Reports in MLA Style
Generic steps to format MLA-style reports:
 Use 1" margins.
 Use Times New Roman 12-pt. font (including the heading) and double spacing
with equal spacing between paragraphs throughout.
 Press TAB 1 time at the start of all paragraphs to indent them by 0.5".
 Insert a header that displays on all pages and includes a right-aligned writer’s
last name and an automatic page number in Times New Roman 12-pt. font.
 If citations are used in MLA-style reports, the writer’s last name and page
number are usually cited inside parentheses.
Microsoft Word steps to format MLA-style reports:
1. From the Home tab, Paragraph group, click the Show/Hide ¶ button to
display formatting marks.
2. From the Home tab, Font group, click the Font list arrow, Times New Roman;
from the Font Size list arrow, click 12.
3. Set line spacing to double: Press CTRL+2 (or FN+CTRL+2 depending upon
your keyboard).
4. Set spacing after to 0: From the Layout tab (or Page Layout tab), Paragraph
group, under Spacing, click in the After box, type 0 and press ENTER.
5. Right-click over the header area, and click Edit Header; from the Home tab,
Font group, change the font to Times New Roman 12 pt.; press CTRL+R to
set right alignment; type the writer’s last name and space 1 time; from the
Header & Footer Tools, Design tab, Header & Footer group, click Page
Number, Current Position, Plain Number from the gallery to insert a page
number at the right margin; double-click anywhere outside the First Page
Header area over the document area to close the header
6. In the first line of the body of the report, type each element of the heading
information (the writer’s name, the instructor’s name, the class name, and the
date) on separate lines at the left margin; when you type the date, use the daymonth-year style (21 August 20--); press ENTER 1 time.
7. Center and type the title using upper- and lowercase letters (do not bold the
title); press ENTER 1 time.
8. Type the body of the report; press TAB 1 time to indent all paragraphs 0.5".
9. Spell-check, proofread, and preview your document for errors.
double-space; spacing after 0 pt.
Times New Roman 12 pt.
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Jonathan R. Evans
Professor Inman
Management 302
2-line title
19 January 20-The Scope and Ultimate Effectiveness
of Current Online Commercial Advertising
Online advertising uses the Internet for the sole purpose of delivering
marketing messages to customers. Gunderson cites these examples of online
Citation
advertising: “ads on search engine results pages, banner ads, interactive media ads,
online classifieds, advertising networks, and e-mail marketing” (49).
One major benefit of online advertising is the immediate publishing of
information and content that is not limited by geography or time. To that end,
“interactive advertising presents challenges for advertisers” (Newt and Land 59).
Marlene Arlens and Robert Schell report that online business has grown in
tandem with the expanding number of Internet users (37). That trend will only
increase as time goes on. The uncertainties surrounding Internet advertising remain
one of the major impediments to the expansion. A recent survey found two main
reasons cited for not advertising online. The first is the difficulty of determining
Header
double-space; spacing after 0 pt.
hanging indent; Times New Roman 12 pt.
Works Cited
hanging indent 
Book—one
Book—oneauthors
author
Adams, Ana. Internet Advertising and the Upcoming Electronic Upheaval. Boston:
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Book—two or three
authors
Brunswick, 2013. Print.
Arlens, Rachel, and Sam Schell. E-vertising. Boston: New England, 2013. Print.
Book—organization
as author
DBF Association. Directory of Business and Financial Services. New York: DBF
Assn., 2013. Print.
Annual report
Newspaper article
Web site
EdNet Incorporated. 2015 Annual Report. San Francisco: EdNet, 2015. Print.
Fan, Sang Jin. “Banner Ad Frenzy.” Wall Street Journal 12 July 2014: R6. Print.
Federal Trade Commission. Combatting Deceptive Ads. FTC, 11 Aug. 2014. Web.
Magazine article
15 Jan. 2015.
Ingram, Frank. “Trends in Online Advertising.” Personnel Quarterly Nov. 2015:
Journal article--print
22-26. Print.
Journal article—
online
Jefferson, George T., and Marlene Trenton. “Online Advertising Secrets.” OAS
Quarterly 16.2 (2014): 214-26. Print.
Government
publication
Johnson, June A. “WRI Shows Rise in Web Ads.” WebAds Today 18.2 (2014):
131-32. Web. 19 Dec. 2014.
E-mail
United States. National Institute of Psychology. Who Clicks? NIP Publication
No. ADM 82-1195. Washington: GPO, 2014. Print.
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