Most students spend hours turning a rough draft into a properly formatted final paper. Struggling with formatting guidelines? It is a tedious, frustrating struggle that wastes time that could be spent on research or writing. Formatly reduces this to approximately 30 seconds.

The Traditional Formatting Workflow

The manual approach involves a long, tedious process:

1. Write your paper in a word processor.
2. Open the style guide and check formatting rules.
3. Adjust margins, spacing, and fonts manually.
4. Format the title page per style requirements.
5. Insert and format headings according to hierarchy rules.
6. Check and format in-text citations.
7. Build and format the reference list.
8. Add page numbers and running heads.
9. Review the entire document for consistency.
10. Fix errors found during review.

Total time: 2 to 5 hours

The Formatly Workflow

With Formatly, the process is streamlined and fast:

1. Write your paper as usual (style-agnostic draft).
2. Upload your draft to Formatly.
3. Select your target style (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, Turabian).
4. Wait approximately 30 seconds.
5. Download your formatted document with tracked changes.

Total time: ~30 seconds

Real Example: What Changes

A typical messy draft submitted to Formatly will have corrections for:

• Margins adjusted to exactly 1 inch.
• Font changed to Times New Roman 12-point.
• Line spacing corrected to double spacing.
• Title page elements properly formatted.
• Headings reformatted to correct hierarchy.
• In-text citations formatted per style.
• Reference list created with proper hanging indents.
• Page numbers and running heads added.
• Block quotes formatted correctly.

Tracked Changes Show Everything

Every correction is shown via tracked changes so you can review, accept, or reject modifications. You maintain full control over your final document.

Stop wasting hours on formatting rules. Try Formatly free today to upload your document and get submission-ready in seconds.