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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 308: Formatting a Document.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 308. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Formatting a Document.” It’s about making a document on your computer with something like Microsoft Word. Let’s get started.

Franz: I’ve just switched over to this program and I can’t figure out how to format my document. Can you help me?

Helen: I can try. Let’s take a look. What do you want to do?

Franz: I want to change the margins so I can fit more on a page. I don’t know how to change the default settings. I also want to put this section on a separate page.

Helen: Okay, you can adjust