APA 7th ed Student Essay Template - Student Essay Template

Aug 31, 2026

APA 7th edition student essay template instructions for creating a basic academic paper, including title page details, centered/bold title layout, headers and page/section title formatting, and guidance for paragraphs, citations, and references. It explains how to paste external text while preserving formatting, recommended font and spacing (12-point Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1-inch margins), and limits on subheadings for shorter essays. It also provides page-break steps for starting the References section and examples of APA-style reference entries, including DOI and permalink hyperlinks.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPaper Templates

FormatDOCX

Pages4

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

Essay Content and Organization

Title Page and Formatting Guidelines

Page Layout, Font, Spacing, and Paragraph Rules

Subheadings and Section Titles

References Page and Source Citation Notes

Your Full Essay Title in Bold and Title Case Your Full Name Your College Department or Program, Your University Course Number and Name Professor Name and Title Month day, year Your Full Essay Title, Centered, Title Case, Bold Writing essays in APA format is not as hard as it looks. This document provides instructions and a template for basic student essay content and format for title pages, headers, page and section titles, and paragraphs and citations. This template can be used for any assignment requiring APA 7th ed. formatting. It is strongly recommended that you do not use the Word or other APA templates you may find; each contains formatting code that may cause issues later. Please read this overview. AFTER reading, delete each piece of instructional content and replace it with your own. If you copy text into this template from another documents or source, be aware that the format of the original may come with the copied text and override the proper format given here. Paste in content from outside sources as “text only” to preserve this template’s formatting (See Figure 1). Figure 1 Pasting content into Word as Text-Only Note: Use CTRL-C to copy and CTRL-V to paste. Click on the icon that appears by the inserted content and select the rightmost option to remove outside formatting. When you are done, your paper should be all the same font (ideally 12 point Times New Roman), double spaced, with 1” margins and no blank lines or spaces between paragraphs. Tab in the first line of each paragraph, allow Word to automatically wrap text at the end of lines, and enter once at the end of each paragraph. You can find additional models on the DeVry Library and APA’s websites. Ultimately, you are responsible for meeting your professor’s expectations for assignments in that professor’s class, so follow all instructions and requirements expressed by the professor. Essay Content and Organization Essays with fewer than six pages should not have any sub-section titles like the one above. After the title page, only the essay’s first page of text and the References pages should include titles (bold and centered 12 point font). For longer essays, mark sections with Title Case subheadings (bold and centered 12 point font). Ask your professor for specific content and format expectations. Use the available print resources and writing tutors for additional assistance. By carefully utilizing resources, you can produce a well-written and easy-to-read essay that meets APA requirements, avoids plagiarism, and shares your insights to make the world a better place. Scroll down in this template to begin your references list on the page following your conclusion. If you are making your own document, do not enter multiple times to force a new page. Instead, on the line after your conclusion, select Insert and Page Break from your top menu (or CTRL-Enter). Your cursor will be at the top of the next page, where you can center the title References and type your full APA citations. Please see the other APA guides for proper source citation in-text and on your references page. References Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue, if known), page numbers. HYPERLINK "https://doi.org/10.####/#####.#" https://doi.org/10.####/#####.##### Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue, if known), page numbers. HYPERLINK "https://PermalinkProvidedInLibraryDatabase" https://PermalinkProvidedInLibraryDatabase Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial., Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial., & Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year of publication). Title of the article. Title of the Magazine/Journal, Volume number(Issue number if known), page numbers. HYPERLINK "https://doi.org/10.####/#####.###" https://doi.org/10.####/#####.##### Author’s Last Name, First I

FAQs

What formatting settings does the template recommend for the essay document?

Use a consistent font (ideally 12-point Times New Roman), double spacing, 1-inch margins, and avoid blank lines between paragraphs. Indent the first line of each paragraph and wrap text normally in Word.

How should the References section be started and formatted?

Begin the References list on the page following the conclusion. Insert a page break on the line after the conclusion, then center the title “References” in bold and type full APA citations.

What rules does the template give for subheadings in shorter essays?

Essays with fewer than six pages should not include sub-section titles. After the title page, only the essay’s first page of text and the References pages should include titles.

Aug 31, 2026

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