APA Annotated Bibliography Template for Word

What the file sets

• One inch margins on every side.
• Double spacing on every line.
• Times New Roman 12 point, one of the fonts APA 7 allows.
• The title is bold and centered.
• The header holds the page number at the top right of every page.
• Each reference has a half inch hanging indent.
• Each annotation is indented half an inch from the left margin, as one block.
• References sit in alphabetical order by the first author’s surname.
• References carry the italics APA 7 prints: book and web page titles, journal names and volume numbers.

Where the layout comes from

Each rule above comes from one of these pages. If your instructor or institution gives different rules, follow theirs.

• Purdue OWL, Annotated Bibliography Samples
• APA Publication Manual, 7th edition