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apa_latex(La)TeX according to APA style

Example setup for a student paper according to APA style.

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Academic papers require specific margins, spacing and fonts.

The default font for latex is acknowledged by APA, but it may depend on the requester.
Margins : 1in.
Line spacing : 1.5.
Title page : Must be numbered.
Headings : First level heading must be centered.
Page headers : Page number only.

\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{article}
\usepackage[letterpaper, portrait, margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{titling}
\onehalfspacing
\hypersetup{
	pdftitle={TITLE},
	pdfauthor={AUTHOR},
	pdfsubject={SUBJECT},
	colorlinks,
	linkcolor={black!50!black},
	citecolor={blue!50!black},
	urlcolor={blue!90!black}
}
\newcommand{}{extgreater}
\setlength{ight}{15pt}
\newcommand{0}[1]{ %
\newpage %
\begin{center} %
\section*{#1} %
\end{center} %
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#1} %
}
\newcommand{0s}[1]{ %
\subsection*{#1} %
\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{#1} %
}
\newcommand{0ss}[1]{ %
\subsubsection*{extbf{extit{#1}}} %
\addcontentsline{toc}{subsubsection}{#1} %
}
\title{%
TITLE \ %
\large 0t }
\author{AUTHOR}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead[R]{hepage}
\fancyfoot[C]{}
\renewcommand{width}{0pt}

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latex

APA Style

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