You will be informed when APA guidelines are to be followed for a given assignment. Basic Format Use 8 x 11 inch paper. Print must be letter quality. Margins are to be 1 inch on all sides. Only the left side of the paper should be justified.
Page numbers are consecutive and begin on the title page.
Page numbers appear in the upper right-hand corner 1 inch from the right side of the paper and a half inch from the top of the paper. Each page must also have a manuscript page header consisting of the first two or three words from the title in the upper right-hand corner. The first line of each paragraph is indented 5 spaces. Skip the Level 2 heading if the paper contains less than 4 levels of headings. Quotations of more than 40 words should be placed in a free-standing block indented 5 spaces.