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Apa Features In Word 2007

APA Features in Word 2007
Microsoft’s newest upgrade of its office applications to 2007 has several new features that enhance one’s work. Along with these, Word 2007 makes formatting one’s papers using APA easier. Some people may not know how to use this new feature though. To use this feature, one should of course already have hindsight of the rules of APA. Although the application could do much for the user, it could only do so much. And it should be noted that the APA style in Word 2007 is not absolutely correct. Therefore, to maximize one’s use of it, he or she should already know what APA is all about. Ultimately, Word 2007 does not format titles, volumes, or issues correctly, does not space lines correctly, and does not create hanging indents. Besides these limitations, the application is useful. Necessary corrections just had to be made and you’re good. The application basically revolves around the Word 2007’s tool References.
The first step is to click on the 4th tab on Word 2007 Ribbon Bar, the References. Upon clicking it, you could see a choice for styles and there you could choose the APA style. The APA recommends a serif 12-point typeface. The University standard is a font of Times New Roman. Of course, the typeface should be kept the same throughout the paper, even for page numbers and headers. Headings and certain words are italicized. The setting of the font and typeface is already easy; everyone knows how to do that. But because you may be writing a lot of pages and a lot of papers in APA styles, these font settings can be changed to the default. To do this, click the Default button at bottom left of the Font menu. When the next window opens, click the Yes button. Next, APA papers use margins of 1 inch on all sides except for doctoral papers, which use a left margin of 1.5". Most word processors are set automatically (default) for 1.23" on left and right, so these must be reset. Here, you must click the Page Layout tab, and go...