How do you do a quote in Word?

Steps in Making a Sales Quotation in Microsoft Word

First you need to do is to create a new document.
You can then start choosing the template that you want.
Start downloading the Template.
Make a heading for your quotation.
Display the date and the quotation number.
Outline the prices information.

Why should you avoid long quotations?

Notes on Fairness: You should not abbreviate quotations so they misrepresent their author’s original meaning. For example, if you cited the quotation above as a fact rather than a legend about Nero, you’d be misrepresenting the original author’s intention.

What is it called when you reword a quote?

Paraphrasing means formulating someone else’s ideas in your own words. To paraphrase a source, you have to rewrite a passage without changing the meaning of the original text. Paraphrasing is an alternative to quoting, where you copy someone’s exact words and put them in quotation marks.

How do I change the indent in Word?

Change paragraph indents and spacing

Select one or more paragraphs that you want to adjust.
Go to Home and then select the Paragraph dialog box launcher .
Choose the Indents and Spacing tab.
Choose your settings, and then select OK.

What is a hanging indent in Word?

A Hanging indent, also known as a second line indent, sets off the first line of a paragraph by positioning it at the margin, and then indenting each subsequent line of the paragraph.

What is a indent in Word?

Left Line Indent Indents all the lines of the paragraph a specified distance from the left margin. Right Line Indent Indents all the lines of the paragraph a specific distance from the right margin. Hanging Indent Indents all the lines of the paragraph a specific distance from the left margin except the first line.

Why do we paraphrase?

Paraphrasing is important because it shows you understand the source well enough to write it in your own words. It is important because it shows you and your reader (i.e. your lecturer) that you have understood the source sufficiently enough to write it in your own words.

How do you make a long quote?

Long quotations For quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented ½ inch from the left margin while maintaining double-spacing.

What is the difference between quotation and paraphrasing?

The difference between paraphrasing and quoting is that when quoting you use the author’s exact words, and when paraphrasing you use the author’s ideas but put them in your own words.

How do you truncate a quote?

Edited or truncated quotations If the source quotation is truncated, either in the middle or at the end of the quotation, use ellipses to mark the point of the omitted material. Do not use ellipses at the start of the quote, even if material has been omitted there.