Appendix a: U.S Health Care Timeline
APA Style 6th ed. - Microsoft Word 2007 & 2010 Tutorial
Setting up a paper in APA Style 6th edition & additional information Layout: See “Layout and Formatting Buttons in MS Word” example on page 3 of this document.
Open Microsoft Word. Click the Office Button, select Save As, navigate to the folder where you want to save your document, enter a name for this document, and then click save.
1) Set size of Margins. Click on the Page Layout tab, and then on Page Setup. Click on Margins in the Page Setup group: Click on Normal to set the Top, Bottom, Left and Right sides all to 1 inch.
2) Set Font style and size. Click the Home tab. Click the Font group dropdown, On the Font tab of the Font window, select font Times New Roman, font style Regular, and font size to 12 point. Click Default and then click OK.
3) Check the size of the Tab Key default. Click the Home tab. Click the Paragraph group dropdown. In the lower right corner of the Paragraph dialog window, click the Tabs… button. Make sure Tab stop position is blank, Default tab stops is set to 0.5 inches, Alignment is set to Left, and Leader is set to None. Click OK.
4) Set Double Spaced Lines. Click Home tab. Click Paragraph group dropdown. On the Indents and Spacing tab of the Paragraph window, under Spacing set Before and After to 0 and set Line Spacing Double. Click Default and then click OK.
5) Set size of Header (and footer). Click on Insert tab. Click on Header in the Header and Footer group, and then click on Edit Header. In the Position group of the Header & Footer Tools ribbon that displays, set Header from Top and Footer from Bottom to 0.5 inches. Click Close Header and footer.
6) Create Title Page Header for shortened title and page numbering. Click on Insert tab. Click on Header in the Header and Footer group, and then click on Edit Header. In the Options group of the Design tab of Header & Footer Tools, check
Setting up a paper in APA Style 6th edition & additional information Layout: See “Layout and Formatting Buttons in MS Word” example on page 3 of this document.
Open Microsoft Word. Click the Office Button, select Save As, navigate to the folder where you want to save your document, enter a name for this document, and then click save.
1) Set size of Margins. Click on the Page Layout tab, and then on Page Setup. Click on Margins in the Page Setup group: Click on Normal to set the Top, Bottom, Left and Right sides all to 1 inch.
2) Set Font style and size. Click the Home tab. Click the Font group dropdown, On the Font tab of the Font window, select font Times New Roman, font style Regular, and font size to 12 point. Click Default and then click OK.
3) Check the size of the Tab Key default. Click the Home tab. Click the Paragraph group dropdown. In the lower right corner of the Paragraph dialog window, click the Tabs… button. Make sure Tab stop position is blank, Default tab stops is set to 0.5 inches, Alignment is set to Left, and Leader is set to None. Click OK.
4) Set Double Spaced Lines. Click Home tab. Click Paragraph group dropdown. On the Indents and Spacing tab of the Paragraph window, under Spacing set Before and After to 0 and set Line Spacing Double. Click Default and then click OK.
5) Set size of Header (and footer). Click on Insert tab. Click on Header in the Header and Footer group, and then click on Edit Header. In the Position group of the Header & Footer Tools ribbon that displays, set Header from Top and Footer from Bottom to 0.5 inches. Click Close Header and footer.
6) Create Title Page Header for shortened title and page numbering. Click on Insert tab. Click on Header in the Header and Footer group, and then click on Edit Header. In the Options group of the Design tab of Header & Footer Tools, check
Citations: * Used in-text to acknowledge and briefly identify material from outside sources * Includes the author’s last name and the date and is enclosed in parenthesis (Danley, 2008) * Includes the author’s last name, the date, and page number if citing directly quoted material from a print source (Danley, 2008, p.18) * Makes a shorthand reference to the source; a complete reference is included in the Reference page * Uses the abbreviation n.d. if no date is available for the source (Danley, n.d.) * Includes the first 3-4 words of title and the date of publication if no author is listed (American Psychological Association, 2008) * Consists sometimes of a signal phrase identifying the author in-text followed by the date in parenthesis and introduces the material from the source According to Lori Danley (2008) . . . * An in-text citation for a personal communication follows this format (Newberg, E., personal communication, March 17, 2009)