Research Guides: APA Style, 7th edition: Formatting Your Paper

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APA Style Formatting Steps

Setting up page numbering for APA

1.Set font as Times New Roman and size 12.

2.Click on Insert.

3.Click on Page Number.

4.Click on Top of Page.

5.Click on Plain Number 3 box.

6.Finish cover page (see pages 11 and 12 of the APA guide).

7.Go to second page.

8.Type your title in bold at the top and centered.

9.Close Header/Footer box.

APA Style Citations Video [PDF]
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Sample Paper

Purdue OWL: APA Sample Paper [PDF]
An example of a correctly formatted APA style research paper. From Purdue University Online Writing Center (OWL).