How To Use Word Apa Template

APA requires that your papers accept a title page and page numbers in the header of each page. To make a championship folio and page numbers, follow these instructions:

How to Make the Folio Numbers in the Header

Within a Microsoft Discussion certificate:

1. Click on the INSERT tab at the top of the page.

2. Click on the "Page Number" tool to open a menu of options.

three. Select "Top of Folio" and "Manifestly Number 3" options.

4. Double click outside of the meridian margin of your paper to get dorsum to the text surface area of your document.

How to Make the Championship Page Content

On your title page, hitting the "Enter" key on your keyboard approximately 3 times then your cursor is in the tiptop-eye of the folio.
Center your cursor (Ctrl+E) and add your paper's title in bold font:
- For example: The Effects of Carbon-Dating Technology on Dinosaur Basic
Striking the "Enter" key one fourth dimension and write in the remaining data, centered, each on its own line:
- Your name
  - For instance: Jane Smith
- The proper noun of your school
  - For example: The University of Arizona Global Campus
- Your course data
  - For example : ENG 122: English Composition II
- Your instructor's name
  - For instance: Prof. James Lee
- The date you will turn in the paper.
  - For instance: January 1, 2020
Highlight all the text you lot've typed (Ctrl+A) and double-space (Ctrl+two) your title folio data.

When you have completed these steps, your championship page should look something like this:

There are several font styles immune in APA, only the standard font size and way is 12 bespeak, Times New Roman. Follow these steps to change your font style and size:

Within your Discussion document, click on the "Abode" tab.
Highlight all of your text (Ctrl+A) and select "Times New Roman" as your font and change the size to "12."

Desire to make 12 pt. Times New Roman your default font? Follow these instructions:

Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+D to open up your font settings.
Select Times New Roman" as your font.
Select "Regular" for your font way.
Select "12" for your size.
Click on "Prepare as Default."
Select on the "All documents based on the Normal template" and click on "OK."
Click on "OK" to shut the font settings.

Double spacing refers to the amount of space between the lines inside your Word document. For most of your college papers, double spacing is a requirement, and a part of APA formatting.

Follow these steps to learn how to double infinite properly:

Select the paragraphs you want to double space. To select all of your text, use the keyboard short Ctrl+a.
Within the "Dwelling house" tab, click the "Line and Paragraph Spacing" button.
Cull "2.0"

According to APA format, your certificate margins should be 1 inch all the way around. To adjust your margins, follow these instructions:

Click on the "Folio Layout" tab
Click on "Margins"
Click on "Normal"