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        APASWEN2.DOT and APASWEN6.DOT
TWO MACRO TEMPLATE PROGRAMS FOR USE WITH MICROSOFT WORD FOR WINDOWS
VERSIONs 2.0 and 6.0 (WINWORD).

NOTE: More detailed instructions are available in the files
APAInst2.doc (for use with Winword 2.0) and APAInst6.doc (for
use with Winword 6.0).

WHAT THESE PROGRAM ARE:
These programs set up margins, headers, page numbers and headings for
documents conforming to the style developed by the American
Psychological Association (APA).  They are designed to reduce
the mechanical formatting time spent by anyone writing in the
APA style.  Psychology, some other social sciences, and some
business programs require papers to conform to APA Style. They
are written in Word Basic. Apaswen2 will work correctly only
with WinWord version 2.0. Apaswen6 will work with Word for
Windows Version 6.0. I have extensively tested Apaswen2.dot on
my students. HOW TO USE IT: First copy APASWEN2.DOT or
APASWEN6.DOT to your Winword directory or any alternative place
you keep your template files. Open MS WinWord in the usual
way.  Select the file menu, click on "NEW" and you will be
presented with a dialog box. Scroll to the top of that box and
you will see "APASWEN (2 or 6)".  Click on it.  The program
will then begin to operate and you will see an initial welcome
screen.  Click on OK.  The program present you with a second
dialog box that asks if you wish to set up an APA style paper.
If you click on "No" the program will stop and you will be
ready to start typing on a blank page with APA style 1.5"
margins and page numbers.  If you click on "Yes" you will be
asked questions and asked to fill in blank spaces in dialog
boxes.  The program will ask  what the title is, who the author
of the paper is, your affiliation (normally the name of your
college or university), if you want the date on your cover
sheet, and what key words you want in the header at the top of
each page.  It will put all that information in the right
places and nicely format it.  Then it will ask if you are
writing an experimental psychology paper.  These papers have
various headings and if you click on "yes" the program will set
these up for you.  Because headings for the Methods section of
experimental papers are not always standardized, the program
will ask if you want to consider alternative headings and if
you say "yes", it will provide some for you.

EXTRA FEATURES:
Under the Format menu at the top of your screen are additional
features.  The program can format quotation blocks and add the
message "insert Figure _ about here."  It can also find and
alphabetize your references.  It will create a table of
contents from your headings and insert this where ever you have
your cursor.  There are also a couple of nice features under
the Edit menu if you click on Glossary (Winword 2.0) or
Autotext (Winword 6.0).  You can insert the logo of my
university at your cursor point if you select LMU logo from the
list in the glossary.  Of course you should try to get a
computerized version (PCX, BMP, TIFF or WMF format) of  your
school's logo and replace my logo by selecting my logo when the
new logo is loaded in the windows clipboard. Then click on
Edit/Glossary/Define in Winword 2.0.

CAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS
While this program automates some aspects of APA style document
production not all the headings will be located exactly where
you want them and you may have to remove empty lines above
them. You may not wish to begin typing at the Abstract (the
normal default) and may have to manually place your cursor at
your desired starting place.   I used the truetype fonts that
come with Windows 3.1 as my defaults.  If you don't have these
on your system you may have to change the fonts for each style.
Do this by selecting Format [menu at top of screen] / Style/
Define/ Charactor (for Winword 2.0) and put in the font you
want.  Make sure you answer all questions and click on all OK
buttons while the program is running or it may malfunction.  Do
not edit anything until this finishes and you are ready to
begin typing.  To edit your heading click on the View menu,
select Header/Footer, and make your corrections.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS for Users still learning WinWord:
Be careful about
removing lines under a heading as you may convert the style of
the heading to a normal text style. If this happens make sure
you can see the "ribbon" which will have a style control box on
the left side followed by a font control box.  If you can't see
it click on view and select ribbon.  Just select the
appropriate Heading 1 through Heading 3 to restore a special
heading style which will be in the Arial font and larger than
normal text (Times New Roman).  To convert something from a
heading style to normal text select Normal from the style
selection box.


REGISTRATION FORM For APASwen.Dot.
Word for Windows templates to set up
American Psychological Association style documents.
PLEASE REGISTER to receive notices of  updates and support.
If you ask I will also send you a copy of the program with out
the requests to register (the nagware).
The recommended license fee is only $5.00 (five dollars).
At this price I can not provide telephone support
but I will provide mail support. I will also provide support on
American Online (AOL) via normal electronic mail.
Address AOL messages to either Otterguy or MindArtist.
Send this form with your check and any questions to:

MindArts c/o Leland C. Swenson,
12615 Woodgreen Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90066-2725
 Thank you for registering.
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