Microsoft365 offers an APA template, however it isn't the easiest document to make changes too, when necessary. This guide will give you instructions on creating your own APA 7th edition Student Paper template to use as a base for all of your APA styled assignments.
This guide will give you instructions on creating your own APA 7th edition Student Paper template to use as a base for all of your APA styled assignments using Google Docs.
General Guidelines:
Font: APA now allows several different options for fonts, you can choose one of the following, make sure to use the pt. size specified:
Calibri, 11 pt.
Arial, 11 pt.
Lucinda Sans Unicode, 10 pt.
Times New Roman, 12 pt.
Georgia, 11 pt.
Spacing: The entire document should be double spaced.
Margins: Margins should be set uniformly at 1 inch on all sides.
End of a Sentence: There only needs to be ONE space after a "period."
Headers:
Running Head: Student papers no longer require a running head.
Page Numbers: Page numbers should be in the header of your document, flush right.
The paper should be written in the following order:
Title Page
Text
References
Appendices
picture from: 7th ed., p.32
Title Page: The title page should contain the following components placed in the center of the paper, center-spaced, each on it's own line:
