How to Perform the "Period - 14" Trick to Make Your Paper or Essay Longer

This simple trick will make any paper/essay you have to write for school noticeably longer. Teachers and professors won't be able to tell the difference between your paper and a "normal" paper.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft Word
• An assignment with "number of page" requirements as opposed to "number of words" requirements

1. Finish typing your assignment
2. Click the "Edit" Tab at the top of the screen
3. Find and click "Replace"
4. In the "Find what" box, type "." (a period)
5. In the "Replace with" box, type "." (another period)
6. Click the "More" button. More options should appear under the original window.
7. Select the "Format" button at the bottom of the window.
8. Select "Font" from the drop-menu
9. Select font-size "14" (If your paper assignment requires the main body of your text to be something other than 12-point font, select 2 font sizes above the required size. For example, if your professor wants you to write in 10-point font, select font-size 12 for your new periods.)
10. Click "OK"
11. How the window should look just before you click "Replace All" Click the "Replace All" button
12. Microsoft Word will tell you how many replacements it made. Click "OK"
13. Voila! Your paper should be noticeably longer. Remember, the more periods you have, the longer your paper will appear.

Tips & Warnings

• There are other ways to make papers slightly longer, like changing "double spaced" paragraphs to "2.1" spaced paragraphs.
• Slight increases and decreases in window margins can also make papers somewhat longer
• Combinations and abuse of these methods may soon appear obvious to teachers when they compare your work with other students'