Helpful Resources for Chapter 7:
Preparing the Final Draft

p. 226 Making Microsoft Word check your paper's grammar and making it leave two spaces after periods at the end of each sentence.

p. 226 Using Microsoft Word's Autoformatting tool (and the "AutoFormat as you type" tab) to make your document look better--and to put your URLs in normal font

pp. 227-228 Step-by-step directions for putting your APA-style page header MS Word's page header area

pp. 228-230 Tips on using APA-formatted headings

"Five essential tips for APA style headings

Microsoft Word Tutorials

Basic introduction to MS Word

APA Formatting and Style

Model papers and templates
- Model paper from APA
- Jordan Buess's and Rick Froman's 2010 paper: "A template paper with comments for illustrating the 6th edition of APA style."
- Microsoft Word template of an APA-style paper
- Nine-minute video on how to create your own APA_style template in MS Word
Youtube tutorials on APA formatting

Formatting your title page
Setting up your Paper in APA Format (from Baker College)
Setting up your Paper in APA Format (from Endicott College)
Setting up your Paper in APA Format (Only 5 minutes!)
Formatting your reference page

Answers to questions about APA style

Conquering APA Style: Advice From APA Style Experts (the article is writen for students)

Helpful software

Free alternatives to Microsoft Word

Posters

General tips on making posters
- Solid, timeless tips on planning and designing posters from NYU
- Creating effective poster presentations (from NC state)
- Ten simple rules for a good poster presentation (from PLOS: Computational Biology)
- Great advice from Colin Purrington
Using Powerpoint to make posters
- Detailed advice on how to use Powerpoint to make posters (a pdf file from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology)
- Advice for making posters with Powerpoint (from the University of Alabama)
- Templates that you can download and use
  - Dr. Colin Purlington's poster templates
  - Powerpoint science project template (from Microsoft)