IAP Style Guide

GENERAL FORMATTING INSTRUCTIONS

When writing the chapter, authors should follow these general guidelines:

Document:

• Prepare manuscripts using Microsoft Word formatted according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition.
• Chapters should average about 6k words with a range of 5k-7.5k words, including references.
• Create and save all contents of the chapter in one MS-Word document (“Title.docx”).
• (Page 1) Create a Title page including: Author name, degrees, and full affiliation(s) including city and state, preferred mailing address, email, phone, and fax affiliations as these are to appear in the volume and all promotional material.
• (Page 2) Create an Abstract page including: the chapter’s abstract and keywords.
• (Page 3) Create an outline of the chapter’s contents.
• Leave no comments, tracked changes, highlighting, or hidden text in the final version of the manuscript.
• Place references, chapter appendices, footnotes, tables, exhibits/boxes/cases, figure captions at the end of the text portion of the chapter. Include a section “Notes to the Publisher," which should include any special information or instructions, etc.

Pages:

• Format all pages using 1-inch margins.

Permissions:

• Authors must secure permission to reproduce all copyrighted materials. Send an IAP Permission Form to each publisher ASAP.
• Carbon copy the Editor in all permission correspondence (i.e., all permission request letters, all responses, etc.) (insert email address of series editor or editor).
• Send the Editor electronic copies of IAP Permission Forms granting permission to reproduce all copyrighted material. (The author retains the original signed permission forms.)

Text:

• Use 12-point Times New Roman for all text.
• Do not justify or apply hyphenation, outlining, or any other formatting.
• Indent the first line of each paragraph one-half inch using a paragraph indent or tab; do not use the space bar.
• Double space all text including References (not Tables)
• Allow lines to wrap naturally; no not use hyphens to break words at the ends of lines.
• Do not insert a blank line between paragraphs.
• Set off quotations of 40 words or more from the surrounding text (i.e., extracted); indent one-half inch from the margins. Adjust the margins; do not use spaces or tabs.
• Use italics for emphasis, not underlining.

Numbers:

When writing the chapter, authors should follow these general guidelines:

• According to section 4.31e of the Publication Manual (p. 112), numerals are used to represent specific values that signify time, dates, ages, scores and points on a scale, exact sums of money, and numerals as numerals. For instance, one would write 5 days instead of five days. However, there is an exception to this rule: When referring to approximate units of time (e.g., weeks, days, months, and years), use words instead of numerals, as in about five days instead of about 5 days.
  
  From the APA website: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/numbers-and-metrication/
  
  I have worked on this project for 6 days. (Specific amount of time)
  or
  I have worked on the project for nearly six days. (approximation)
  
  A 6-day seminar is conducted at the corporate headquarters. (Specific amount of time)
  or
  The seminar lasts for about six days. (approximation).

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