Transcript: APA 6th referencing formatting your reference – list (Microsoft Office 2010 not suitable for – Endnote users) APA 6th style has quite specific formatting. An area that students often find difficult is formatting the reference list. The reference list should be in alphabetical order and formatted with hanging indents. That is, the first line of each reference should hang out from subsequent lines, like this. Part 1: Preparing your list This tutorial starts with a short demonstration of five things you may need to check when preparing your list: Line spacing the list Delete extra returns Removing tabs Sorting the list into alphabetical order Check 1: Line spacing Is there a space between each reference? You can check this by selecting the pilcrow (or paragraph marker) on the Paragraph tab. If it’s yellow, you’ll see all your paragraph markers, like this. When you press the return key after each reference list entry, your list should look like this. Check 2: Left-aligning the list Is the writing straight against the left margin? Does each line of writing touch the left edge? If it’s not, change it by selecting the reference list. Then click once on the left-align button on the paragraph group. Click anywhere on the page to deselect the text. Your list should look like this (the red line won’t be there). Check 3: Deleting extra returns Have you pressed the return key to put parts of the reference on new lines? You’ll need to delete any extra returns (or line breaks) within each reference. After you have deleted the extra returns, your list should look like this. 4: Removing tabs Have you used tabs to make paragraph indents? Delete all tabs. you’ve deleted all tabs, your list should look like this.
Transcript: APA 6th referencing – formatting your reference list (Microsoft Office 2010 – not suitable for Endnote users) APA 6th style has quite specific formatting. An area that students often find difficult is formatting the reference list. The reference list should be in alphabetical order and formatted with hanging indents. That is, the first line of each reference should hang out from subsequent lines, like this. Part 1: Preparing your list This tutorial starts with a short demonstration of five things you may need to check when preparing your list: Line spacing the list Delete extra returns Removing tabs Sorting the list into alphabetical order Check 1: Line spacing Is there a space between each reference? You can check this by selecting the pilcrow (or paragraph marker) on the Paragraph tab. If it’s yellow, you’ll see all your paragraph markers, like this. When you press the return key after each reference list entry, your list should look like this. Check 2: Left-aligning the list Is the writing straight against the left margin? Does each line of writing touch the left edge? If it’s not, change it by selecting the reference list. Then click once on the left-align button on the paragraph group. Click anywhere on the page to deselect the text. Your list should look like this (the red line won’t be there). Check 3: Deleting extra returns Have you pressed the return key to put parts of the reference on new lines? You’ll need to delete any extra returns (or line breaks) within each reference. After you have deleted the extra returns, your list should look like this. 4: Removing tabs Have you used tabs to make paragraph indents? Delete all tabs. you’ve deleted all tabs, your list should look like this.