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First, let’s set up your document in APA style. In Word, click on the page layout tab,
then select the margins options arrow.
In the dropdown menu, select Normal to place a one-inch margin on all sides.
To set the default APA font, click on the Home tab.
Then click on the font dialog box launcher arrow.
Under the font setting, select Times New Roman. Under font style, select Regular, and under size select 12.
Finally, be sure to click the “Default” setting in the bottom left of the dialog box.
Now all of your Word documents will open with the correct APA settings.
Next click on the insert tab, then select the Header options arrow.
In the dropdown menu, select the first option: Blank.
Then in the Options box, be sure to place a checkmark in “Different First Page.”
Next, type the words “Running” and then “head” followed
by a colon and space. Then type a shortened version of your paper’s title in all caps.
In this case, MASS INCARCERATION.
This title should not be longer than 50 characters including spaces.
After your title, tap the tab key to place your cursor at the far-right margin,
directly in line with the one-inch marker.
Click on the insert ribbon again, and this time select
the page number option arrow. In the dropdown menu, select the Current Position option.
The page number 1 will appear. To exit the page header area, double click on the word Header
or anywhere in the body of the document.
Next, use the Enter key to move your cursor down the page until it’s at the number two on your vertical margin
or about one third down the page.
Now click on the Home tab. In the alignment tool section, select Center alignment.
Next, go to the line spacing tool. Click on the options arrow and select 2.0 or double spacing
from the dropdown menu. Click on the options arrow again.
This time select Remove Space After Paragraph, if it is visible.
Now type in the full title of your paper using regular title capitalization
This means you capitalize all words but not prepositions or articles unless they have four letters or more.
Hit the Enter key to double space, then type in your name.
Hit Enter again and type in the name of your school, class, date, assignment name or whatever your professor requires.
Now click the Insert tab and select Page Break to insert a page break.
To create a header for this page, click in the header area on the words Type Text.
This will open the header area. Next type in your shortened title again using all caps.
This time do not use the word Running or head.
Tap the tab key to place your cursor at the far- right margin, and click on the Insert tab again.
Select the page number options arrow in the dropdown menu, and then select the Current Position option.
The page number two will appear and now Word will automatically number all the pages of your paper in order.
To exit the page header area, double click on the word “Header”
or anywhere in the body of the document. Now you are on the first body page of your paper.
Click on the Home tab and select Center alignment.
Then type in the full title of your paper again. Hit enter one time to double space.
Then return to the Home tab and this time select Left alignment to begin typing the body of your paper.
All body paragraphs in APA should be indented one half inch.
So, hit the tab key one time to indent, then begin typing.
Be sure not to hit Enter at end of a line, but allow the program to conduct word wrapping.
Only hit enter to begin a new paragraph. To insert an APA level one subheading, go to the alignment toolset and click on center alignment.
Now, type in your level one subheading using title capitalization.
After that, highlight the subheading, then go up to the home ribbon and click on B for boldface.
Hit enter to begin a new paragraph. Now don’t forget to turn off boldfacing
by clicking on B again, and also don’t forget to hit tab to indent one half inch.