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THIS IS HOW YOU DO APA RUNNING HEAD

THIS IS HOW YOU DO APA RUNNING HEAD                                                                              

TITLE PAGE ONLY

1. Begin after you have typed at least the title page and the first few pages of your paper.

2.      Click the Insert tab

3.      Click the Header button

4.      Check "Edit Header"

5.      Under the Header & Footer Tools tab, check the "Different First Page" box

6.      Click the "Page Number" button

7.      Hover over the "Top of Page" entry and click the "Plain Number 3" option

8.      Type Running head: TITLE OF YOUR PAPER

9.      Click the "Insert Alignment Tab" button

10.  Make the following selections in the dialog box that appears: Right, Margin, and None

11.  Click OK

 

THIS IS FOR SECOND PAGE AND BEYOND

12.  Begin after you have typed at least the title page and the first few pages of your paper.

13.  Click the Insert tab

14.  Click the Header button

15.  Check "Edit Header"

16.  Under the Header & Footer Tools tab, check the "Different First Page" box

17.  Click the "Page Number" button

18.  Hover over the "Top of Page" entry and click the "Plain Number 3" option

19.  Type TITLE OF YOUR PAPER

20.  Click the "Insert Alignment Tab" button

21.  Make the following selections in the dialog box that appears: Right, Margin, and None

22.  Click OK