Help

[sweethelp]

does anyone have any tips to make your essay seem a lot longer?? b/c i forgot about this essay that i have to write and its due tomorrow now normally this would be no problem for me, BUT this is a very hard subject and its hard to find info on it. i also barely passed my math unit test i got a 64.5% if i had gotten a 64.4% i would've failed! so yeah im screwed!



~~Kimmy~~

[Jaegermeister]

Courier new font. Basically, in Courier new, an "i" takes up the same amount of space as a "w".



TJ

[Sam!]

Helvetica takes up some space. Make sure the teacher doesn't require a certain font before you try padding it. Also a helpful hint, try 12.5 font. The naked eye can't tell the difference.

[taintedl0ve]

If you have to double space it then don't make it 2.0 like you're supposed to. Do 2.3 or so. You can't really tell, but after a certain amount of lines, it makes a good difference. Or even if you don't have to double space it, still do it. And put a few extra spaces between your name and title and also between your title and the beginning of the essay. It's all about the subtle spaces. And, like everyone else said, use a different font.

[PurplePoemPuppet]

Ah, the joys of tricking the teacher. Haha... I'll have to keep these in mind for when I actually have to start writing essays. Good luck Kimmy with your essay! Sorry to hear about your math!

[SirPostAlot]

Well my essays are always too long because i am one that rambles and puts too much info in it and empasizes too much and use parralism...haha...

Hmm...

i would say bs your way through it...





But if oyu don't want to do that you can always slighly increase the space to like 1.2 so its not totally obvious its dbled space but its larger



~Jeff~

[Sam!]

Originally posted by taintedl0ve@Nov 18 2004, 05:55 PM

If you have to double space it then don't make it 2.0 like you're supposed to. Do 2.3 or so. You can't really tell, but after a certain amount of lines, it makes a good difference. Or even if you don't have to double space it, still do it. And put a few extra spaces between your name and title and also between your title and the beginning of the essay. It's all about the subtle spaces. And, like everyone else said, use a different font.

I have to disagree there. I can very easily tell personally if something is more than double spaced, and it will be very apparent to a teacher.

[Doug]

Go to File - Page Setup



Set the margins in just a bit. That can usually add a good amount.



Doug

[Paris In Flames]

Hahah.



The teacher will KNOW if you use margins and shit like that.



I suggest you start throwing in random facts. For example, I wrote an essay yesterday and I was like, "Before Julius Caesar seized the throne in 27 BC" where I could have just written "Before Julius Casar seized the throne..."



Cheers,



Jenna

[SirPostAlot]

haha....yeah writting in useless info that you remember is one way to impress the teacher and take up space



~Jeff~

[Dobby]

Man, I'd love to make it longer. The teacher told us to write a shot story, at least 2 pages, double spaces, and mine was twelve. Now when I have to limit my word usage, then I have a problem becasue I get way too descriptive. I mean, just look at how I'm writing now!! Oh well.

[SirPostAlot]