APA Style (6th Edition) Tutorial and Resources

Microsoft Word 2007 Tips

An Automatic Two Spaces After a Period

1.	Click the Office button (as shown in the image to your right) and then click Word Options. Word displays the Word Options dialog box.
2.	Click the Proofing option at the left side of the dialog box and then select the Settings button.
3.	Word displays the Grammar Settings dialog box.
4.	Use the Spaces Required Between Sentences drop-down list to indicate how many spaces you prefer between your sentences.
5.	Click on OK to close the Grammar Settings dialog box.
6.	Click on OK to close the Word Options dialog box.

Removing Extra Spaces Between Paragraphs

Word 2007 automatically adds a space between paragraphs by default. If you don’t want Word to add the extra space, you can turn it off.

1.	On the Home ribbon, in the Paragraph group, click the Paragraph dialog box launcher.
2.	Select the check box for Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style.
3.	Click the Default… button to apply to all future documents.
4.	Click OK.
Click here to view a video demonstration.

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