Essentials of APA Page Formatting and Style

Flush left (ragged right edge)

Sans Serif font (e.g., Arial) for statistics in tables and figures

No spaces on internal punctuation for abbreviations such as i.e., or e.g., or U.S.

One space between author’s initials

Example: ...funky lowercase (e.g., the writing of e. e. cummings).

Avoid one-sentence paragraphs.

Allow 5 spaces between the end of the header and the page number.

Numbers 10 and greater use Arabic figures (10 – 999,999)

Use the % symbol and figures to report any number as a percentage (6%, 22.5%)

EXCEPTIONS: Do not use a figure to start a sentence: write out the number

-When writing out the number also write out “percent”

-Use the word percentage when writing in general terms and not referring to a specific numerical value.

Example: “Sixty-seven percent of the sample....as compared to 2% that did not qualify. This was a larger percentage than previously …”