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APA style -- created by the American Psychological Association and used by many colleges, institutes and publications -- requires certain types and sizes of paragraph indentations. In the body of an APA paper, the first line of each paragraph must begin one half inch away from the left margin, and the following lines must begin flush against the margin. In the reference list, the format reverses: The first line starts at the margin, and subsequent lines are indented half an inch. To apply these rules in Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010, use the Paragraph dialog box.
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Select all the text in the body of the paper, if you already wrote it. If you're beginning the paper, simply click where you want to begin indenting.
