The VAPA format requires that the beginning of each paragraph must be entered after pressing the Tab key and must not be left blank.
Line spacing: set to double-spaced.
Font: Times New Roman, font size set to 12.
The header of each page should be set Runninghead (abbreviated title of the article, requiring all-caps font).
The right side of the page number is correctly placed, the second page does not need Running Head, only the article title abbreviation and capitalisation.
White space around the page should be 1 inch (2.54cm).
All pages except the first page should have a Title Page with basic information such as article name, author’s name, instructor, discipline, institution and date, please ask your professor for specific requirements.
Regarding the APA literature citation and reference format, the details are as follows.
Literature citation is the indication of all reference sources in the text, and APA format requires that the citation field consist of the author’s name with the year of publication, enclosed in parentheses and placed after the citation.
References should be sorted alphabetically by last name, including first name prefixes. It is formatted as a hanging indent, with each bibliography indented one-half inch from the second line. Each reference needs to contain four basic pieces of information, namely, author, date of publication, title of work, and source.
