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• Students and other authors may choose other fonts, 2.26 Principles of Organization
as needed, but should keep accessibility in mind EXPANDED
when doing so. The APA Style website contains This section includes a discussion of how and why to use
further discussion of font and accessible typography. headings to effectively organize and structure a paper.
• Because different fonts take up different amounts
of space on the page, we recommend using word 2.27 Headings
count rather than page count to gauge paper REVISED
length (see Section 2.25 for more information about The following table demonstrates how to format head-
paper length). ings in seventh edition APA Style. All headings are
bold; Levels 3 and 5 are also italic.
2.21 Line Spacing
EXPANDED
General guidance to double-space the paper is Level Seventh Edition Format
provided, followed by line spacing for specific paper
sections: title page, table body, figure image, foot- 1 Centered, Bold, Title Case Heading
notes, and displayed equations. Do not add lines Text begins indented as a new paragraph.
before or after headings or between paragraphs. Flush Left, Bold, Title Case Heading
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Text begins indented as a new paragraph.
2.22 Margins
Flush Left, Bold Italic, Title Case Heading
EXPANDED 3
The section on margins addresses possible adjust- Text begins indented as a new paragraph.
ments needed for margins in dissertations and theses Indented, Bold, Title Case Heading, Ending
compared to journal articles. See also information on 4 With a Period. Text begins on the same line and
margins on the APA Style website. continues as a regular paragraph.

Indented, Bold Italic, Title Case Heading,
2.23 Paragraph Alignment
5 Ending With a Period. Text begins on the same
EXPANDED line and continues as a regular paragraph.
• This section describes how to align paragraphs to
the left margin. See also information on paragraph
alignment on the APA Style website. For more details about how to format headings,
including headings in the introduction of a paper, see
• Formatting of long DOIs or URLs is outlined: (a) line information about headings and headings in sample
breaks should not be manually inserted, and (b) papers on the APA Style website.
breaks applied automati cally by a word-processing
program are permissible.
2.28 Section Labels
2.24 Paragraph Indentation REVISED
EXPANDED • All section labels (e.g., “Author Note,” “Abstract,”
This section describes guidance for paragraph inden- “References”) are now bold.
tation as well as exceptions needing different inden-
tation: title page, abstract, section labels, appendix • The chapter ends with full samples of both student
labels and titles, headings, block quotations, tables and professional papers with labels to show how
and figures, and reference entries. See also infor- specific elements appear when implemented and
mation on paragraph indentation on the APA Style where in the manual to find more information.
website.
Chapter 3

2.25 Paper Length Chapter 3 orients writers to journal article reporting
standards (JARS) and includes tables outlining stan-
EXPANDED AND NEW dards for reporting quantitative, qualitative, and mixed
This section includes a recommendation to use word methods research.
count rather than page count to determine paper
length when possible. When using word count, • JARS was significantly updated to provide
count all words in text, references, table bodies, guidance for not only quantitative research but also
table and figure notes, and appendices. qualitative and mixed methods research.

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