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WRC Home General Writing Guidelines Common Writing Assignments Writing with Sources Using MLA Style Using APA Style Avoiding Plagiarism Resumes & Cover Letters Writing Resources	Basic Formatting in APA Style Type or word-process your paper in a standard font and size (e.g., Times Roman, 12 pt.). Left-align the text. Double-space the text throughout the paper. Set margins at one inch at the top, bottom, and sides of the paper. Create a header that includes the page header (an abbreviation of the title) and page number in the upper right corner and one half-inch from the top of each page. Create a title page with page header and number, a running head in the top left corner, and the title, your name, and institutional affiliation (or course number) centered above the middle of the page. Indent the first line of each paragraph and all block quotations one-half inch from the left margin. Italicize the titles of longer works (like a book) and put the titles of shorter works (like a poem) “in double quotation marks.”
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Basic Formatting in APA Style

Type or word-process your paper in a standard font and size (e.g., Times Roman, 12 pt.).
Left-align the text.
Double-space the text throughout the paper.
Set margins at one inch at the top, bottom, and sides of the paper.
Create a header that includes the page header (an abbreviation of the title) and page number in the upper right corner and one half-inch from the top of each page.
Create a title page with page header and number, a running head in the top left corner, and the title, your name, and institutional affiliation (or course number) centered above the middle of the page.
Indent the first line of each paragraph and all block quotations one-half inch from the left margin.
Italicize the titles of longer works (like a book) and put the titles of shorter works (like a poem) “in double quotation marks.”