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APSA Style Manual for Political Science Formatting in Microsoft Word

APSA Style Manual for political science: a Chicago 17th-based author-date system with a "References" list kept double-spaced throughout.

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Page geometry

left margin
1 in
right margin
1 in
top margin
1 in
bottom margin
1 in

Body text

Font
Times New Roman
Font size
12 pt
Line spacing
Double (2.0)
Alignment
left

Preset source: APSA Style Manual for Political Science (official APSA 'References' sample page, cross-checked against Lamar University and Macalester College APSA formatting guides)

Limitations: Block quotations render double-spaced rather than single-spaced, and level-5 headings don't run in to their paragraph.

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