Running Head STYLE GUIDE for APA 6th Form

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okay in this video I'm going to quickly show you how to create a running head or a header in APA format first we're going to go to the insert and we're going to insert a page number drop down to top of page we're going to insert plane number three the next thing we need to do is click this box here that says different first page because in APA format the header on the first page is going to be slightly different than the header on the rest of the pages I'm going to go scroll back up here to the first page very first page of your document the title page goes like this you need to insert a page number again top of page plain number three and then you're going to type the words running head please notice that running is capitalized and the word head is not capitalized this is going to be followed by a colon followed by a space and then I'm going to type the title of the paper in all caps okay once I do that I need to hit the tab button maybe once maybe twice it depends on how long your t