APA 7 Title Page – How ‘noextraspace’ Affects Title Page Layout in APA 7 Style

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I'm writing an academic paper on Overleaf using APA 7 format. I inserted the "noextraspace" class option, which removes the extra spacing between headers, paragraphs, etc., to more closely align with APA 7 standards.

However, it removes the required extra spacing between the title and author on the title page.

How do I add one double-spaced blank line beneath the title? I've tried many commands. I suspect that the template generates the title page but I can't edit it through Overleaf.

Correct format
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My title page
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Find example code below to replicate my issue.

\documentclass[stu,12pt]{apa7}
%Adding "noextraspace" to document class line above fixes spacing between headings and paragraphs. However, it removes the necessary extra space between title and author on the title page.

%\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=apa,sortcites=true,sorting=nyt,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}

\title{Experiments in Cognition}

\author{H. Granger}
\affiliation{University}
\course{PSYC 355}
\professor{Professor S. Snape}
\duedate{January 1, 2022}

\abstract{\lipsum1}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\lipsum2
\section{Methods}
\lipsum4
\subsection{Participants}
\lipsum5
\end{document}

Best Answer

You can locally undo the option for \maketitle

\documentclass[stu,12pt,noextraspace]{apa7}
%Adding "noextraspace" to document class line above fixes spacing between headings and paragraphs. However, it removes the necessary extra space between title and author on the title page.

%\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=apa,sortcites=true,sorting=nyt,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}

\title{Experiments in Cognition}

\author{H. Granger}
\affiliation{University}
\course{PSYC 355}
\professor{Professor S. Snape}
\duedate{January 1, 2022}

\abstract{\lipsum1}

\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\let\saveddef@noextraspace\def@noextraspace
\let\def@noextraspace\undefined
\maketitle
\let\def@noextraspace\saveddef@noextraspace
\makeatother

\lipsum2
\section{Methods}
\lipsum4
\subsection{Participants}
\lipsum5
\end{document}
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