Fundamental Rules For Creating A Winning College Essay Title Page

Depending on the style of writing which you instructor assigned, take note that there are fundamental rules when creating a title page for college essay.

Here are some of the rules you need to pay attention to when writing a title page in APA Format:

• The header must appear on each page. Please be guided that the words “Running Head” only take place on the first page.
• Refer to the second page of your document if you are to insert the header into your document. Just click insert, after that, select page number, then, top of page, and click the first option which says: plain number 1.
• Then, make sure to type your title using all capital letters. After this, hit the tab button twice in order to get the page number aligned right.
• Refer to page one. Then, from there, click “different first page” under the tools Header and Footer. Then, you may type “running head and your title using all capital letters. From there, make sure to tab twice and then type the number 1. See to it that all the data in the header is type in a 12-point font so to perfectly match the text written in the body of your essay.

Note that the title of your paper, your name as well as the name of your school should be centered in the middle of page one.

There are other things which the writer must pay attention to such as what the running head must comprise of; this must come with a colon, the document’s title must all be in capital letters after the colon. Only use fifty characters of your title if it is quite long, note that this already includes the punctuation as well as the spaces.

There are times when other professors would ask students for additional data on their title such as the title of the paper, the name of the student, his or her course number or course name, the name of the instructor and the date of submission.

It is also essential to learn more about the fundamental formatting using APA style; you are required to ensure 1-inch margins, Arial font or Times New Roman and double-spaced.

Meanwhile, as a writer, you should be aware that when it comes to your title, it is not advisable to capitalize the prepositions, articles, infinite and coordinating conjunctions used in your paper. You may research more on the dos and don’ts of this form of writing.