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APA Style

This guide contains tips for how to maximize your Academic Writer experience plus additional resources to assist with APA style.

Paper Setup

Basic Paper Setup

Learn how to set up an APA Style paper, including the font, line spacing, margins, paragraph indentation and alignment, and page header.

Academic Writer

© 2021 American Psychological Association.

APA Student Paper

APA 7 Student Paper Introduction

Paragraph depicting page indentation, Level one heading, 1 inch margins, and double spacing between sentences

Body Paragraphs

Body paragraph. One space after sentence. Use consistent font

Conclusion

 

Conclusion - Text should be flushed left. Do not select enter at the end of each line, let Word wrap the text.

 

Reference Page

Reference Page Title should be centered and bolded. References should have a hanging indent and be double spaced.

 

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