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Cover Page only single-spaced

EXAMPLE:   PUT INFORMATION ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE COVER SHEET AND NOTHING MORE ON THE COVER SHEET

Doe, Jane,  jd@svsu.edu
Sociology 280
09/22/11
Professor Boles

 

Font and Margins: for all text.

bulletDouble-spaced, EXCEPT THE COVER PAGE WHICH IS SINGLE- SPACED, AS SEEN ABOVE.
bulletOne-inch margins (sides, top, bottom)
bullet12 point Times New Roman
bulletIndent five spaces the first line of each paragraph, with no spacing between paragraphs
bulletInclude PAGE NUMBERS (bottom right side)
 

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