Apa 6th Edition Format for Word

ENG135: APA 6th Edition Format for Word Documents Transcript

These directions are for use by students for formatting your Microsoft Word 2007 documents using APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition. Directions for a References page are also included. If you follow these step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to format your papers properly. Elements to be discussed are margins, default font, paragraph spacing, alignment, first page including header, second and subsequent pages including header, and References.

Margins • • On the Ribbon, click on the Page Layout tab. Click on Margins, and then click on Normal, which sets Top, Left, Bottom and Right at 1 inch for all four.

Default Font • • • • • • On the Ribbon, click on the Home tab; Locate the Font group label and click on the arrow in the right corner. This will open the Font Dialog box Scroll down and click on Times New Roman. For font style, choose regular. For the size, scroll down and click on 12. On the lower left side of the dialog box, click on Default, and then Yes so that Times New Roman regular 12 are set as your default settings.

Paragraph Alignment and Spacing • • • • • • Locate the Paragraph group label and click on the arrow in the right corner. This will open the Paragraph Dialog box General Alignment should be left. All text will be aligned left except for information in the first page, the header, and the title References on the References page. For Spacing, if they are not already at zero, use the small arrows to change the Before and After spacing to zero. This means that no extra spacing will exist between paragraphs. Then, check the box to the left of the line that reads “Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style.” For Line Spacing, click on the down arrow and select “Double”. When you do this, the “At” to the right of “Double” will not show any numbers. Click OK, --- or Default and Yes.

First Page including Header • • • • • • • • On the Ribbon to the...