An MLA paper has a standard look for every page including 1-inch margins, a readable font, a running header including your last name and page number, and author-page in-text citations. At the end of your paper, you will include a works cited with a list of all the sources used in the paper.

Is MLA left aligned?

Double-space the text of the paper. Use left-justified text, which will have a ragged right edge. Do not use fully (newspaper-style) justified text. Indent the first word of each paragraph 1/2″.

How do you set up MLA format?

1. Set the margins of your paper to be 1 inch on all sides (go to “margins” under “page layout” )
2. Use the font: Times New Roman.
3. The font size should be 12 point.
4. Make sure your paper is double-spaced and that the before and after boxes both read 0 (go to Paragraph and then look under Spacing.)