A Quarto Extension for Creating APA 7 Style Documents

This is an experimental article template that creates APA Style 7th Edition documents in .docx, .html. and .pdf. I made this extension for my own workflow. If it helps you, too, I am happy.

If you want to type in markdown to create a document in the APA 6th Edition format, I suggest using papaja.

If you need all the flexibility of $\LaTeX$, I suggest using the apa7 document class with knitr and the .Rnw format.

Creating a New Article

To create a new article using this format, run this command in the terminal:

quarto use template wjschne/apaquarto

In RStudio, the terminal is a tab next to the console. If you cannot see a terminal tab next to the console, use the keyboard shortcut Alt-Shift-R to make a terminal appear.

Entering the command above will prompt a question about whether you trust the author of the extension to not run malicious code. If you answer Yes, you will be prompted to name a new folder where the extension will be installed with an example document with the name of the folder and a file extension of .qmd. The example document has most of the instructions you will likely need.

Using with an Existing Document

To add this format to an existing document:

quarto add wjschne/apaquarto

Then, add the format to your document options:

format:
  apaquarto-docx: default

When adding this extension to an existing document, you will need to add this line to the document right after its YAML metadata:

{{< include _extensions/wjschne/apaquarto/_apa_title.qmd >}}

Here is an example of what the YAML metadata and the “include” statement below it might look like:

---
title: "My Paper's Title: A Full Analysis of Everything"
shorttitle: "My Paper's Title"
author:
  - name: W. Joel Schneider
    corresponding: true
    orcid: 0000-0002-8393-5316
    email: [email protected]
    affiliations:
      - name: Temple University
        department: College of Education and Human Development
        address: 358 Ritter Hall
        city: Philadelphia
        region: PA
        postal-code: 19122-6091
abstract: "This is my abstract."
keywords: [keyword1, keyword2]
author-note:
  disclosures:
    conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest to declare.
bibliograpy: mybibfile.bib     
format:
  apaquarto-docx: default
---
{{< include _extensions/wjschne/apaquarto/_apa_title.qmd >}}

Example

This sample document has a fuller set of parameters specified and contains instructions for formatting figures, tables, cross-references, and more: template.qmd.

Known Problems

• Flextable tables do not render in jou mode for apaquarto-pdf.
• Tables and figures do not fit automatically in jou mode for apaquarto-pdf.