How can I have APA 7th ed in microsoft word citation? It only has APA 6th ed

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How can I have APA 7th ed in microsoft word citation? It only has APA 6th ed

Shayann Philip 10

I would like to have APA 7th ed iin citation in word. It currently has 6th edition

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Hendrix-C 16,725 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello Shayann Philip,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A Community. We're happy to support you with your concern.

Unfortunately, up to now Microsoft has not officially added APA 7th Edition to Word's built-in citation styles yet. However, there's a way to add it normally to Word so you can try workaround:

Refer to APA 7th Edition in MS Word - Microsoft Community, you should go there and download the APASeventhED.xsl file
Completely exit Word
Using File Explorer and copy the downloaded file to
C:\Users<your_user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Bibliography\Style
Restart Work and from the References tab in Word you should be able to choose APA 7th edition.

You can try workaround and update us the news. Please feel free to reach out again if you need any further assistance and we will keep assisting you.

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Hendrix-C 16,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-07-24T21:47:37.1233333+00:00

Hello @Shayann,

It has been a while and we just follow up to see how you are doing. Have you successfully added the APA 7th edition in your Word document? Did it work well without any problems? Any updates would be greatly appreciated.

Please don't hesitate to reach out again if you need any further assistance.

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Hendrix-C 16,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-07-28T22:17:23.3+00:00

Hello @Shayann,

We're reaching out again to follow up on your issue and to ensure that it has been resolved to your satisfaction. If you are still experiencing difficulties or have encountered any new challenges, kindly provide additional details regarding the specific steps where you are facing obstacles. We will remain at your disposal to offer any further assistance you may require.

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JoAnn Howard 10 Reputation points

2025-12-14T04:06:32.9633333+00:00

It took me more than a minute to find the hidden files in my File Explorer, but once I did, I followed the instructions provided here, and APA7 was an option in my paper! I was NOT looking forward to redoing the 14 references in another add-in!

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Hendrix-C 16,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-07-24T21:47:37.1233333+00:00

Hello @Shayann,

It has been a while and we just follow up to see how you are doing. Have you successfully added the APA 7th edition in your Word document? Did it work well without any problems? Any updates would be greatly appreciated.

Please don't hesitate to reach out again if you need any further assistance.

If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment".

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Hendrix-C 16,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-07-28T22:17:23.3+00:00

Hello @Shayann,

We're reaching out again to follow up on your issue and to ensure that it has been resolved to your satisfaction. If you are still experiencing difficulties or have encountered any new challenges, kindly provide additional details regarding the specific steps where you are facing obstacles. We will remain at your disposal to offer any further assistance you may require.

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JoAnn Howard 10 Reputation points

2025-12-14T04:06:32.9633333+00:00

It took me more than a minute to find the hidden files in my File Explorer, but once I did, I followed the instructions provided here, and APA7 was an option in my paper! I was NOT looking forward to redoing the 14 references in another add-in!

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Anshu Kumar 20

hey, Can you also provide the file for the Chicago author-date style?

Charles Kenyon 167.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2025-08-01T20:45:02.7966667+00:00

@Anshu Kumar Please post a separate question on this to get the best and quickest answer. I do not know that anyone has publicly shared such a file.

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