Adding an Appendix to your Paper (Add-in)

Appendices are used to add supplementary material to your paper. Each appendix is added at the very end of the paper on a separate page. Appendices are great places to include material that is either too long or too distracting to be placed in the body of the paper.

Appendices in APA 7 Papers

We have just added the ability to add Appendices to APA 7th Edition Research Papers!

The new Appendices panel includes two buttons: "Add an Appendix" and "Refresh Appendix Names".

Creating an appendix

To add an appendix to the end of your paper, just click "Add an Appendix". PERRLA will automatically create and add a new appendix to the very end of your paper. We'll also update the names of any appendices you created using PERRLA to make sure they are all correct.

Deleting an appendix

We don't ever delete content in your papers that you've written – and appendices are just that. If you need to delete an appendix from your paper, you will need to highlight and delete it manually in the Word document.

Refresh Appendix names

If you ever move or re-order your appendices, clicking "Refresh Appendix Names" will go through your paper and update all of the appendix names to make sure that they're labelled correctly from start to finish (e.g., Appendix A, Appendix B, etc.).

PERRLA 201 Webinar

Below is a video of our PERRLA 201 webinar. It covers a lot of bases in regards to making advanced changes in your PERRLA papers in Word. One of the things that is covered is adding an appendix. The video should automatically play where adding appendices is being discussed. However, this entire video is definitely worth taking the time to watch if you'd like a few tips on how to accomplish some advanced editing in your paper.

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APA 6 & MLA Papers

How to add an Appendix for APA 6 papers

PERRLA's Appendix function is under development; however, you can manually add an appendix to your paper in just a few steps.

1. Place your cursor at the very end of your paper
   There should be one or two lines of empty space after the Reference section.
2. Insert a page break
   You can create a page break on the keyboard by pressing Command + Return on Mac, or Ctrl + Enter on PC
3. Add a Heading 1 with "Appendix" on the new page
   On the first line of the new page, type "Appendix" and set its style to Heading 1 by clicking on the Text & Heading Style icon under the PERRLA ribbon tab.
4. Start a new paragraph, remove the left indent, and start typing
   After you've set the heading, press Enter or Return to start a new paragraph. Remove the paragraph indent by pressing Backspace or Delete on your keyboard. Then, start typing the content of your Appendix.

Adding multiple Appendices

You can add as many appendices as you like by following the steps outlined above.

If adding multiple appendices, be sure to name them properly. If there's only one appendix, it should just say "Appendix" at the top. If there is more than one appendix, the first appendix will be "Appendix A," the second "Appendix B," and so forth.

How to add an Appendix for MLA Papers

With an MLA paper, there are numerous types of appendices, according to The MLA Style Center. Regardless of the format that best suits your paper, adding the appendix takes only a few steps using PERRLA. The MLA Style Center also notes appendices may include short and descriptive titles.

1. Place your cursor at the very end of your paper
   There should be one or two lines of empty space after the Reference section.
2. Insert a page break
   You can create a page break on the keyboard by pressing Command + Return on Mac, or Ctrl + Enter on PC.
3. Add a Heading 1 on the new page for the Appendix's title
   On the first line of the new page, type the title of your Appendix and set its style to Heading 1 by clicking on the Text & Heading Style icon under the PERRLA ribbon tab.
4. Start a new paragraph and begin typing
   After you've set the heading, press Enter or Return to start a new paragraph. Then, start typing the content for your Appendix.

Using Headings in MLA formatted Appendices

Styling the headings in an MLA formatted appendix follows the same guidelines as headings in the main text.

There are five headings recommended for MLA.

1. Heading Level 1: bold, flush left aligned
2. Heading Level 2: italics, flush left aligned
3. Heading Level 3: bold, center aligned
4. Heading Level 4: italics, center aligned
5. Heading Level 5: underlined, flush left aligned

The MLA also recommends that headings are numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3 ...). Sub-sections contain the larger heading number, a decimal, and their own number (1.1, 2.1.15, 3.4 ...).

Adding multiple Appendices for MLA papers

For an MLA formatted paper with more than one appendix, the appendices should be labeled numerically or alphabetically. The first appendix will be "Appendix 1" or "Appendix A," the second "Appendix 2" or "Appendix B," and so forth.