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Dear students,
If you set up your Word documents correctly, the program
will automatically identify some of these errors. If you
will follow the instructions below, you will make a better
grade, I will spend less time correcting unnecessary errors,
and we will all be happy! These are formatting issues
required in APA.
ISSUE: Punctuation
goes inside quotation marks.
SOLUTION: File ---
Options --- Proofing --- Writing Style --- Settings ---
Grammar and style options --- Require --- inside
ISSUE: General grammar
and style errors
SOLUTION: File ---
Options --- Proofing --- Writing Style --- Grammar & Style
--- Settings --- Make sure ALL boxes are
checked under Grammar and under Style
ISSUE: Double spacing
throughout
SOLUTION: Layout ---
Paragraph --- Spacing --- Change "After" to zero --- Change
"Line spacing" to Double
ISSUE: Incorrect use
of running head.
SOLUTION: Follow
these instructions, paying particular attention to which
letters are capitalized and that the running head is in the
same font as the rest of the paper..
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