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All documents should be typed, double-spaced, with 1" margins
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Accepted APA Style fonts are 12 pt. Times New Roman; 11 pt. Calibri; 11 pt. Arial, 10 pt. Lucinda Sans Unicode, 11 pt. Georgia
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Running heads are no longer needed. Actual title of the paper and page number need to be on the title page
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Heading font sizes for levels 3 through 5 have been changed to make them easier to read. Please refer to the manual.
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The manual now states to always use a single space after any body-text punctuation, whether it is at the end of a sentence or not. In the 6th edition, two spaces would be required at the end of a sentence, while a single space would be used after punctuation that was not at the end of a sentence.
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Bias free language has been added to make using "they or "their" standard instead of gendered pronouns.
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Use descriptive phrases instead of nouns when referring or labeling individuals.
Additional strategies for style and formatting are available on the APA Style Blog.