1. Writing an APA-Style Research Report Getting Started

2. Resources APA Publication Manual –The 7 th edition of the APA Publication Manual came out in 2010 –There have been some changes since the previous edition.some changes See my Sample Papers.Sample Papers See the APA’s Sample Paper.APA’s Sample Paper See my Links to APA Style Resources.Links to APA Style Resources Avoid these Common Errors.Common Errors

3. Guarding the Gates Refereed journals Original manuscript rarely accepted as is Behavioral and Neural Biology –Accept it as it stands –Reject it Journal of Mammalogy –Reject it –And steal the author’s ideas

4. Margins Uniform, at least one inch

5. Line Spacing Ctrl-A, Ctrl-2, or Home, Paragraph:

6. Font APA wants a serif font, 12 pointserif font Preferably Times New Roman. Ctrl-A, Home, Font Times New Roman, Regular, 12 Or use font box on Home ribbon For me you may use Arial or Verdana if you prefer.

7. Header on Every Page Left-justified running head –An abbreviated title –Not more than 50 characters Right-justified page number Double-click in the header area –Near the top of the page. –This opens the header for editing. Type the running head in all caps.

8. Header 2 Place a right tab on the right margin.

9. Header 3 Word may have already put a center tab in the header. If so, grab it (point at it and hold the left mouse button down) and drag it off of the ruler. Put the cursor just to the right of the running head and hit the tab key. Insert, Page Number, Current Position, Simple, Plain Number

10. Header 4

11. NOT Different First Page You do want the page number to appear on the first page. While the header is open, be sure that option is not checked.