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