How to Head a College Essay

Linn-Benton Community College Standard

• 1

  Change your document’s text alignment, located under “Paragraph” options of the “Format” menu, to “Right” alignment.

• 2

  Type your name and hit “Enter” on your keyboard to start a new line.

• 3

  Enter the following information on your second line: Course Number, Professor’s Name, Meeting Days and Time.

• 4

  Start a new line by pressing “Enter” and write out the essay’s due date.

• 5

  Hit “Enter” to begin a new line and type a brief description of your assignment, for instance “Essay Assignment 1.”

• 6

  Go under “Paragraph” options and change line spacing to “Double.” Also, change alignment to “Center.”

• 7

  Press “Enter,” and type out the title of your paper. To begin writing your paper, start a new line and change alignment to “Left.”

Notre Dame College of Ohio Standard

• 8

  Change line spacing to “Double” by going to “Paragraph” options, located under the “Format” menu.

• 9

  Type your name and press “Enter.”

• 10

  Enter the course number of the class the essay is for and hit “Enter.”

• 11

  List your professor’s name and press “Enter.”

• 12

  Enter the due date of your paper in the following format: MM-DD-YYYY.

• 13

  Start a new line by hitting “Enter” and change paragraph alignment to “Center.”

• 14

  Bold your text and type out your essay’s title. To start writing your paper, hit “Enter,” change alignment back to “Left,” and turn bolding off.