How Should an APA 7 Paper Look? Guidelines and Formatting Tips

Learn how to format your paper correctly using APA 7 style, including title page, headers, in-text citations, and references.

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APA 7 citation style includes a title page with the title, author, institution, course, instructor, and date. Headers feature a page number top-right but no running head. In-text citations require author-date format (Author, Year). References should be listed on a separate page, formatted with a hanging indent and include the author, year, title, and source. Double-space all text, and use a 12-point Times New Roman font.

FAQs & Answers

  1. What are the key components of an APA 7 title page? An APA 7 title page includes the paper title, author name, institution, course, instructor, and date, all centered and double-spaced.
  2. How do in-text citations work in APA 7 style? In APA 7, in-text citations use the author-date format, for example, (Author, Year), placed within the sentence where the reference occurs.
  3. What is the correct formatting for the reference page in APA 7? References should be on a separate page, double-spaced, listed alphabetically with a hanging indent, and include author, year, title, and source.
  4. Is a running head required in APA 7 papers? No, the running head is no longer required for student papers in APA 7; only the page number appears in the top-right header.

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