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From: NoOp on 31 Mar 2008 14:18
On 03/30/2008 09:52 AM, sneezy(a)gmx.com wrote:
> Hi all at OpenOffice,
> I have been using Open Office for a while now, and there's one feature
> I'd like to see in upcoming releases. Being a student, I usually have to
> write reports. Because of this, I need to use a special format for page
> layout called MLA. I am not sure that I've seen this in OpenOffice yet, but
> if I may suggest an idea.
> I would like to see a menu item, perhaps under "format" that says "As MLA
> Style Document" So the user can click format, as MLA Style Document, and
> the following changes would be made to the paper:
> 1. The margins would all be made one inch.
> 2. The spacing would be made double spaced.
> 3. A Box would pop up asking for:
> a. The person's full name
> b. His teacher's name
> c. His class number
> d. The date in the style of 20 March 2008
> 4. After he hit okay, a heading would be made at the top of the page that
> looked like:
>
> John Smith
>
> Professor Johnson
>
> 10022
>
> 20 March 2008
>
> 5. At the same time, a header .5 inches from the top of each page would be
> made using the last name, a space, and then the page number.
>
> This is how an MLA document should be set up. I am willing to help you out
> with the details, if you email me. I must say, that when typing a report,
> the MLA stlyle is difficult to remember and setup, and if there was an
> option to let me do that with a few clicks, I think it would add a lot to
> the program, from a student's perspective.
>
> ANOTHER IDEA
>
> 1. Bibliographies are always difficult to create due to the fact that they
> have to be setup in a certain style, with periods, spacing, and commas. If
> there was a tool in the program to walk the user through the setup, that
> would be nice as well.
> For example: Insert - Bibliography. A box then comes up, asking for the
> author's name, etc. Then, when the user hits okay, the information is
> formatted in the MLA way.
>
> Let me know if you receive this email, and if you are considering any of
> these ideas, as I will be willing to help you out.
> Thanks for a great product,
> Matthew F.
>

You can find and MLA template for OOo here:
http://www.cc.mie-u.ac.jp/~lq20106/eg5000/templates/

Also please have a look at:
<http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/writer/index.html>
Thesis.ott
and
Thesis_Additions.zip
both by Matthias Ansorg
An APA template is there as well:
APA Research Term Paper[ott] Research Term paper Template that uses
the APA Format Guidelines.

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