A page header (also known as a running head) is the line at the top of every page in a document. It contains important information. A running head is a shorter version (minimum 50 characters) of the page header and page number in APA format. This guide is for professionals who wish to publish a manuscript. Your headline should be a concise version of your article's title. A title for an article may already be short so its title's line could be as long as the article title. It should be written in capital letters. The page number should have the running title in capital letters. The running title should be aligned to your right. The running line should not exceed 50 characters. The "Running head” label should not be placed on the first page of your manuscript.

You should not use the jogging head as a student unless your instructor requires it. If you need one, follow these guidelines for professional writers. Authors who wish to publish their manuscript must have a crawl line. It should not contain "Current Head" Instead, it should be the abbreviated name you created.

Abbreviation for long running head names

If your article title exceeds fifty characters, you must use the shorter version of the head running. The APA guidelines are as follows:

This doesn't necessarily mean you must use the exact same words in exactly the same order.

Abbreviations cannot be used, but abbreviations can be used with the ampersand (&), instead of the word "and".