APA Format: References

Open Microsoft word Document 2007:

Step 1: Open the "Reference" tab on the top of the document and select APA from the "Style" list

Step 2: After you selected the APA style click on "Manage sources" its on the top of the Style list

Step 3: Now a tab will open and click on "New" to add details for sources and another small tab will appear and just select the type of source you are using. 

Step 4: Click on "show All bibliography fields" for extra details such as volume and edition.

Step 5: When you are ready to create your bibliography copy the sources you want to the current list

Step 6: To see your final bibliography click on the"bibliography"link on the bottom of the style list link

Step 7: To go back and add anything click on " update citations and bibliography"

APA Format: General Formatting

Open Microsoft Word Document 2007

Step 1: In the Page Layout section, select "Normal"



Step 2: Select the Home tab and change the font to

• Times New Roman
• 12 point font

Step 3: From the Paragraph menu, select  Line Spacing and from the drop-down, select

• 2.0 

Step 4: Click the Insert tab

Step 5: Click the Header tab


Step 6: Click on the "Blank" header tab from the drop-down menu

Step 7: Click on the "Page Number" tab

Step 8: Place the cursor on the drop-down menu over "Top of Page" to bring up another drop-down 

menu and select "Plain Number 3"

Step 9: Type the portion of the title to go in the header and add five spaces

Step 10: Click on "Close Header and Footer" on the far right

APA Format: Title Page

Open Microsoft Word Document 2007

Step 1: Click the "Insert Ribbon"

Step 2: In the Pages Section, click "Cover Page"

Step 3: In the Cover Page gallery, select a design that you like

The title page will be inserted at the beginning of your document. The Drawing Tools Ribbon will open to allow you to customize the look of your title page.

APA format: In text Citations

Open Microsoft word document 2007:

step 1: click on the "Reference" tab on the top of the document

step 2:  click on the "Insert Citation" button and it located on the citations and bibliography group

step 3: click on "new source" if you are creating a new one if you already have a source then it will drop down and click on it.

 step 4: if you are creating a new source; chose the type  of source your selecting (article, book, report, etc)

step 5: if you need additional fields click on "show All bibliography fields" and just fill the rest of the information.