On 04/02/2008 08:55 AM, NoOp wrote: > You might ask your school to re-evaluate the requirement to use > proprietary software simply to format your writing assignments. By doing > so, they are also dictating which computer and operating system the > student must use.[1] > > Free templates for APA are available here: > http://www.cc.mie-u.ac.jp/~lq20106/eg5000/templates/ > > Also please have a look at: > <http://documentation.openoffice.org/Samples_Templates/User/template_2_x/writer/index.html> > Thesis.ott > and > Thesis_Additions.zip > both by Matthias Ansorg > An APA template is there as well: > APA Research Term Paper[ott] Research Term paper Template that uses > the APA Format Guidelines. > > You, and your school, may also find these helpful: > http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ > http://apastyle.apa.org/
My apologies; I neglected to include the reference link for the PERRLA response: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions/178629 > > [1] An OOo (and MAC) user received this response from APA Perrla: > <quote> >> From: PERRLA Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2 apr. 2008 15:34 >> Subject: Customer Comment - Reply >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Hello T. >> >> APA PERRLA is very intricate and required a great deal of very specific >> programming. Neither WordPerfect nor the Mac profile nor OpenOffice.org can >> use the same programming, so each aspect of APA PERRLA would have had to >> been written specifically for those other platforms. >> >> When we began developing it, we simply looked at the numbers. The fact of >> the matter is that the majority of folks, by far, who write in the APA >> format are Word for Windows users. This isn't to denigrate any other >> platform, it's just a fact. We couldn't be all things to all people, so we >> decided to do one thing very well. Someday we hope to have a product for the >> other platforms but not in the near future. >> >> Have a good day, >> Liz > </quote> > -- You have been cc'd on this response as you have posted to an open OOo mailing list. Please see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for details and how to subscribe or view the archives so that you may see responses from other OOo users. Please *only* reply to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
