How do I ...

... format the Bibliography correctly
... format a block quote?
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Bibliography

The first thing you should remember is that the Bibliography is a new chapter, and thus needs to be formatted as so (see step 13 in Lesson 3). The secret to formatting the rest of the Bibliography correctly is in the Format, Paragraph option of MSWord. Here are some simple instructions on what to do:

  1. Before you press return after your first source, go to the menu bar and press Format, and then Paragraph. This will open a now familiar dialog window.

  2. In Indentation set the Special to Hanging and the By to 0.25" (this makes the first line flush and the rest indented 5 spaces to follow rule 9.8 in Turabian). Also under Spacing set the Line Spacing to Single, and After to 12pt (this will make your entries single spaced and automatically place a blank line after each entry to follow rule 9.8 in Turabian). When done click on OK.

  3. That's all folks!

Block Quotes

The secret to formatting a block quote is in the Format, Paragraph option of MSWord. Here are some simple instructions on what to do:

  1. Make sure that your cursor is in the paragraph you want to format.

  2. Go to the menu bar and press Format, and then Paragraph. This will open a now familiar dialog window.

  3. In the dialog window under Indentation set the Left to 0.25" (this will indent the whole paragraph  by about 4 spaces, see 5.30 in Turabian). Also in Indentation, depending on what 5.32 in Turabian prescribes, you might have to set the Special to First Line and the By to 0.25". Finally don't forget to set this paragraph to single spacing: under Spacing set the Line Spacing to Single. When done click on OK.

  4. That's all folks!

 

 

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