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Trash_Gordon
December 13th, 2007, 01:18 PM
Hi,
I am currently writing a term-paper which is due the end of next week. Since we have to use MLA-Style, I was thinking about using LateX. However, I can't find a way to use proper MLA Style. Using the \usepackage{mla} command, I get a fairly good output, but the title still looks like this:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3339/screenshot2wj2.png (http://imageshack.us)

which doesn't look like MLA at all.
Is there a way to get proper MLA format there? I tried to compile MiKTeX from source, as suggested in this board, but it doesn't compile correctly.

Trash_Gordon
December 13th, 2007, 02:59 PM
OK found it. The description is in the /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/mla-paper/mla.sty file:

% For use with LaTeX and pdflatex.
%
% To use,
% 1. Put \usepackage{mla} in the preamble
% 2. After the \begin{document}, put \begin{mla}{Firstname}{Lastname}{Prof's lastname}{class name}{date}{Paper title}
% 3. Immediately - the next line - start typing your paper.
% 4. Put \end{mla} just before \end{document}
%
% To use the bibliography feature,
% 1. Use \begin{workscited} to start the bibliography. There is no need to
% declare a new page or even type "Works Cited" at the top of the page.
% 2. Use \bibent before each entry.
% 3. Put \end{workscited} at the end.