Creating Chicago Format with Word 2010

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1 Creating Chicago Format with Word 2010 Ribbon Section Section Section Feature Basic set up: Standard font: Times New Roman or Calibri Chicago format requires that you use a standard, readable font like those named at the left. Avoid using decorative fonts or font sizes that are too small or too large. Microsoft Word 2010 opens in the Normal setting which is Calibri text, font size 11, with 1.15 spacing. If this is acceptable with your instructor move on to the next step: 1 margins. Otherwise always use Times New Roman, size 12. If your instructor wants you to use Times New Roman, 12 font, double-spaced, you will need to manually change the settings. 1. Move the cursor over to the Font section and click on the box in the lower right hand corner. 2. Underneath Font: type in Times New Roman, or use the drop-down menu to select it. 3. Move just to the right and under Size: select At the bottom of the menu click on Set as Default. A pop-up menu allows you to either choose these settings for just this paper or use them as your default settings for all of your papers. 1. Move over to the Paragraph section and click the box in the lower right corner. 2. Under the area Line spacing: select Double. 3. Finally, make sure After: is set at 0 pt under the Spacing area. 4. Click OK. 1 margins The default margins in Word 2010 are set at 1. To double-check, click Page Layout on the Ribbon. Click on Margins just to the left. Move the cursor down to Normal and click on it. Your margins are set to 1.

2 Feature Title Page 1. To begin your title page, go to the Paragraph section on the Home Ribbon and select the Center feature. Press Enter approximately 3 times to put the title of the paper in the top portion of the page. 2. Type your title and subtitle in its entirety. The subtitle should go on a second line. 3. Press Enter approximately 9 times. 4. Type your full name. Press Enter approximately 9 times again. 5. Type the course name. Press Enter. 6. Type the instructor s name. Press Enter. 7. Type the date the paper is due. (Example: October 30, 2009). Press Enter until you reach the second page. Second page 1. Click Home on the Ribbon. Move the cursor over to the Styles section and click on No Spacing. 2. Move the cursor to the Paragraph section and click on align Center. 3. Type the full title of your essay. The subtitle should go on a second line. The first letter of each important word in the title should be capitalized. 4. Press Enter approximately 2 times. 5. Move the cursor to the Paragraph section and click on Line and Paragraph Spacing. Select Move the cursor over to the Paragraph section again and click on Align Text Left. This will move your text cursor to the left of the page. Header 1. Click Insert on the Ribbon and then move the mouse to the Header & Footer section. Click on Header, and then select the first one titled Blank. 2. A new Ribbon category is added titled Design to help you create your title page. Right underneath the word Design click the Different First Page box. 3. Type: your last name + one space. Then click Home on the Ribbon. Move the cursor over to the Paragraph section and click on Align Text Right. This will move your last name to the top right-hand corner of the page. 4. Go back up to the Design Ribbon and on the far left you will see Header, Footer, Page Number. Select Page Number and then Current Position from the drop-down menu. Select the first choice in the drop down menu: Plain Number. 5. Move the cursor over to the far right and click on Close Header and Footer or double-click anywhere below the Header on your paper. Indent Paragraphs Each paragraph needs to be indented five spaces. Hit the Tab key to do this. As you type, your text will automatically wrap so there is no need to hit Enter until you start a new paragraph. If it doesn t, just use the Tab key again.

3 Feature Creating the Notes section Creating the Bibliography page 1. For Footnotes, every time a source is cited, click References on the Ribbon. Move the cursor over to the Footnotes section and click on Insert Footnote. This will cause a small 1 to appear at the bottom of the current page. This is where the Footnote will be typed. 2. For Endnotes, every time a source is cited, click References on the Ribbon. Move the cursor over to the Footnotes section and click on Insert Endnote. This will cause a small 1 to appear at the current end of your paper. This is where the Endnote will be typed. 3. [For Endnotes ONLY!] When your paper is completed, press Enter until your Endnotes section is on its own page. 4. Click Home on the Ribbon. Move the cursor over to the Paragraph section and click on the Center alignment button. Type Notes here. 5. Press Enter approximately 1 time. 1. After you ve completed your text (or Endnotes section), hit Enter until you have a new page. 2. Click on the Center alignment button just like you did for your Notes section. 3. Type Bibliography here. Press Enter. 4. Align Text Left. 5. Type in references alphabetically by the author s last name using a hanging indent. To create a hanging indent: after you have typed in your reference information, highlight a reference. In the Paragraph section select the box in the bottom right hand corner. Under the Indentation area it says Special:. Select Hanging from the drop-down menu. If this does not work, hanging indents can be done by pressing Enter at the end of the first line, then pressing Tab for the indent. 6. Continue with each reference. For additional information please feel free to ask a consultant, refer to a reference manual such as: A Writer s Reference by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, or visit one of these Web sites: Information adapted from: Hacker, Diana. A Writer s Reference. New York: Bedford/St. Martin s, 2007.

4 (Sample title page in Chicago format) James K. Polk: A Presidential Term of Perfection Riley Matheson History 207 Professor Williams October 30, 2009

5 (Page two in Chicago format) Matheson 2 James K. Polk: A Presidential Term of Perfection James Knox Polk, the eleventh President of the United States, served in office from During his term, he was able to set and achieve all of his agenda, the only president to ever do so. His success makes him one of the greatest U.S. Presidents of all time. Polk was the first of ten children, born November 2, 1795 in Pineville, North Carolina. From an early age, he had always been determined and goal-driven despite being an incredibly ill child.¹ Polk was homeschooled in his family s farmhouse just outside of Charlotte. (Notes page in Chicago format) Matheson 16 Notes 1. Walter R. Borneman, Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America (New York: Random House, 2008), 27. (Bibliography page in Chicago format) Matheson 17 Bibliography Borden, Morton. America s Ten Greatest Presidents. Chicago: Rand McNally, Borneman, Walter R. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America. New York: Random House, Johannsen, Robert W. America s Forgotten War. The Wilson Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2 (1996): Nevins, Allan. Polk: The Diary of a President. London: Longman s Green, Paul, James C.N., and Henry Tchrovisky. Rift in the Democracy. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1951.