Chicago Manual Style (CMS) Formatting

This video shows you how to format your paper in the Chicago Manual Style (CMS) of formatting in Word 2007 or 2010.

[@GameMovieVault]

After doing MLA format for my entire college career, my history professor threw me a curveball wanting our next paper done in CMS. Thanks for the video

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[@danielnoel8656]

It's 3:31 AM.. This video saved my life. Its way more helpful than the official Chicago style website. thank you so much. God bless

[@jessface777]

You're my hero right now! I was getting SO frustrated trying to figure out footnotes in Word, because they would always be the same on every page!

[@EngY2502]

This video is more helpful than that "owl" website.

[@RobinSpielberger]

Except this video is wrong. It isn't using the current version of CMS - the 16th. The heading style is completely wrong. Level 1 heading style of CMA in the 16th edition is Centered, Boldface, and Title Style or Headline Style Capitalization - meaning you use Uppercase letters for all words in a Level 1 Heading except this words like "and," "to," or "but".

[@denisewalsh1530]

Robin Spielberger Hi Robin, thanks so much for the correction. So every letter in a level 1 headline is capitalized, centered and bold faced. Are subtitles (I think they are called level 2 headings) left aligned and only the first letter of each word capitalized in the 16th version or are they follow the same format as level 1 headings?

[@RobinSpielberger]

Denise Walsh The first letter of each word in a Level 1 Heading is capitalized. The entire heading is centered and in a boldface type style. Example: Freedom for a Land Under Siege *(this is all bold and centered)* Now, a Level 2 Heading is centered and the first letter of each word is capitalized just the same as a Level 1 Heading but is NOT boldface. A Level 3 Heading is capitalized just the same way but is NOT centered and not boldface. It starts on the left like any other non-indented sentence. Level 4 Heading starts on the left and only the First letter is capitalized. That is called "sentence case" type. It is also boldface again. Then you do not hit return and add a space after the period at the end of the sentence. You simply continue with the text of your paper. Make sure you "un-bold" the text when you start typing your paper. CMS says that the heading styles are only a suggestion, just as long as you are consistent. I tend to follow their suggestions, except I don't like the Level 4 Heading style. My Level 4 Heading style is as follows: I use Headline style capitalization (where the first letter of each word is capitalized) and I left align my heading. I then, italicize it and hit return providing a small space between it and the text that follows. (Other heading levels are usually double-double spaced - meaning I hit return twice - and this one is single spaced, meaning I only hit return once). I hope I helped. Googling templates for other CMS research papers or for theses and dissertations is a good idea to give you some examples. Beware, not all are correct. If you use an Apple computer, the writing program "Scrivener " is amazing, helpful, and comes with a template. It has a 30 day free trial and you get a solid 30 days of use...which means that if you close the program every time after you use it, you can start it 30 times and that may take longer than 30 days. A great deal. Word is the bane of my existence and I've found that for long research papers (such as the thesis I finished last semester - 110 pages) using any other program is better. Word gets bogged down and starts to seriously lag. For research papers, you don't need all the creative functions that word offers...you need a simple typesetting program. "Mellel" is another great program for this but there is a serious learning curve and I didn't have time to switch and study a new program. Finally, a citation entering program that is worthwhile is called Zotero. Free and downloadable. Almost always right - more so than any of the other thousand that I've used. Good Luck!!

[@richardquinto477]

+Robin Spielberger Still don't get it. Using info the video. I've looked just about everywhere and I can finding different formats for the same type of AAA (Chicago) style.

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[@katsudon2534]

why can't colleges use one standard citation. it's a pain in the ass to learn multiple ones.

[@delta-a17]

Certain styles are better for certain types of papers.

[@EzioIlMentore]

In the case of my instructor, he wanted to be an ass and throw us off. lol

[@robvegart]

Because they have nothing better to do with their lives, except make people miserable with trivial nonsense that you almost certainly wont be using in the real world. Including Academia's opinions.

[@Sofiaasal]

So true!

[@BeesKneesMF]

Gotta have that one teacher who wants this format

[@brooke2584]

Even though this video is 10 years old, and the content of word has changed, this is still the most helpful information on CMS, thank you!

[@alexanderrendalexer7811]

People hating on this video because they thought Chicago Manual Style is a type of Hip Hop dance form.

[@Sahra-np8el]

Uhh.. no.

[@morecowbell235]

I earned an A in my English class - a class that used MLA, now I have to learn Chicago for a different class and subject. They seriously need to standardize this bullshit.

[@SLAMDUNKASAUR666]

4 years later, shit hasn't changed

[@hmahmo]

After conforming to MLA for the past several years, I had to pick up CMS real quick and this video does a great job of giving the basic breakdown of the style. Thank you very much.

[@jonathanhadinger7453]

Great video. Thanks for hitting all the points while also keeping it concise. I recommend people watching this save a copy after setting up their paper in any specific format to use as a template for future papers.

[@R3c0gn1z3d]

Thank you so much for your efforts and explanations in thorough details. Your video is the only one I find easy to follow. You should do more tutorials!

[@christinarose3098]

You are awesome, thank you so much! Your video is so detailed and easy to understand. All of my frustration instantly melted away!! Huge Chicago style essay here I come, lol.

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[@123not123fair]

man, what is the point of this bullcrap. i hate my teacher, MLA is like 10x easier and same result. im going to school for computer networking not english.

[@Slash687]

+unorthodoxHD I'll never understand why I need to use 8 different styles of formatting for each of my teachers. It's ridiculous.

[@pierofilpi8993]

+unorthodoxHD MLA is for English majors. Chicago usually deals with articles, theologic papers, and history.

[@PrinceOfParthia74]

lol fuck MLA Chicago and any other retarded citation format. citation is the worst part of any type of class. motherfuckers just made the life of students 10x harder. citation is good, but not when if you put a period instead of coma you will lose half a mark.

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[@bmo1289]

Thanks so much for the add and demo. My previous degree program was APA and had no clue about Chicago Style. This style is required for my American History MA.

[@HazyGlazyDaisy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! This made the concept so much easier to understand!

[@faustsin9366]

Dude im in my last year of college first time ever I have had to do this crap its freaken 20x more complicated then APA or MLA

[@EdgarAllanpog]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much for this detailed video. It helped me more then you could believe. The essay that I needed to use this for was a considerable portion of my grade. This was the difference between an A and a low C or a D. Thank you once more!

[@jessherle]

This was sooooo heplful!! Thank you so much for the great clarification. I was feeling rather lost up until now.

[@KellyMoen]

OMG! You have saved me hours of work! You MUST be the REAL Wonder Woman!

[@Calikid331]

Honestly, what's the point of this? Why do college professors do this? We spend so much time learning MLA format in High School so why not just stay with MLA? I'm soooo tired of school!

[@agricolaregs]

Renovator MLA sucks. They shouldn’t teach it in HS. Chicago is easier.

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[@muhammadakib5438]

Your video is helpful for understanding Chicago Manual Style. Keep on posting!!

[@vickymcfadden7173]

Excellent job!! Thank-you so much for saving my ass in grad school! The only improvement I could suggest, is to make the video a little louder if possible. Cheers!!

[@phenwoman41]

I have been struggling with the Chicago style. My school has a writing center but I never finish my work in time to submit to get the help. This video was very helpful. I'm tired of losing points because of formatting in Turabian. This has been the most difficult of all the styles I have had to learn but I'm determined to get it.

[@KaloqnBankov]

Then ppl wonder why after uni or college ppl cant do sh1t ... well this is why! We spend more time trying to figure out things which will come in use only for ur paper...

[@lordofdunvegan6924]

Your English grammar is terrible. I would suggest you take a basic writing course if you want to be understood. I hope English is NOT your first language.

[@agricolaregs]

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[@christingrant2599]

Thank you for making this, it helped me write my cross discipline essay for college.

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[@garrettheffington4131]

Thank you for making this video! You’re a hero

[@galecadywilliams4078]

She says 'there is no set number of spaces to go down" on the title page, but there IS a set number; it is the 3-inch mark on the left side ruler. To set the rulers, go to the "view" tab and checkmark "show rulers"

[@JordanTolmie]

i counted hitting the "enter button" 14 times

[@galecadywilliams4078]

Easier to use the ruler; just line it up with the "3" - more precise and accurate, and no counting or "enter' required. Just arrow down the page to the 3.

[@lordofdunvegan6924]

Thanks for the comment. Solves a basic problem with estimating spacing.

[@jjr1123]

omg you saved my life! i needed helped with all this for a paper i have due on monday!

[@selineolgun4071]

thank you, very helpful & straightforward!

[@shelleyolsen5418]

Thank you for doing this. SOOOO much needed.

[@michaelanthony4042]

Writing an essay in this format is devastating

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[@christaiki]

Very well done. Need to lock this style down before the History paper and Ed.Sp. Good post.

[@user-zb3bk3hn2o]

Great video, exactly what I was looking for

[@lh7118]

I'm gonna kms I didn't know it had to be in Chicago style and it's due tomorrow, thanks so much for this tutorial

[@irisrelay8564]

Mine is one day late, but it will arrive late in style.

[@ShaynaFawne]

@@irisrelay8564 in Chicago style XD

[@AquaticLogic]

Awesome video! Thank you it is helping me so MUCH!!

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[@midge8504]

Thank you! This saved my butt on my mid term :-)

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[@titanpolus5088]

I definenlty considered just using MLA and getting the points taken off :/

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[@rachelzk]

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[@ErviJ]

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[@rachels3985]

Extremely helpful thank you so much for this

[@carey700]

Thank you!!!!!! This helped a LOT!

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This is what I will need to do for my major essay. My first minor essay was a disaster. Thanks heaps. I wish you could be my tutor too.

[@pmac555]

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[@johnpenrose8071]

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Nice work, Informative.

[@Willowz7]

Very helpful, thanks for the video!

[@Eric-hg1ih]

Perfect video! Saved my butt.

[@kassyvaldez1015]

aaaahhhhhhh Thank you so much! This really helped me out!

[@ryanpotts3350]

Thanks for this! I don't really understand the reason for CMS, APA and MLA are way easier and it looks no different. Thanks for helping!

[@CaiseyIsKickass]

i hate my teacher for torturing me with this

[@isabell162003]

This was very Helpful Thank you =D

[@zoheirmai7156]

thanks a million for the info :)

[@nestra24]

that was very helpful and well done.

[@ricardoalonso8376]

Ok I would kiss you if I could thx for this. My heart soul and body belong to you now, because this is the first time I understand this Chicago bs.

[@bookcrookliza]

Thank you for very much!

[@aminekhnagui1152]

thank you for your explanation

[@kateraraynor9190]

Your amazing thank you 💕💕

[@princessjazz5767]

ok i really liked the way u showed that actually on word which no doubt helped a lot since i just started college i have some questions which will be silly for u coz ur a pro but i need to i am confused about foot notes i am using 1 book and my info is from that book now whenever i use info from my book i add an footnote i mean this way pretty much everything is from book so if u can explain that plz i have paper due Wednesday, really APPRECIATED

[@balladofthebroken7569]

Thank you so much for this..

[@uLivful]

Thank you!!!

[@bf3942]

Thanks for the video

[@meesh3034]

Thanks! For bibliography instead of typing everything in, can we just click on "bibliography" underneath the References tab and it will auto create a bibliography page for us? Would it be in the correct Chicago format?

[@soldierjonny]

I'm in art history .... we look at art... why the hell do I need Chicago style? but thank you

[@Numero103]

+Jon B. (Go Beyond Death) lol i feel you bro

[@prateekrajpal2365]

@@Numero103 I am here too for my art history assignment.

[@alkolaqi83]

very helpful thank you. I wish if you gave more example in the bibliography section but little search will do the trick

[@Specialkayq]

Thanks You so much !!

[@shaygr8mind]

so at the 2:40 mark, when you went to the left after aligning the date & etc, exactly how did you get back there, because I did something & the whole paper looked completely distorted even when i did the undo option?

[@Cosmic-Mind]

Thanks , now I gotta start this darn paper SMH😭

[@princessjazz5767]

pretty much yes you answered my question thank u

[@KAMARILEON]

Thank you so much

[@LoverOfTruth2010]

thank you!

[@zgSH4DOW]

Chicago already made their own deluded version of pizza, now they need their own essay format? What else can they ruin now

[@febraizel]

Thank You! ^_^

[@akhallu7]

jravenger - If the paper is supposed to be in CMS, the citation information should go in either a footnote or endnote depending on what your teacher prefers.

[@quintonnegron5652]

thank you so much

[@akhallu7]

Yes, but if that bothers you there is a way to change it. You can go to the button you click to insert the page number, and at the bottom of that menu you should click on "Format page numbers..." From there, you will be able to choose what number your page numbers start with.

[@jravager]

when you need to cite a sentence that you used from a book do you use a footnote to cite it or write it in the paragraph.

[@bibletime5605]

Thank you.

[@loulie1997]

Ok, so what do I do if I have like 15 different footnotes for one page, 3 of which are from the same source but different pages from said book?

[@ashiemal]

What edition of CMOS is this again? Because I checked out other Chicago style tutorials and I noticed some differences, like the footnote number should be normal size, not raised, followed by a period in the endnote; the title in the title page should be ALL CAPS; and the first page number should be "1" not "2". This confuses me a little.

[@conradpragnell3776]

This paper was due on my 7th birthday

[@AchillesRasquinha]

thank you.

[@Patricio4Christ]

Hmm...interesting video. Which people tend to prefer to accept the Chicago Manual Style papers?

[@k1rv0lak]

Ever since 5th grade, all my teachers continuously taught me how to use MLA. I grew up breathing MLA. Now that I'm in college as an engineering major, I'm forced to learn & use this autistic notation for ONE dumbass history/writing class... thnx uni

[@delta-a17]

Same story 😂

[@ThePaperGhast]

Watching this on March 22, 2017 and saw that the date was March 22, 2008. Freaked me out lol.

[@Someguy1302]

Hello everyone. Good luck with finals *Nervous laugh*

[@kylemurray9945]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RyanTebow]

Thanks alot

[@RyanTebow]

+Ryan Tebow 7 months later and im back LOL!

[@northamericanx15]

Great video but is there a reason you have the reference set as "MLA" when you are showing chicago?

[@GaryAskwith1in5]

On the bottom of the 1st page of the essay there is a line "shortened time by 20 minutes" why is this in inverted commas, and why is it not referenced? Also, do you have any more info, links etc on rules about in-text citations that don't require inverted commas, as opposed to quotations which do? How does a reader know when what you are referencing begins if it is not in quotation marks?

[@memphis8427]

thanks ma`am