For Word 2007 Users:

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1.��� Click on the �Insert� tab.

2.��� Click on �Header.�

3.��� Choose �Blank.�

4.��� A text box will open.

5.��� Ignore the box that says �Type text here,� and instead hit your Tab key twice, which will put the flashing cursor almost all the way to the right of the page.

6.��� Type in your last name, capitalizing only the first letter of your last name.

7.��� Hit the space bar once, which will create one blank space after your name.

8.��� Click on �Page number,� then highlight �Current position,� then click on �Plain number.�

9.��� Click on �Close header and footer.�

10. If you suddenly have a page with no document header, you can click on the �View� tab, then on �Print Layout,� and you will be able to see the document header.

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Now you will see that your last name and the page number appear in a rather gray color in the upper right hand corner of your paper. All assignments should include a doc header, regardless of the length of the assignment.

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For Word 2003 Users:

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1.��� Open a blank document in MS Word.

2.��� On your top toolbar click on �View.�

3.��� Choose �Header and Footer.�

4.��� A text box will open, and a splash box will open below the text box.

5.��� Your cursor will be flashing in the upper left hand corner of the text box.

6.��� Hit your tab key twice, which will put the flashing cursor all the way to the right of the page.

7.��� Type in your last name, capitalizing only the first letter of your last name.

8.��� Hit the space bar once, which will create one blank space after your name.

9.��� Point your mouse to the first icon in the splash box, which is the icon for �insert page number,� and click the icon.

10. On the splash box, click �close.�

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Now you will see that your last name and the page number appear in a rather gray color in the upper right hand corner of your paper. All assignments should include a doc header, regardless of the length of the assignment.

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For Open Office Users:

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1.��� Open a blank document in Open Office.

2.��� On your top toolbar click on �Insert.�

3.��� Hover the cursor on �Header,� and then click �Default.�

4.��� Hit your tab key twice, which will put the flashing cursor all the way to the right of the page.

5.��� Type in your last name, capitalizing only the first letter of your last name.

6.��� Hit the space bar once, which will create one blank space after your name.

7.��� Click on �Insert� again, and then click �Fields,� and then �Page Number.�

8.��� Click further down in the body of the paper, so that everything else you write will be in the body of the paper, and not part of the header.

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Now you will see that your last name appears at the top of each page, along with the page number, the latter of which is in a rather gray color in the upper right hand corner of your paper. All assignments should include a doc header, regardless of the length of the assignment.

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