Word Selecting Writing Styles
University research papers and many job related reports and papers will require a unique writing style. The teacher or boss will be specific in some cases regarding which writing style is to be used. Two common writing styles are "APA" and "MLA." Word has these two styles along with others, as a pre-set for a document. If you are supposed to use a specific writing style, open Word, set the writing style, and then type the paper or report. Do the following activity to learn how to pre-set a writing style to a paper or report. When you are finished, move to the link at the bottom of this page titled "BACK" to go to the "Word Processor Lessons" web page.
1. Open Word. If you are using Word 2013, hit the Escape or Enter key one time to open a blank document.
2. Hit the Alt key one time.
3. Right arrow to the "References" tab of the ribbon.
4. Down arrow one time.
5. Hit the Tab key again-and-again until you get to the ribbon item titled "Style."
6. Down arrow through the twelve items to hear what is available.
7. Up arrow to the "MLA" item.
8. Hit the Enter key one time and the "MLA" writing style is set.
9. Practice steps "2" through "8" above, selecting different writing styles. Do this until you understand, and are quick and accurate.