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Apa Running Headers In Microsoft Word (Mac)

APA Style Running Headers in Microsoft Word

Instructions for Mac

Running heads are required in APA formatting. APA formatting does not include the author’s name on each page,

so the running head helps readers keep track of multiple pages of a paper. It is an abbreviated version of the

paper’s title that appears in the upper left-hand corner of each page in all uppercase letters.

1. From a new document, click on ‘Document Elements’ on the tool bar at the top of the document screen.

Click on the ‘Page #’ icon.

When the ‘Page Numbers’ box appears on the screen, use the drop-down menu to select ‘Top of page’ for the Position

option and ‘Right’ for the Alignment option.

Make sure the box next to ‘Show number on first page’ has a check mark in it. Click ‘OK’ to make the page number

appear on your document.

2. Click near the ‘1’ on your document. The cursor will appear on the left side of the number. Type your running header

(i.e., the abbreviated version of your title in uppercase letters) and hit the ‘Tab’ key twice to move the text to the left

side of the page.

Apa Running Headers In Microsoft Word (Mac)