UNI Essay rules (1 Viewer)

[santaslayer]

hey all...at uni they require me to make 3cm margins on the top,left,right and bottom sides of the a4 paper......how do i do that?
thought i would put this in the uni general forum and not the IT forum coz it maight be useful to everyone.....thanks

 

[santaslayer]

also, how do i make numbers (ie, 1,2,3,4,5) small so they sit on the top of sentences (for citations and footmotes?)......thanks , coz im computer illeterate......lol

 

[hipsta_jess]

for the small letters at the top of words, in Word, go to
format
font
superscript
ok

or ctrl shift =

for small letters at the bottom of words, in Word, go to
format
font
subscript
ok

or Ctrl =

for the margins, there should be little ruler thingies around your page, drag them til their the right size.

 

[Kittycat]

Originally posted by santaslayer
hey all...at uni they require me to make 3cm margins on the top,left,right and bottom sides of the a4 paper......how do i do that?
thought i would put this in the uni general forum and not the IT forum coz it maight be useful to everyone.....thanks

Go to 'File' & 'Page Setup'. There will be something about changing margins

Originally posted by santaslayer
also, how do i make numbers (ie, 1,2,3,4,5) small so they sit on the top of sentences (for citations and footmotes?)......thanks , coz im computer illeterate......lol

Go to 'Insert' & 'Footnote'. I am not sure if thats what you mean but try it.

 

[Kittycat]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
for the small letters at the top of words, in Word, go to
format
font
superscript
ok

for small letters at the bottom of words, in Word, go to
format
font
subscript
ok

or Ctrl =

for the margins, there should be little ruler thingies around your page, drag them til their the right size.

Damn you beat me to it!

 

[thechosen1]

what about double spacing???

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by Kittycat
Damn you beat me to it!

my aim in life!!

 

[carrotz]

Originally posted by thechosen1
what about double spacing???

Ctrl + a
format
paragraph
line spacing - double
ok

 

[Collin]

Damn, I thought this was about your proclaimation on how great essay writing was. And I was getting ready to challenge such a notion. Lucky I'm not doing Arts, or something.

 

[sunny]

If you get sick of the keyboard pressing and highlighting to do any of the above, you can dd buttons into your toolbars to do all of those things.

 

[santaslayer]

do the requirements mean they want a physical margin, like a border?......or just that they want the words to be typed 3cm from the edge of the A4 paper?

 

[sunny]

I would imagine they want a 3cm space between the edge of the page and the words - not an actual border. Probably for the markers to put their comments/marking.

 

[MiuMiu]

Yeah its means 3cm of white space (so they can write comments). Its simple, just go to page setup and change all the margins to 3cm.
For footnotes (the little numbers) its in 'insert'
For double spacing theres a little icon up the top, just explore those.

 

[Kittycat]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
my aim in life!!

lol....man, I must watch out for ya!

Originally posted by JKDDragon
Damn, I thought this was about your proclaimation on how great essay writing was. And I was getting ready to challenge such a notion. Lucky I'm not doing Arts, or something.

Yeah, thats what I thought until I came in here

 

[ameh]

hmm there should be a thread on uni essays!

 

[Generator]

Having a thread created to deal with university level essays would not make much sense when most lecturers have their own preferred style... The best people to talk to when you have an essay question are the tutors or the course's lecturer/s.