Type the title of your essay on the first line. Capitalize all the important words --- such as, the first word in the title, main adjectives, nouns and verbs.
Type your first and last names, your professor's name, the class name and the course number, and the date on four subsequent lines. When typing the date, put the day first. For example, type "24 November 2010."
Center the text, double-spaced, on the page.
Create a header in your word processing program.
Type your last name into the header box and press the left justify button.
Place the cursor after your name and select the Page Number option on the header tool bar. Ensure that there is a space between your name and the page number.
Ensure that the "different first page" option is selected from the header menu, so that the cover page has no page numbers.
Select Page Format from the appropriate drop-down menu in your word processing program. Ensure that the page margins are one inch on every side.