How to Format Your Essay in MLA Style with Microsoft Word - 2022

This is a simple guide to formatting your essay in MLA style using Microsoft Word, the latest version. We'll cover everything from proper MLA font style and size, margins and header, spacing, first-page title information, body-paragraph spacing, and more!

MLA format was created by the Modern Language Association—hence the acronym—and is a widely used styling for research papers and academic essays. If you’re a college student, you’ll notice that MLA format is required in liberal arts and humanities subjects.

📒 Show Notes 📒

________________________________________
Mission: Our mission at Writer's Hive Media is to help writers make a full-time living writing by providing educational content about craft, publishing, freelancing, and marketing.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

#mlastyle #mlaformat #microsoftword

[WritersHiveMedia]

What questions do you guys have about MLA style?

[WorkAtHomeMom]

My English class has a lot of assignments and your videos saved my time. Thank you so much!

[osagiejoseph]

I do not know anything about MLA formatting but after watching this video, i felt relief and also made me feel more confident; thank you.

[micahvonhagen]

Thanks for the video bud. I'm taking a writing class at DCTC and I have to use MLA format and this video was great. I'm am now able to write my paper.

[PaulaVargas]

Love it! Thank you for this better quality video! Super helpful!

[dylpspevtre]

Thank you Boss quick, simple, and you also showed other ways of doing these steps

[MAMAAYITI]

THANKS, DUDE FOR THE KNOWLEDGE.I ACCEPTED IT AND IT WAS VERY USEFUL. I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW.

[seaslug]

Thank you that was super easy and helpful!

[aliceanku]

thank you so much for making it clear now!

[unjin]

A 2021 work cited page for book, anthology, reference or collection & a article from a web magazine please and thank you!

[AnhHuynh-qebb]

Can you make a video on APA and Chicago format 2021?! Or do you know a reliable website where it always shows the MLA format that is up to date.

[DennisfromBoston]

thank you so much Is there a reference page?

[paolajaramillo]

I don't like MS Word!!!! so confusing and complicated. But this video is so helpful, thank you!!

[samratalha.]

That was great. Thank you so muchhh, pal !! ❤
There's one thing, when I inserted a page number, e.g 1. That same letter appears on other pages. The page number is not changing.
Why's that?

[AnhHuynh-qebb]

Is this the MLA 9th edition because it says that the MLA 9th edition will come out in April 2021.

[hamzarafiqbutt]

If will tells us more and more videos about this

[Sweetsuziblues]

On my word I don’t have the same setting tabs as you do, why is this?

[shwetajaiswal]

Can we add pictures in essay ms word format?