Step 4: Check the hidden box to hide the paragraph break icon. Step 3: Highlight only the paragraph break icon and go to the Format menu and select Font. Step 2: Turn on Hidden Characters and place your cursor after your heading and hit the ‘enter/return’ key to create a new paragraph break. Step 1: Apply your body text style to the entire paragraph. Luckily, I figured out a work-around for formatting inline level 3 APA headings using Microsoft Word for Mac and it only takes 5 simple steps! Formatting Inline Level 3 APA Headings Step 1 What made things even more difficult was that I use Microsoft Word for Mac, so options like ‘style separators’ don’t exist in my version of Word. After multiple online searches, I couldn’t find any resolutions for this issue.
Even worse, it would add the entire paragraph to my TOC. When I applied my level 3 heading styles, it would apply the style to the entire paragraph. With my final research paper submission approaching, the need for including a table contents (TOC) has made me realized how troublesome inline level 3 headings were.
I’ve never really had trouble applying level 3 headings to my research papers in the past until now.
