apa format for term papers

[fdeje001]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I bought my macbook for the main purpose of writing my term and research papers in graduate school. I am extremely frustrated that I have not been able to get a paper in APA format style. Microsoft 2008 allows for the bibliography and citations template but not for the set up of the paper itself. All of the downloadable programs are not compatible with microsoft 2008. Has anyone figured this out on the microsoft 2008 program?? I am looking for the entire paper format in APA including, title page, abstract, body of paper, references, etc.

 

[John McGhie]

Not yet. You have to build it yourself.

You could do this, and sell the result to all the people like you who are in
here looking for it.

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I bought my macbook for the main purpose of writing my term and research
papers in graduate school. I am extremely frustrated that I have not been able
to get a paper in APA format style. Microsoft 2008 allows for the bibliography
and citations template but not for the set up of the paper itself. All of the
downloadable programs are not compatible with microsoft 2008. Has anyone
figured this out on the microsoft 2008 program?? I am looking for the entire
paper format in APA including, title page, abstract, body of paper,
references, etc.

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Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[Robert R. Rahl]

Rather than start from scratch couldn't the original poster download a
template which works with Word 2004, such as
http://www.apastyle.info/downloads/apa-template-5.0611.doc , then make
the necessary modifications to it and save it as a Word 2008 template?

RRR

 

[John McGhie]

Absolutely: I was trying to avoid the question because Daiya is the
resident Citations expert, and she's on holidays

However, Word 2008 has a new Citation Manager, so I am not sure that the
Word 2004 template will have everything he needs.

Rather than start from scratch couldn't the original poster download a
template which works with Word 2004, such as
http://www.apastyle.info/downloads/apa-template-5.0611.doc , then make
the necessary modifications to it and save it as a Word 2008 template?

RRR

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[Phyllis Cummins]

I bought my macbook for the main purpose of writing my term and research papers in graduate school. I am extremely frustrated that I have not been able to get a paper in APA format style. Microsoft 2008 allows for the bibliography and citations template but not for the set up of the paper itself. All of the downloadable programs are not compatible with microsoft 2008. Has anyone figured this out on the microsoft 2008 program?? I am looking for the entire paper format in APA including, title page, abstract, body of paper, references, etc.

I've had the same issue but I did not even figure out how to use the citations template. I have used Reference Point in the past for APA style papers and when I called them, they told me that they have been unable to create a template for the 2008 Mac version of Word because there is no visual basic. They said that MS has announced they are going to correct this problem and when it is corrected, they should have an APA template that will work for us in about 2 weeks.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Phyllis -

Unfortunately the announcement states that the return of VBA will not be
until the next version of Mac Office, v,14. Support has to be written back
into the applications - it's not just a matter of a plug-in or update. In
all probability that won't be for another 2-3 years.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You can google for a free APA template that will handle margins, etc.
Download it, double-click it, and begin writing your paper in the doc
created from it.

You can use the Word Citation Manager to replace the rest of Reference
Point (I assume, I'm not familiar with Reference Point). On the
Formatting Palatte, click the icon for Citations. Down at the bottom,
click the + to add a new source, then it will be listed in the Citations
list. Double-click to insert it at the right place in the document.
When you are done writing, use the Document Elements Gallery to insert a
Bibliography.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Phyllis:

You need to be careful who is saying what

If the solution relies on VBA, Microsoft says that will not re-appear in
Microsoft Office until the version after 2008: late 2010 at the earliest.

You can either go back to Office 2004, or wait. Nothing requiring VBA will
work in office 2008, ever.

However, Word 2008 has an inbuilt Citation Manager. Go to View>Citations
and choose APA.

Hope this helps

I've had the same issue but I did not even figure out how to use the citations
template. I have used Reference Point in the past for APA style papers and
when I called them, they told me that they have been unable to create a
template for the 2008 Mac version of Word because there is no visual basic.
They said that MS has announced they are going to correct this problem and
when it is corrected, they should have an APA template that will work for us
in about 2 weeks.

--

Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[Alecia Mckeever]

I have found a software that is for micro soft 2008 which i currently have, I
too am in the same boat with a mac book the soft ware is called Dr Paper 5
it has all the templates for both APA and MLA styles for MAC computers.. its
about $27 dollars i hope this helps...