Important Additional Information for Organizing a Manuscript Heading Levels and Formats APA format specifies that headings used in manuscripts follow a prescribed format. As shown below, there are five possible heading levels, numbered as shown below, although most manuscripts will not have more than three levels. The information in Table 1 indicates the headings, describes the format of each heading, and is written in the font style used for each heading. You may also observe the headings in this Guide, which were created using APA format. When subheadings are created from a higher level heading, there should be at least two subheadings beneath the higher level heading. If you do not have material for at least two subheadings, just include the material under the higher level heading without using a subheading. There is no need for different sections of a manuscript to have the same number of headings. Method and Result sections often have three heading levels, while the literature review and Discussion sections typically have only two levels.
Important Additional Information for Organizing a Manuscript Heading Levels and Formats APA format specifies that headings used in manuscripts follow a prescribed format. As shown below, there are five possible heading levels, numbered as shown below, although most manuscripts will not have more than three levels. The information in Table 1 indicates the headings, describes the format of each heading, and is written in the font style used for each heading. You may also observe the headings in this Guide, which were created using APA format. When subheadings are created from a higher level heading, there should be at least two subheadings beneath the higher level heading. If you do not have material for at least two subheadings, just include the material under the higher level heading without using a subheading. There is no need for different sections of a manuscript to have the same number of headings. Method and Result sections often have three heading levels, while the literature review and Discussion sections typically have only two levels.
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