Hi Dap- I don't know of any stand alone APA style programs. The APA offered one for a few years, but it was a complete dog and they eventually stopped supporting it. However, there are a number of free templates out there which will make APA style a little easier:
http://www.apastyle.info/template.shtml http://www.music.miami.edu/research/APAstyle/ http://learners.ncu.edu/elrc/tutorials/Manuscript%20template%20in%205th%20edition%20APA%20format.doc http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/student.htm#writing An illustration of how to write a research paper Why can't editors accept any style (or a variety of styles)? My guess is that they don't want to make their task any more difficult than it already is. It's hard enough to know one style well enough to be able to properly edit the work of others. Having to know a multiplicity of styles would be quite a burden. I think that a better question is: Why don't we junk the bloated APA style book and go for a simple and streamlined style book instead. Part of the answer, of course, is that the APA makes a pile of money by forcing us (and our students) to use their system. Hope that this helps, -Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dap Louw <lou...@ufs.ac.za> Date: Monday, July 18, 2011 6:13 am Subject: [tips] APA style software program To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > Any recommendations for an APA style software program? > Even better if it also includes other referencing systems such > as MLA, MHRA, Chicago, ALWD, ASA, Harvard and Vancouver. > > APA style is only one of many referencing systems we use in > South Africa. We find it very frustrating and almost > impossible to abide by all different specifications. > The unfortunate result is that many colleagues only target > journals with the referencing style they are familiar > with. This, of course, limits the distribution of > knowledge. > > Why can't editors accept any recognized referenced system? > Any ideas or comments? > > Dap Louw > Senior Professor: Dept of Psychology > University of the Free State > Bloemfontein > South Africa > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > University of the Free State: This message and its contents are > subject to a disclaimer. > Please refer to http://www.ufs.ac.za/disclaimer for full > details. > > Universiteit van die Vrystaat: > Hierdie boodskap en sy inhoud is aan 'n vrywaringsklousule > onderhewig. > Volledige besonderhede is by > http://www.ufs.ac.za/vrywaring beskikbaar. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: dap...@shaw.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=11484or > send a blank email to > leave-11484-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11486 or send a blank email to leave-11486-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
