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APA (5th edition) Cheat Sheet

**DOUBLE SPACE EVERYTHING!**
**ONLY ONE SPACE AFTER ALL PUNCTUATION MARKS !**

Title Page
Header
o half inch from top margin
o abbreviated title (two or three words)
o five spaces
o then…insert page number (title page starts with page 1)

Center in the center of the page
o title of paper—capitalize all major words—do not capitalize articles (a, an, the) or prepositions (of, from, through), unless it is the first word of the title)
o author's name
o University of Phoenix
o course title and number
o instructor's name
o date of submission

o double space everything, use normal font in a 12-point size
o see sample title page at end of this post

Abstract
o only used if paper is eight pages or longer or if instructor requires one
o use new page
o summarize subject, research methods, findings, and conclusions in about 100 words or instructor's specifications

Main Text or Body of Paper
o normal font (Times New Roman) in size 12
o ragged right edge
o one inch margins top, bottom, and right, one and a half inch on left margin
o double space from header—title—which is repeated on first page of main text
o double space from title
o indent first paragraph five to seven spaces
o only add one space between words, after a period, and after all punctuation (adding two spaces after end punctuation is a hard habit to break)

References
o double space everything and add only one space after all punctuation
o start on a new page
o use hanging indent (first line is flush left and subsequent lines are indented five to seven...