General Guidelines:
Your professors will expect to receive papers that are properly formatted. Unless otherwise requested by your professor, use the following guidelines when setting up a paper in Chicago Style.
- One-inch margins on sides, top, and bottom
- Times New Roman, 12 pt. font
- Double-space the text (except for block quotes, footnotes, and bibliography entries).
- Use a ½-inch indent for paragraph beginnings, block quotes, and hanging indents.
- Left-align text so that it has a ragged right edge. Do not use newspaper-justified text.
- Number the pages in the top right corner of the header, beginning with the first page of text (not the title page). Some professors also like that your last name is included with the page number.
- Remove extra spacing between paragraphs.