The APA Style website is a great place to guide you in formatting your paper.
- Margins:
- Leave uniform margins of at least 1 inch (2.54 cm) at the top, bottom, left and right of every page.
- Spacing:
- In general, double-space all parts of an APA Style paper, including most elements of the title page, abstract, text, between paragraphs, block quotes, and reference list (including between and within entries).
- Exception: insert a double-spaced blank line between the title and the author (your name) on the title page.
- Find other exceptions on spacing for tables, figures, footnotes and displayed equations here.
- Fonts:
- Times New Roman 12-point is always a safe choice, but here are other permitted fonts.
- Page Numbers:
- Put page numbers in the top, right corner.
- Use the Headers function of your word processing tool.
- Start with the title page (1).
- Title page:
- Page number in upper, right corner (1), return 3 to 4 times for title
- Text centered
- Title: bold font, capitalize major words (4 spaces between title and author)
- Author (you)
- Affiliation (Lorain County Community College)
- Course
- Instructor
- Due date
- Running Head:
- Not required for student papers (different from APA 6 Manual).
- The order of pages is:
- 1: title page
- 2: abstract
- 3–?: text
- References (start on a separate page)
- Footnotes (start on a separate page)
- Tables (start on a separate page)
- Figures (start each on a separate page; include caption on page with figure)
- Appendixes (start on a separate page)
For more details see pages 29–67 in the APA Manual.