Set your font to Times New Roman and 12 point font size on your word processor. Set the margins to 1 inch on all four sides of a standard 8.5-by-11-inch paper format. Set the format to double spacing.
Create a header for every page in Times New Roman and 12 point font size. Include the page number flush to the right at the top of the page. Type the title of the paper flush left in all capital letters, directly across from the page number. Set the header to appear on every page of the written work.
Center the text of the title of the paper on the first page. Ideally, keep the title to 12 words or fewer, and don't use more than two lines. Hit enter. Type your name. Hit enter and type the institution you are writing for.
Type "Abstract" at the center and on the top line of the second page. Type your text. Use five-space indention at the beginning of every new paragraph.