

Do not click "Enter" until you get to a new page. When starting a new page or section of the paper, you are advised to include a page break or section break (in Word press CTRL + ALT + Delete all at one time). The sections outlined above are the pages or sections most commonly found in a course paper. Note: there are options for additional sections that may be added to an APA paper. Review your assignment instructions or contact your instructor to determine whether or not an appendix should be included in your paper.) ( NOTE: This is optional for most course papers. Additionally, if there is more than 1 appendix, each appendix should begin on a new page.
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It will demonstrate how to set up a paper in proper APA Style in Word for a PC. Setting up your Paper in Proper APA Style (Coming Soon!) - this is a video tutorial created by the CSS Library. For consistency throughout the paper, click your Tab key one time. Paragraph Indentation - Paragraphs should be indented 1/2 inch. Be sure to include a page number on the title page, too! (Sect. Page Numbers - Page numbers should be located in the right corner of the header unless specified differently from your instructor. Line Spacing - Double spacing should occur throughout the entire document, including title page, reference list, and quotations of 40 or more words. Consult your instructor for their preferences. However, APA does allow for other font types and sizes, including Calibri 11-point, Arial 11-point, Lucida Sans Unicode 10-point, or Georgia 11-point. 45)įont preference and size - Most instructors prefer the font set at 12-pt Times New Roman. To remove the formatting specific to the numbers, follow these steps again to select one of the numbers or multiple numbers and turn off the formatting.Margins - 1 inch all sides, including top, bottom, left and right (Sect. If you remove formatting applied to the items in the list, the formatting you applied to just the numbers remains. For example, if we select the items in the list in the our example and apply italics, the text of the items will be italic, but the numbers will now be red, bold, and italic. But, the formatting you applied only to the numbers is also kept.

When you apply formatting to the items in the list, that formatting is also applied to the numbers.

All the numbers in the list are selected. If you want to change the formatting for all the numbers in the list, put the cursor directly over one of the numbers in the list and click.

If you want to change the formatting for more than one number, but not all of them, hold down the Ctrl key while you select the paragraph marks for the numbers you want to change.
