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If Microsoft Word is where you write, PERRLA installs right inside it. This step-by-step guide walks you through installing the PERRLA Word Add-In, creating a formatted APA paper, adding references, citing as you write, and preparing your paper to submit – all without leaving Word.

Nursing students work with a specific set of sources that come with their own APA formatting considerations – from peer-reviewed journal articles and CDC publications to clinical practice guidelines and UpToDate. This guide covers the sources you’ll cite most in nursing school, with examples and practical guidance for each one.

APA 7 gives you five heading levels to work with – and each one has its own formatting rules. But knowing how they look is only half the job. This post covers how to format all five levels correctly and how to use them well, including heading hierarchy, the symmetry rule, and why your introduction never gets a heading.

Managing sources while writing a paper just got easier. PERRLA Online’s redesigned References panel keeps your full reference list visible while you view and edit individual references in a side panel – and a new file upload feature lets you attach PDFs, Word docs, and more directly to each reference in your library.