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Add APA 7th Edition

With the release of the 7th Edition of the APA Publication manual, this style needs to be reflected in Word for use in references, citations, and the reference list as well as a document template.

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  • Helene commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This was suggested in 2019. It's now 2021. If you want students to continue using your product, then you need to support them with current Editions of referencing. APA 7th is being required at my university, and using Word had been the quickest way to do my referencing. I haven't the time to start from scratch continuously, and will need to look for another program that can do automatic referencing as I go along if Word does not update. Thank you.

  • Techne commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Waiting over 18 months for a subscription-based service is way too long of a delay (pay for a 'service', get treated like a product?). So glad we are 'valued as consumers'. Wonderful support as always.

  • Thai Anh Hoang commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Might as well update all of the other citation styles to their most current editions. MLA has the 8th edition, and Chicago has the 17th edition now.

  • Ridge Runner commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This seems a no-brainer; if you provide updates for your software to keep it running in peak condition anyway, and if you offer templates for specific formatting rule sets, then it follows logically that you would therefore update the APA from the 6th to the 7th.

  • Beverly commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please update to APA 7. It is materially different from APA 6, but it really would not be that hard, just a few field changes. We college students desperately, desperately need it.

  • aru commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    If you open the Feedback Hub in Windows 10, you can search for this same issue in there. Microsoft is monitoring that one over this one, please upvote the issue in there: https://aka.ms/AAbbn7g

  • Adam Pinch commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hello MS,

    Using the reference tab in Word makes things so much easier and takes out so much time in projects creating and typing out references. Also, the convenience of not using an online tool makes the office suite more appealing.

    Thank you,
    Adam

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Looking back, it doesn't seem that Microsoft has commented on any suggestions since April 2020!! Please make this amendment as soon as possible, we've been waiting a year and a half already!

  • Mai Dean commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We're begging, please, update to APA 7. It's so important to a huge chunk of your university-level client base.

  • Beth commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The biggest change I have come across is the use of et al. for in-text citations for 3 or more authors as opposed to more than 4 in APA 6. Please update to APA 7!!!

  • Ian Clay commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Sick of having to manually input all my references & citations... takes up time that can be spent on research, fine tuning, & overall towards bettering the content of the paper rather than the formatting...

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