[Steve O''Brien]

What's the best way to format block quotations in a dissertation done in MLA
style?

In MLA style, the entire text, including block quotations must be
double-spaced, and block quotations must be indented one inch from the left
margin.

I'd greatly appreciate specifics on the easiest way to do this.

Thanks!

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello Steve

Steve O''Brien wrote:
What's the best way to format block quotations in a dissertation done in MLA
style?

In MLA style, the entire text, including block quotations must be
double-spaced, and block quotations must be indented one inch from the left
margin.

Never seen that one before (and not _entirely_ sure I read your
specifications correctly), but: this calls for two paragraph styles, one
double spaced, and the other based on the former plus indents
left/right=1 inch.

Greetings
Robert
PS: not sure I'd like to quote that way, double spacing seems to
strange, typographically speaking.
--
/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS
\ / | MVP
X Against HTML | for
/ \ in e-mail & news | Word

[Daiya Mitchell]

More tips on Dissertations/Long Documents and Word he
http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm

Steve O''Brien wrote:
What's the best way to format block quotations in a dissertation done in MLA
style?

In MLA style, the entire text, including block quotations must be
double-spaced, and block quotations must be indented one inch from the left
margin.

I'd greatly appreciate specifics on the easiest way to do this.

Thanks!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Use Body Text (modified as required) for the body text and Block Text
(modified as required) for the block quotes. FWIW, I prefer to format the
paragraph line spacing as Exactly 24 points rather than double-spaced; this
is the equivalent of 3 lpi (typewriter double spacing) and to me looks
better for 12-pt text (actual double spacing looks too "spacey" to me).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Steve O''Brien" .(donotspam) wrote in message
...
What's the best way to format block quotations in a dissertation done in
MLA
style?

In MLA style, the entire text, including block quotations must be
double-spaced, and block quotations must be indented one inch from the
left
margin.

I'd greatly appreciate specifics on the easiest way to do this.

Thanks!