So my teacher is being really picky with the APA formatting of my paper and I decided to use LaTeX to typeset my paper (currently its 21 pages). I used the package \usepackage[man]{apa} which has double spaced it for me, and put a running head on it. I need to move the running head on the title page up an inch or so, and I need to change what it says. I also have to change the spacing on the title page so that my name, school name and project title are all together and not spaced far apart. The other issue is that the \subsection{} command gives me an italicized heading instead of an upright bold face heading. I also have to write the bibliography, but since I have to submit my paper to a number of places (each with its own format) I need to constantly change the format (that's why I dumped MS Word and stuck with a TeX system) and I need to know how to write a bibliography in BibTeX. Thank you!
[Tex/LaTex] APA formatting and changing the parameters
apa-stylebibliographiesbibtexsectioning
Related Solutions
Let's have a TeX and a BIB file:
Code
wiki.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{url,apacite} % package url to prevent horrible linebreaks
\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\begin{document}
\cite{wiki:xxx}
\bibliography{wiki}
\end{document}
wiki.bib
@misc{ wiki:xxx,
author = {{Estimation lemma}},
title = "Estimation lemma --- {W}ikipedia{,} The Free Encyclopedia",
year = "2010",
url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estimation_lemma&oldid=375747928",
note = "[Online; accessed 29-September-2012]"
}
Output
Notes
Notice the use of double braces: {{Estimation lemma}}.
The inner pair hides these two words from BibTeX so that it only "sees" one string.
Here's a minimum working example. It's a slight compromise because it requires you to add the title to your .tex file.
\setupbibtex[database={Bibliography}, sort=author]
\setuppublications[alternative=apa]
\def\citeTitle{\dosingleempty\dociteTitle}
\def\dociteTitle[#1]#2{%
\iffirstargument\cite[inbetween=,left={(#1,\ },right=)][#2]\else
\cite[inbetween=,left=(,right=)][#2]\fi}
\starttext
The Bib\TeX\ file needs to have the nameless author as a nested pair of
empty braces.
\starttyping
@Article{noname2012,
author = {{}},
title = {This is the title},
publisher = {This is the publisher},
year = {2012},
address = {Miami}
}
\stoptyping
Now, whenever I place a citation, \type{\cite{noname2012}} it displays like
this: \cite{noname2012} which is still unsatisfactory. If I add an
optional argument and put the label in square brackets,
\type{\cite[inbetween=][noname2012]}
it displays like this: \cite[inbetween=][noname2012]. Still not quite
right, but I can add the title manually,
\type{\cite[inbetween=,left={(This is the title,\ }][noname2012]}
so that it displays like this:
\cite[inbetween=,left={(This is the title,\ }][noname2012].
With the user||defined command \type{\citeTitle}, it looks like this
\citeTitle{noname2012} or like this
\citeTitle[This is the title]{noname2012}
\stoptext
Best Answer
Welcome to TeX.SE! You raise a whole bunch of issues. On the TeX.SE site, answers tend to be more forthcoming if each posting raises only one question. The more specific you can be about what you're trying to achieve, the greater the likelihood that you'll get some great answers.
Which TeX distribution do you use, by the way, and how up to date is it?
About APA-compliant formatting: You may want to look into using the apa6 document class; you'd load it with the instruction
on the first line of your document.
Regarding bibliographies and citations: Since you're apparently fairly new to LaTeX and thus may not have much human capital invested in BibTeX, you may want to use the biblatex and biblatex-apa packages. (Biblatex is basically more modern and powerful citation and reference manager, and it has many advantages over BibTeX. For more on biblatex vs bibtex, you may want to check out the question bibtex vs. biber and biblatex vs. natbib on this site.) However, if you must use BibTeX, that wouldn't be the end of the world, for sure. A quick introduction to BibTeX is the 16-page document BibTeXing.