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English 101: MLA Citations, with Stephanie Hammer: Formatting tips

Creating Hanging Indents

 in Google Docs

•  Highlight a citation, then right click

•  Select paragraph

•  Select the tab called Indents and Spacing

•  In the section called Indentation, click on the arow under Special and select Hanging

•  Under By, the default should be at .5" (if it's not, set it to that number)

•  Under Line Spacing, select double

•  Click OK

in Microsoft Word

•  Highlight a citation, then right click

•  Select paragraph

•  Select the tab called Indents and Spacing

•  In the section called Indentation, click on the arow under Special and select Hanging

•  Under By, the default should be at .5" (if it's not, set it to that number)

•  Under Line Spacing, select double

•  Click OK

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