Google Documents does not give too many options for changing the design of the paper. I tried copying some formatted columns, but that doesn’t work. I think columns would improve the overall appearance of the documents. Also, because of the basic layout, normal page breaks have to be added. I really prefer using Word, but that is probably because I am much more familiar with it.
The things I can control, such as spacing and the style of the header, follow the standard for MLA format (double spacing, left-justified text). I decided against using headings and subheadings within the paper, but have done that in the past. I also use bulleted points for emphasis in some of my library class documents, but did not use any in my WP3. If I add any graphics to the paper, I will use a caption to identify the source. None of the quotes I used were long enough to require a separate, indented paragraph. Using sidebars or pull quotes would certainly make the document more visually appealing, but I haven’t played around with that yet.
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I had the same issue with editing with google docs. I lost a lot of formatting I did in Word so I couldn't really copy over my formatted changes.
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