Mastering APA 7th Edition: A Comprehensive Guide for Researchers

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[Paper Title] [First Name Last Name] [Institution] [Course Number: Course Name] [Instructor Name] [Date Submitted] Warning: As of 8/12/2020 Microsoft Word does not officially support APA 7th edition. The Word citation manager will not properly format your references. H4 and H5 headings cannot be properly formatted using the Styles menu. Remove this warning before calculating your word count or submitting your paper. Abstract [The abstract should be one paragraph of between 150 and 250 words. Check your assignment instructions to see if an abstract is required.] Keywords: [Click here to add keywords.] [Paper Title] [The body of your paper uses a half-inch first line indent and is double-spaced. APA style provides for up to five heading levels, shown in the paragraphs that follow. Note that the word Introduction should not be used as an initial heading, as it’s assumed that your paper begins with an introduction.] [Heading 1] [The first three heading levels get their own paragraph, as shown here. Headings 4, and 5 are run-in headings used at the beginning of the paragraph.] [Heading 2] 1 [To add a table of contents (TOC), apply the appropriate heading style to just the heading text at the start of a paragraph and it will show up in your TOC. To do this, select the text for your heading. Then, on the Home tab, in the Styles gallery, click the style you need.] [Heading 3] [When using headings, do not skip levels. If you need a heading 4, or 5 with no text following it before the next heading, just add a period at the end of the heading and then start a new paragraph for the subheading and its text.] [Heading 4]. [Include a period at the end of a run-in heading. Note that you can include consecutive paragraphs with their own headings, where appropriate.] [Heading 5]. [Like all sections of your paper, references start on their own page. Do not use the Microsoft citation manager built into Word. It does not support APA 7th edition and will not format...