LibGuides: Orange Park: APA format using Word 2010

Using Word 2010 to set up your paper

Formatting a paper in APA format using Word 2010

1.Settings for the entire paper:

Set the font – Click on HOME tab. In the FONT box select Times New Roman and 12 pt.
Set the margins, spacing and indentation
Click on the PAGE LAYOUT tab.
                Set the margins – Click on MARGINS.    Click on 1” all around
                Set spacing and indentation
                In the Paragraph box, click on the arrow in the bottom right corner of the box. This opens the paragraph box.
       In the Paragraph Box
                Under indentation – change left to 0.5”
               Under Spacing - change After to 0 pt
               Change line spacing to Double
                Click OK

2.To format Title/Cover Page

Double click your mouse near the top of page 1 (in the blank area where the header will go). This will open the Design Tab of the Header & Footer Tools.
Click DESIGN under Header & Footer tools. In the Options panel, click Different First Page.
Place cursor at the left margin. Type Running head: SHORT TITLE LESS THAN 50 CHARACTERS
Tab over to right margin. Select Page Number from the Header & Footer panel at the far left. Select Current Position. Select Plain Number.

Click twice in the body of the paper below the header to exit editing the header.

Hit enter 8 times. Center the title, your name, university, instructor's name, and date written out (e.g. September 5, 2015) on separate lines.

3. To begin typing the body of the paper:

Hit control & enter to force a page break and create a new page
Create a header that is the short title. Follow the same instructions as previously for creating a header, except 1. do not use the phrase Running Head and 2. uncheck Different First Page. Double click in the body to exit the header.

After the header, hit ENTER. Center the title of your paper in upper & lower case letter.

Do not make a section heading for Introduction.

APA Headings

Level Format

1 Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Headings

2 Left-aligned, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading

3 Indented, boldface, lowercase heading with a period.

4 Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period.

5 Indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a period.

Choice of a heading level depends on how many types of headings you are using in your paper

4.References:

The references use a hanging indentation. Click on the Page Layout tab. Click on the small box at the bottom right of the paragraph section. In the middle of the box, where it says INDENTATION, click on the down arrow in the middle box SPECIAL and select HANGING. Change the page spacing to DOUBLE. Click OK at the bottom in the box.

Always start your references on a new page.
Use the APA format in the LIRN databases and cut & paste into paper. You may have to reformat using hanging indentation
Under the REFERENCES box in Word, create citation and bibliographical entries.
References are listed alphabetically by the author’s last name
Titles of books and journals and volume numbers should be italicize

Research Articles Generally consists of the following Components Title- Summarizes the Article Introduction- States the problem being studied and reason for the study Method- Tells the reader how the research was conducted Results- Summarizes the Data Discussion- Interpretation of the study (Explaining the results) References (citations) - Come at the end of the article and should list all books, articles, and other resources used and cited in the article

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