Click here to Download the Dr Paper Mac Disk Image File

Installing the Dr Paper Software on your Mac:
  1. Download the Dr Paper Disk Image file (dpmac.dmg), and then double click on it. The Dr Paper files folder will open.
  2. Double click on the file called Dr Paper Installer.

If the installer does not run on your system, please follow the Alternate Installation Instructions

To create a paper using the Dr Paper Template:

If you've never written a paper in APA format before, you might want to take a moment to look over the General Guidelines for APA Style and Format, and the sample papers in the online Help system. You can also open the Sample documents included in the Dr Paper installation: Start Word, and then click File, Open, and open one of the sample documents in the Dr Paper Mac Files folder on your desktop.

  1. Start Microsoft Word, and then click File, Project Gallery.
  2. Click on the Dr Paper folder, and then click on one of the templates.
  3. Highlight the prompt text (e.g., Author), and replace it with the appropriate information.
    • Title (capitalize all significant words). Example: Watery Wind: Katrina's Impact
    • Author (This is you). Example: Lauren A. Winters
    • Your school. Example: The Ohio State University
    • Course, Instructor, Date submitted, if that is required by your instructor. (If you prefer, you can just delete these prompts).
    • Running head: [AN ABBREVIATION OF YOUR TITLE: ALL CAPS]. Example: Katrina's Impact
    • Short title for the page header: First two or three words of your title. Double click on the Short Title to edit this text. When you are done, double click on the body of your paper. Example: Watery Wind
  4. Save the document with a new name.

About the Built in Styles in the Dr Paper Templates
Dr Paper creates a Word document with Styles that make it easy to conform to the APA rules for the way body text, quotations, and section headings should look. Take a moment now to practice a bit with these Styles. You can delete your practice text before you begin typing your paper:

  1. Type a few nonsense sentences. This text is BODY TEXT; it is 12 point Courier New, double spaced, as it should be for an APA or MLA Paper (there is also a template with Times New Roman, if you prefer that font. Both are acceptable for APA or MLA papers).
  2. Press Enter so that the cursor is on a blank line
  3. Click Format, Styles to display the Style dialog. Click the Style called Heading 1.
  4. Type the word Method, and press Enter.
  5. Type another sentence. Notice the Style returns to BODY TEXT.

Use the built in Styles for Section Headings, Quotations longer than 40 words, Body text, and to make sure the Reference List is formatted correctly.

Enter references using Citation

If you are new to APA Style, you might want to have a look at how the References look in the sample papers (see above). Citation is going to automatically format your references as they appear in the sample papers. You can also find a summary of the APA Guidelines for References, as well as sample Citation "notecards" or entries, at our online Help system.

  1. Use Finder to open the Applications folder, and double click on Citation.
  2. On the Citation menu, click File, New Datafile, and select a form for your first record. Citation will display a blank record.
  3. Fill in the bibliographic information, and click File, Save. Give the datafile for this paper a name, and then click OK.
  4. Click Edit, Add Record to add another blank form for your next reference.
Continue clicking Edit, Add Record until you have entered bibliographic information for all the works you need to cite in your paper.

Sample records for the most typical types of sources:

  • Article in a journal
  • Book
  • Web page

Note the prompts that display when you click in a text area (or field) that give you examples, showing how information should be entered. Names, for instance, should be entered like this:

Smith, Jane R.; Wilson, Peter; Jones, M. R.
Note:
When you enter author, editor, or translator names in CiteWrite using these guidelines, the program will be able to format the names for your citations for APA Intext cites, APA Reference Lists, MLA Footnotes, MLA Bibliography, Turabian Footnote, OR Turabian Bibliography.

To insert Author-Date cites in your paper

  1. Put the cursor where you want the cite to be placed in your paper.
  2. Find the notecard in CiteWrite for the work you want to cite, and click Format, Intext cite in Preview Box.
  3. On the Preview box, check to make sure the Style is set to In text cite, Author-Date, APA.
  4. Click the Insert button.
  5. In your word processor, click Edit, Paste to insert the cite.
Note:
You can find records in CiteWrite by using the Page Up and Page Down key on your keyboard, or by clicking View, Short List, and double clicking on any of the entries in the list.

To write the Reference List / Works Cited List for your paper

  1. Put the cursor in your paper, where it says "Insert References Here."
  2. In CiteWrite, click Format, Bibliography. Make sure the Style is set to the Style you need (APA or MLA), and make sure the button to Alphabetize is checked -- and then click OK.
  3. Go back to your paper, and click Edit, Paste to write the Reference List for your paper.
CiteWrite will format your References in APA (or MLA) style, alphabetize them, and place them in your paper.

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