Using the APA Format

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Using the APA Format

• Mo Valley Graduation Project

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APA report includes

• Title Page
• Outline
• Body of Document
• Reference Page

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Fonts to use

• Courier 10
• Courier 12
• Arial 10
• Arial 12

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Page Layout

• Margins and spacing
• Formatting the header
• Formatting the headings
• Create body text

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Margins and Spacing

• All margins should be 1
• Top
• Bottom
• Left side
• Right side
• The entire paper should be double spaced.
  

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Page Header

• Each page must have a header consisting of the
  following
• Short version of the titlefirst 2 or 3 words of
  the title
• Page numberleave 5 spaces between the short
  title and the page number
• Use your word processors header command.

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HeadingsYour paper might have the following

• Report title
• Outline
• Body headings
• References
• The heading should be centered, with only the
  first or proper words capitalized.

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