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Neat Way to Make Term Papers Longer

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RockandRollTroll
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I'm in the library today during 3rd hour, and I started screwing around on Microsoft word, seeing if I could change my AP US History Document Based Question from four and about 3/4 pages, to five pages. I found out that if you typed the paper in size 12 font, then you go to edit/replace, then put in a period in the first box, put a period in the second box except go down to font and change it to 15, it changes every period in your paper to size 15 font, which visually doesn't look like any thing happened, but added 1/2 a page to mine! ( Just thought I would pour out some of my MS Word 40 Ounce for some of my fellow brothers in the struggle)
Feb 18 2008 6:20PM
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liukangkid
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u da man
Feb 18 2008 6:23PM
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samwise
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classic... i do it on all of my papers, but never 15! i've always done 13, it's way less noticable but i suppose 15 would give you more length.
Feb 18 2008 6:23PM
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St.Steezy
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or if you aren't required to use Times then use Arial, its slightly bigger.
Feb 18 2008 6:25PM
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RockandRollTroll
Posts: 1155 - Karma: 7
My teachers say arial makes the margins bigger, and eventually downgrade me
Feb 18 2008 6:26PM
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SHastatahoe
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I never have problems writing too much.
Feb 18 2008 6:30PM
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2814
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I'm finishing a 5000 word paper right now (actually I should probably get off NS) and I think I'm going to have trouble keeping under that.
Feb 18 2008 6:45PM
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Travapple.
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dude in in ap us history. i never handed anthing in last term, he gave me a B+
Feb 18 2008 7:17PM
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andrew.
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im in high school and i do this all the time, change the font from 12 to 12.5.  its so small teachers never really notice and itll add like a 1/4 to a 1/2 of a page depending on how long it is. never thought of the period thing tho, gotta try it sometime
Feb 18 2008 7:23PM
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Alexander_Keith
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My essays always turn out too long... I need shortening tips
Feb 18 2008 7:51PM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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i wish the SAT essay was typed.
could of helped me on my 1/4 page essay, hahaha.
Feb 18 2008 8:08PM
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caucasian_chad
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Century Gothic font is one of the biggest
Feb 18 2008 8:53PM
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japanada
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Wide latin is the biggest.
Feb 18 2008 9:08PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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i  just  always  put  two  spaces  inbetween  words.
Feb 18 2008 11:11PM
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bp.lando
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good luck on your ap exam
Feb 18 2008 11:17PM
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mothaeast
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i  just  always  put  two  spaces  inbetween  words.

i sure hope you just missed the spacebar twice and don't think that in between is one word
Feb 18 2008 11:17PM
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Commonwealth
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Aw man you get to type your DBQ's? My teacher made us do them by hand in one period (55 mins) to prep for the exam. Good luck on that, by the way, I got a 3. It's not hard, but its long and takes endurance.
Feb 18 2008 11:35PM
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Snowcase
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Love when that happens...
Feb 18 2008 11:35PM
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twintipteles
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are you serious? I'd flunk your paper instantly if you pulled that shit and I was the teacher.
Feb 19 2008 12:02AM
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mackinnon
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Courier New makes papers a lot longer. it's what i always use
Feb 19 2008 12:05AM
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skiEER
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fuck hat shirt
Feb 19 2008 12:11AM
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skiEER
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write more words
Feb 19 2008 12:18AM
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mntelebumper
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what verison of microsoft office were you using? was office 2007, or an older version.
Feb 19 2008 12:20AM
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Yauch
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i use pictures, or i add in some complex topic and try to explain it using rabbits
Feb 19 2008 12:31AM
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readiculous
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2.2 line spacing. Does the trick for me.
Feb 19 2008 12:47PM
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C-Burg
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yeah i do 2.1 when i need more room, but that doesnt usually happen

Feb 19 2008 12:51PM
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skithesprings
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I just use 72 font periods. It gets the job done nicely. Haha. jkjk

Feb 19 2008 4:24PM
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08-Line_Rider
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cahnge yr page setup also and make the type area smaller
Feb 19 2008 4:25PM
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Reptar.
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haha holy shit it works! ZOMG!!
Feb 19 2008 4:48PM
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bsmith01
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The period thing works great.  The biggest font I've found is comic sans.
Feb 19 2008 4:55PM
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brenker
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haha, ive never heard the period trick before. ill be sure to use that one.
Feb 19 2008 5:45PM
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laxstar
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there is a vid on youtube doing a walk through of the period trick thingy it works really good the guy shows himself taking like a 16 or 19 page paper and addign liek 3 pages because of the periods. 
Feb 19 2008 6:13PM
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KellyK
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liar
Feb 19 2008 6:18PM
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Mezmerize19
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ban comic sans
Feb 19 2008 6:19PM
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KellyK
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i just like to rant on and on until the teacher gets bored of reading my pointless story that is so incredibly off topic that dolphins were swimming on her desk so she grabbed her harpoon and starting shooting at them.  Then she put on her silver robot suit of death and started shooting laser beams from the tips of her fingers.  This sent the world into an uproar.  "She can't do that" they said.  There were babies crying, and chinese people running in the streets screaming godzilla.  Even willie wonka was quite upset.  Though, he wasn't sure why.....And then Tupac Shakur swooped down from above and mauled the evil wizard who dropped the ring into the molten lava.  Gollum dove in after it, but he had no luck and was burnt to a crisp.  This worked out well for Peter Pan and the lost boys though because now they had the place all to themselves.  They decided to throw a party before their parents got home.  They put up streamers and banners and got all the latest new music to play and sure enough they had the greatest party ever put on televison.  But two hours into this madness Peter's parents called saying they were coming home early.  But in true Peter Pan fashion he got every one out and the place cleaned up just in time for them to arrive.  To bad he left one little peice of evidence....A condom stretched over a half empty beer bottle and a dead cheerleader in the closet....o well....join us next time for another random story!!

-The End
Feb 19 2008 6:27PM
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mitchin
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haha word i had to write a report on like Mark Twain or some shit but i wrote about a tree in my back yard still got a passing grade to haha
Feb 20 2008 2:42PM
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-+Siver+-
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that is what she said
Feb 20 2008 5:21PM
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Silence
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Word.
Feb 20 2008 5:26PM
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