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You can use this guide and the list below as a checklist to follow as you format your essays in Google Docs.  \nYour paper is in APA format if it:  \n□ has 1 inch margins on all sides  \n□ is typed in Times New Roman font, size 12  \n□ is double-spaced throughout the entire document  \n□ begins every paragraph with an indentation  \n□ has a title page with information about you and your paper  \n□ includes a running header with the paper title and page numbers  \n□ has an abstract with a brief summary of your paper’s argument/findings  \n□ has a title centered at the beginning of the essay  \n□ includes a References page at the end of the essay with alphabetized APA citations  \nYou have two options available to you when it comes to writing an APA formatted paper in Google Docs. One is to format your paper yourself in a blank Google Doc, using the steps you will find on this handout. The other is to use a template provided by Google Docs which has all the correct APA formatting already set up for you. The template makes things very easy! But it’s also good to learn how to do some of the formatting yourself.  \nTo access the template from your Edmonds CC gmail account (@[edmail.edcc.edu](edmail.edcc.edu)), you need to be logged in to your Edmail account. Go to Google Docs and instead of clicking to start a Blank document, look above to where it says Template Gallery. Click on Template Gallery, make sure that General is selected, and in the Education section, find the APA Report template. Click on that and a new Google Doc will open; the new Doc will have information already typed that you will then replace with your own text, keeping the same formatting.  \nWhen reading through the template, it is clear where you need to add your own information. As a student and not a professional researcher, you can skip the “Author Note” section on the title page unless your instructor has told you to include it. You may also want to ask your instructor if you need to include the Abstract page.  \nThe template document has a lot of Latin text to show different formatting options for papers with sections and subsections. If your paper is meant to have sections, these will be useful. If not, ignore all of the formatting the template shows in the “body” of the paper after the first introductory paragraph. Skip down to the References and use that as a guide for your citations.  \nYou will probably still want to refer to the Hanging Indents section of this handout to format your citations properly.  \nEdmonds CC Writing Center | MUK 113 APA Formatting: Google Docs  \n[425.640.1750 |](425.640.1750 | www.edcc.edu/lsc)[ ](425.640.1750 | www.edcc.edu/lsc)[www.edcc.edu/lsc](425.640.1750 | www.edcc.edu/lsc)  \nMargins  \nGoogle Docs defaults to setting 1 inch margins on all sides of a document. Unless you’ve changed your default settings before, every Google Doc you begin should have the correct margins. But, you can check this by clicking on File in the menu bar, and then clicking on Page setup from the menu that pops up (it’s near the bottom) . This will open a dialog box with information about the file’s margins. If you see anything other than 1 in any of the boxes under Margins, change them all to 1.  \nFont and Size  \nGoogle Docs sets the default font to Arial, but APA strongly encourages all papers be written in Times New Roman font, size 12. Always submit your papers in a font that is size 12, no larger and no smaller. Teachers can tell if you’ve enlarged your font size to meet page requirements! 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