacing by clicking on the "Paragraph" sub-item at "Start". In the new window, select the line spacing of 1.5.

Set page margins and insert page numbers

Since many homework assignments have to have different margins due to the corrections, you should check the information in Word and change it if necessary. You can also add page numbers to the document. You can find out how to do both here:

• Go to the "Page layout" tab and then select "Page margins". Check whether the orange field corresponds to the requirements of your housework. If this is not the case, change the information in the "User-defined page margins" area.
• On the "Insert" tab in the "Header and footer" area, click on the "Page number" item and determine the format of your page numbers in the Word document.
• You can hide individual page numbers for the title page or your outline.

Word: Indent quotes and format footnotes

There are other requirements to keep in mind while writing a paper. This includes indenting quotes from three lines and adding corresponding footnotes to the document. Also note that the footer must usually have a different font size and a different line spacing.

• If a quotation is longer than three lines, mark it and click on the arrow pointing to the right in the "Paragraph" area of ​​the "Start" tab. The move-in now increases. If necessary, adjust the font size of your quotation.
• If you want to add a footnote in the writing flow, place the cursor at the appropriate position and simultaneously press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]. The information changes automatically to the footer and you can continue with the entry. Alternatively, you can insert the footnote via the menu.
• Then mark the entire footer and change the font size and the line spacing if necessary.

Create table of contents for housework

For a homework you have to create a table of contents. You will find detailed instructions in another practical tip. We have summarized the most important steps here:

• Mark each heading in the body text. In the "Start" tab under "Style sheets" set the reference "Heading 1". For the subheadings, select "Heading 2", "Heading 3", etc.
• Then place the cursor on the first page and select the table of contents on the left in the "References" tab. Determine what your table of contents should look like and insert it.
• With [Ctrl] and a click on the desired heading, the cursor now automatically jumps to the desired section.
• If you click with the right mouse button on the table of contents, you can also take into account headings that will be added later as well as changing page numbers.

More tips for doing housework with Word

Some chores also need more special settings:

• In addition to a table of contents, your homework should usually also include a list of literature and sources.
• Of course, you can also only remove the page numbers from your cover page or let the numbering start from page 3.
• To stand out from your fellow students, you can, for example, create an initial in Word or create WordClouds.
• Before submitting, you can count the words and characters of your homework.
• So that you do not have to make the settings again for each homework, simply save the document as a template.

The information in the practical tip relates to Word version 2007, but can also be applied to other versions.

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