Free download · from a PhD academic editorStop formatting your dissertation by hand.
A ready-to-type Word file with every APA 7 setting already wired up — margins, styles, all five heading levels, page numbering, and a table of contents that updates itself. Drop your writing in and let the structure hold.
What's inside
Most dissertation formatting pain comes from formatting by hand: bolding headings, tabbing indents, nudging spacing until it looks right — until one keystroke undoes all of it. This template is the fix. Every setting I teach on the blog is already configured, the way I set up files as an editor.
• Real APA 7 styles — Normal fixed, a body style with the first-line indent built in, and a reference style with a true hanging indent (never touch Tab again)
• All five APA heading levels, in black, with “Keep with Next” already set so no heading strands at the bottom of a page
• Page numbering done the APA 7 way — title page counted as 0 and unnumbered, text starting at 1, no running head
• An automatic table of contents that rebuilds with one click — never retype page numbers again
• A one-page how-to inside the file (delete it before you submit)
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