Word 2007 instructions below.

Apa style font and text size. Set the default font in the font box. The 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual requires that the chosen font be accessible ie legible to all readers and that it be used consistently throughout the paper. For any text in figures authors should use a sans serif typeface because the clean and simple lines enhance the figures visual presentation.

Use the same font throughout your paper with the following exceptions. Creating Labeling and Citing APA-Compliant Tables. In most cases if you do not set the default font in the font box Word 2007 will change the header font to Calibri 11.

Sans serif fonts such as 11-point Calibri 11-point Arial or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode or. Font is covered in Section 219 of the APA Publication Manual Seventh Edition. To present computer code use a.

Some guidelines are as follows. For help on all aspects of formatting your paper in APA Style see The Essentials page on the APA Style website. As per the APA style guidelines the font should be Times New Roman with a font size of 12 pt.

What size font should Footnotes be apa. The font size used in tables and figures may be smaller than that used in the text. Arial with a size between 8 and 14 points.

For text within the image itself APA recommends using a sans serif font eg. APA guidelines are a system of editorial guidelines that have been developed by the American psychological association to present findings in the field. The default font will be incorporated into the header.