Setting up the Works Cited
1. Click on “Page Layout”. Click on “Margins”. Click on “Custom Margins…” Change
all margins (top 0.5”, left 1.0”, right 1.0”, bottom 1.0”). Click “OK”.
2. Click on “Insert” and then on “Page Number”. Choose on “Top of Page” and choose
“Plain Number 3”. Type your last name in front of the number, a # symbol, and a space.
Your name should now be in the upper right hand corner ½” from the top of the page
with the page # (i.e. Austin #4). Double click on the “Header” tab to make it disappear.
3. Type “Works Cited”, highlight it, and choose the “Center text” icon. “Works Cited”
should now be centered at the top of the page, 1” from the top. Unhighlight “Works
Cited” and press “Enter”. Click on “Align Text Left” icon.
Align text left
Paragraph arrow
Center text
4. Click on “Page Layout”. Click on Paragraph arrow. Change the “Line Spacing” to
“Double”. Click on “OK”.
5. All entries are double spaced. The second line of an entry is indented by ½”. If you
have a second line for an entry, go to “Page Layout”- Click on “Indent Left”. Make it
0.5”. You will have to change it back when you start a new entry.
6. Check to be sure that your works cited list is alphabetized.
7. To remove a hyperlink on a website address, right click on your hyperlink and choose
“Remove hyperlink”. Be sure to put the brackets around your website address < >. If the
computer automatically puts the hyperlink back in, then go to the “Undo Typing” icon.
An example of a Works Cited is on the back of this paper.