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Struggling with APA Style? Having an intractable argument with a coworker over a question of grammar or punctuation? Or maybe you’re just wondering how to write something better? The Editarians blog will have the answers you are looking for. If you can’t find your answer, you can ask the editor.
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APA Citations: Authors With the Same Name
I have a question about APA citations. I know that in APA Style, I should add initials to text citations when different authors have the same last name. What do I do when two different authors also have the same first initial?
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Latest Blog Posts
How to Add Page Numbers in APA Style
Are you curious to learn how to add page numbers in APA Style? Whether you are writing to meet APA 6 or APA 7, we’ve got you covered! In APA Style, page numbering is (usually) straightforward: The first page is numbered page 1.
Five Strategies to Find Motivation to Write
Let’s face it: writing is hard. The bigger the project, the more onerous it can feel to get our butt in the chair and write that research paper or book manuscript. Motivation lags, momentum slows, and we start to wonder why we even chose this dratted topic in the first place.
Do You Face This Problem?
If you’re like most of our clients, you’ve got a big year ahead of you. You’re completing (or contemplating) a degree program, you’re writing a book, or you’ve got grand plans to crank out articles for publication. If that sounds like you, let us amaze you with what else we know about you:
How to Format Pages in APA Style
In this post we cover APA 6 and 7 guidelines for margins, page size, and page orientation. That’s right: setting up the page correctly has not changed with the release of the 7th edition of the Publication Manual. We then cover in detail how to set up APA page formatting in Microsoft Word.
How to Insert a Running Head in APA Style
In this blog post we examine running heads in APA Style. We cover what purpose a running head serves, do’s and don’ts to follow, how to format a running head for an APA paper, and how to count characters to ensure the running head is within the character limit.
Don’t Break Your Page, Insert a Page Break
When you need your cursor to start at the top of a new page, do you hit enter multiple times—or do you insert a page break? This blog explains why using multiple carriage returns is a bad habit and shows you the super-easy keyboard shortcut to “break” that bad habit.
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