Running head: A SHORT TITLE FOR YOUR PAPER
Your Fully Explanatory Title: In About a Dozen Words or so
Your Professional Name
Course # and Assignment ?
____________________ University
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A SHORT TITLE FOR YOUR PAPER
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Abstract
Here, with no indentation at all, summarize your study and its results in 100 to 150 words. Focus
less on your intentions or the importance of your topic than the work you did and the results you
found. The truth is that some people never read the full paper; they just read the abstract or
executive summary and use the body of the paper as if it were an extended footnote. So make
sure this abstract tells the whole story. This, like everything else in your paper without
exception, is in 12-point Times Roman font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins in all
directions. Please note that the title “Abstract” (like the title “References” and the title of your
paper) is not bolded. Only headings and sub-headings are bolded.
A SHORT TITLE FOR YOUR PAPER
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Your Fully Explanatory Title
Your paper begins right away with an introduction, but without the title “Introduction,”
which is never used in APA. New to the 6th edition of the Publication Manual, we are putting
two spaces after each sentence. This is natural for many of us and is a welcomed change from
the previous instruction to leave only one space. Every page, including the first page, has a short
title at the left and a simple page number, flush right. On the first page only, that short title is
preceded by “Running head:” All of that is placed within the one-inch margin (i.e., one-half inch
below the top of the paper).
Be sure to use TAB to move to positions such as the right margin, or to make a half-inch
indent. It is not enough to hit Space over and over until you get there. That may look right, but it
is not robust. Any change in the document will disrupt it. The abstract, main body, and reference
sections each begin on a brand new page. This...