Creating Effective Documents

Suggest two tips for creating academic documents not mentioned in the resources.

Two tips for creating academic documents would be to review information for accuracy and grammatical errors. Without a review for accuracy, the paper could have many errors within the text. Proofreading and reviewing for accuracy ensures that the document will be error free. The writer should review the document, and then if possible ask a second person to review the document. An extra set of eyes can sometimes catch errors that the writer missed.

Another tip is to have the APA handbook handy. The APA style guide is an excellent resource when formatting academic papers. According to APA format, the style guide will give step-by-step instructions and resources to format an academic paper.

Which guidelines do you think are most important for formatting papers?

APA guidelines and formatting are very important for formatting papers. The APA guidelines allow the writer to reference secondary information within a non-plagiarized format. APA allows the reader to know the format he paper is written in and have a reference point if looking for referenced information. Ultimately formatting a paper in APA is a good way to prepare a paper using conformity and consistency of format.

Which guidelines appear less important to the message of a business document but more important to the message of an academic paper? Explain your answer

APA formatting is definitely more important to academic papers than business documents. Academic papers deal with references and integration of researched information and sources, thus the need for AA formatting. Whereas, business documents are more technical and focus on straight facts ad figures presented in a clear precise form. Business documents should be presented in a form that is universal to the reading audience.