How to format your paper in APA style in 2024

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00:00 Introduction
1:09 Margins, Font, Line Spacing
2:43 Title Page
5:36 Main Body/Section Headings
8:27 Reference List
9:36 APA Grammar

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Who else is here because they have a research/ journal article paper that is due but haven’t started until the day of?

[Leafninja]

As someone that only knows MLA format, thank you for creating this.

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[jamesgood]

I love how my professor was like you have an apa paper due... I asked if he could show me or tell me how to do it. He said figure it out. Thanks for doing the simple task I asked my professor to do.

[professorsasser]

Some additional tips (from someone who *IS* grading these):

0:52 - As a professor, I greatly appreciate the disclaimer. For example, I know APA did away with the Times New Roman, 12-pt. requirement, but *I* still require it because otherwise, I get tons of hard to read fonts from students, which significantly slows down my grading!

5:30 - You should always change the font of your page number to match the font of your essay!

5:42 - Don't hit enter until you make it to the next full blank page; that invites trouble. Hold Control + Enter (PC) or Shift + Enter (Mac) to insert a page break instead any time you're trying to get to the first line of the next page. That way you are always on that top line, no matter how much you change before it. I recommend using this page break when you begin typing the body of the paper also, so you set up the last page as your References page, and then, no matter how much you add in the body, the References always start on the first line of that last page, as they should--and you can add each new reference as you use it within the paper, so you make sure not to leave any out.

8:50 - To create a hanging indent format, first type everything out normally, all aligned flush left, then highlight just those references, and on a PC, go to the Paragraph menu on the ribbon, Choose "Line Spacing Options, " and under "Special, " choose "Hanging" (about midway down on the right). On a Mac, go to the same place where you selected double spacing (seen at 2:13 in this video), choose "Line Spacing Options, " then look for "Special" and choose "Hanging" (again, about midway down on the right--you can see the "Special" at about 2:25 in this video)

Also in the References, if including a link, try to fit as much of the link as possible on the same line, but DON'T HIT ENTER while in the link. AFTER you set it up for hanging indent, go to a link and eyeball how much space you have left on a line, then put a space in the link at about that much space, which should move that much of the link up to the previous line. Be sure to remove all hyperlinks from everywhere within the paper.

11:20 - a 10-year-old would be hyphenated in both places, but someone who is 10 years old would not.

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As a person going back to school after 30 years, I am very appreciative of you and this video!!

[trevora]

Chelsea,

I left a comment on this video about two years ago saying how this video helped me get a feel of APA after not being in school for years. I've used the same template from this video for dozens of assignments since then and I'll be graduating with my bachelor degree in August, and just wanted to say thank you again!

[malecabusharif]

APA is the most annoying thing I've ever done, because each year it changes, and then sometimes teachers want obscure things like an "Abstract" or "Level Headings" and sometimes they don't, but they don't tell you what they want, and just say follow APA guidelines.

[deejaybindope]

As a blind individual, I really appreciate your descriptions and how you describe everything especially when it comes to this format, I’ve never had a video in such detail and this is my first time watching this one

[jjbudowitz]

WOW this has been so much help. I have an APA research paper that I just started on the day that it is due (today) and I've never used APA before. Wish me luck!!!!

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I was struggling with my first time ever doing a paper like this. Spent hours and days trying to understand my professors notes. Came on here took me 20 mins to understand an hour to write my essay and i got a good grade too GIRL YOU SAVED MY LIFE !

[DLXRY]

This is literally so extra. Why cant I just write the damn paper normally. I feel like this is a giant math equation on top of writing the paper.

[huyenThiVn]

I've been writing APA for almost 2 years now since I am a social work major student and I am still wondering every time I have to write a paper whether I am doing it correctly. This helps a lot. Wished I looked this up when i first started. This helps a lot and I am following this from now on. THANK YOU!!!

[LeeDee]

I hadn't been in college in 18 years so needless to say I was lost when it came to writing papers again. I've learned more here in 11 minutes than in anything else, thank you so much!

[laurenstewart]

Thank you SO much for making this video. I was taught in extreme detail how to write in MLA format but NEVER APA. I have had to write in APA style for the last four years in college, and no one has explained it as well as you have.

[htetmyat]

After nearly 4 years of trying to understand and master MLA in high school, college just kicked it to the side and bringing in Thanks so much for this, it really helped a lot and saved a lot of time.

[starrbenazzi-mfob]

I'm just starting college and I'm older, lol, had no idea how to write a paper, never heard of APA, and Word...forget about that! I was sooo stressed out. This video helped me so much, you have no idea! Thank you, thank you!! I WAS HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!

[aamela]

As someone who only wrote in MLA format till my freshman year of college, I needed this! I'm writing my first ever APA paper so I appreciate this video! :)

[jakecastilla]

Every single time that I have to write a paper in APA formatting, I always come back to this video. It doesn't matter how many times I've watched it before, but this is by far one of the most helpful videos out there

[lenalove]

I'm here because I've never done apa paper and it's due in 3 days, hell I just for finished with the mla also here because teachers don't have time to teach, thank God for youtube