Microsoft Word 3.01 Template for the Editorial Style Required by the American Psychological Association, Version 1.0, August 1, 1987
Dan J. Henderson
The Fielding Institute
Author identification notes (acknowledgements, expanded affiliation or change of address, address for inquiries or requests for reprints) go here only if the paper is to be blind reviewed; otherwise they are entered on a page by themselves near the end of the paper.
Level 5 heading: indented paragraph heading ending in a period (normal sentence), underlined. Underlining is not specified in the Heading Level 5 style definition since that would apply underlining to the entire paragraph, and only the first sentence of the paragraph is to be underlined. Underline the first sentence manually.
Make Level 2 the top level heading for papers requiring less than five headings. For documents requiring two or three levels of headings, use Level 4 headings as subordinate to Level 2, and Level 5 headings as subordinate to Level 4. If material under the Level 2 Heading is short, or if many Level 4 headings are needed, Level 5 headings may be more appropriate than Level 4. Level 5 headings should apply to all the material between headings. Use Level 3 headings between Levels 2 and 4 only if four levels of headings are required. Use Level 1 headings only if five levels of headings are required.
Display a quotation of more than 40 words in a free-standing block of lines and omit the quotation marks. Start such a block quotation like this one, on a new line, indented five spaces from the left margin (style name = Long Quote). Type the entire quotation double-spaced on the new margin and indent the first line of any subsequent paragraphs within the quotation five spaces from the margin (style name = Long Quote Para 2), as in the next paragraph.
When quoting, always provide the author, year, and specific page citation in the text and include a complete reference in the reference list (Gardner, 1981, p. 75).
Insert Figure 1 about here
Insert Table 1 about here
Figure and table position markers, as above, consist of the words Insert Figure/Table <n> about here plus two following paragraph marks (<Return><Return>), with both paragraphs (the <Return>’s are the important part) assigned the Figure/Table Position style. Both should be preceded by a blank line (<Return>) which carries a style definition other than Figure/Table Position.
This template was developed on a Macintosh 512E and ImageWriter I printer under System 4.1 and ImageWriter driver 2.6, using Microsoft Word version 3.01. It has not been tested on any other configuration. The default font on my system, specified in the Normal style, is Boston II-NY. It carries the same font ID number as Apple’s New York font, and I assume without having tested it that this template will still work on systems without Boston II-NY. The Boston II suite of fonts is arguably the best available for the ImageWriter printers, and may be obtained from major commercial and private user’s groups and electronic bulletin boards, or directly from the author (Charles E. Maurer, 31 Forsyth Avenue South, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 2A4, Canada. CIS PPN=74726,1201), for only $10.50 US.
Styles have been defined in this template for most major formats required by the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (3rd ed.) (1983), published by the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. This manual (document number 2450056) may be ordered from the APA for $16.50 ($12.50 for APA members; prices subject to change without notice). Contact the APA Order Department, P.O. Box 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784. VISA or MasterCard orders may be placed at (703)247-7705 (collect calls cannot be accepted). This template is not an official publication of the APA and does not represent the entire contents of the publication manual. Users are urged to obtain their own copy of the current version of the manual, and to use it as the final authority.
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References
Journal article, paginated by volume:
Horowitz, L. M., Post, D. L., & French, R. S. (1981). The dingleberry in modern culture. American Journal of Fruit, 9, 581-593.
Journal article, paginated by issue:
Horowitz, L. M., Post, D. L., & French, R. S. (1981). Cathartic sneezing. Journal of Expulsive Bodily Functions, 9(2), 581-593.
Magazine article:
Gardner, H. (1981, December). Nose picking: Threat or menace? Psychology Today, pp. 70-76.
Book:
Bernstein, T. M., Jr. (Ed.). (1965). Author Voids Where Prohibited by Law (3rd ed.). New York: Athenum.
Article or chapter in edited book:
Hartley, J. T., Jr., & Walsh, D. A. (1980). What’s a mother to do? In L. W. Poon (Ed.), Pitfalls of parenting (pp. 239-252). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Book, no author or editor:
Cheating. (1979). Princeton, NJ: College Board Publications.
Dissertation, printed:
Pendar, J. E. (1982). The fineness of frog fur (Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, 1981). Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 4370A.
Dissertation, microfilm:
Pendar, J. E. (1982). Distinguished American nerds. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 4370A-4371A. (University Microfilms No. 82-06,181)
Appendix
If there is more than one Appendix, start each on a separate page and identify it with a capital letter (Appendix A, Appendix B, etc.) in the order of mention in the text.
Author Notes
Author identification notes (acknowledgements, expanded affiliation or change of address, address for inquiries or requests for reprints) go here, unless the paper is to be blind reviewed, in which case these should appear on the title page (the manuscript is sent to reviewers without the title page). (Manuscripts for blind review should also avoid including the author’s name in the short title, which is in the Header in this template, since the short title also appears on every page.) Enter acknowledgements first, if any, then the author identification information.
Footnotes
The footnotes page ends with a section break instead of a page break since the endnotes option is specified for footnotes in the section format dialog box, which places them at the end of the section in which the footnotes appear.
Table 1
Table Title
Begin each table on a separate page.
Figure Captions
Figure 1. A clear, brief description of the figure.
