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Upload your Word file or PDF. In about a minute you get it back with the title page, contents, margins, headings, footnotes, and bibliography done the way your school’s style guide asks. Works for more than 50 schools, from Harvard, Michigan, and Texas A&M to Liberty and Dallas Theological Seminary, plus every other U.S. college in APA 7, MLA 9, or Chicago.

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✓Title Page
✓Contents With Page Numbers
✓Footnotes, Chicago Style
✓Bibliography
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    Title PageRoman Numeral Front MatterContents With Real Page NumbersFour Heading LevelsBlock QuotationsFootnotes That Restart Each ChapterNo More Ibid.Hanging-Indent BibliographySmart Quotes and En Dashes
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    Formatting Software, Not a Writing Tool

    Many schools now limit or ban generative AI in student work. Style Guide Pro uses no AI at all. It works like the styles in Microsoft Word, applying a fixed set of formatting rules to the words you already wrote. It never writes, rewrites, paraphrases, or summarizes your content, so your paper stays entirely your own.

    What It Changes

    ✓Margins, fonts, spacing, and page numbers
    ✓Title page, contents, and heading styles
    ✓Footnote and bibliography layout
    ✕Your sentences, arguments, or research
    ✕Your sources or what they say
    0Pages in the dissertation we tested it on, formatted in seconds
    0Minute or less from upload to a finished Word file
    0Page numbers you have to type into your table of contents
    What It Does

    Everything the Style Guide Asks For, Done for You

    Style Guide Pro reads your paper the way a careful editor would, then rebuilds it to your style guide from the first page to the last.

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    Title Page

    Built in your school’s wording, order, and spacing, from a class paper cover page to the dissertation title page.

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    Front Matter

    Abstract, copyright page, and contents numbered in lowercase roman numerals, with page 1 where your text begins.

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    Contents

    Built in your school’s layout with dot leaders and the real page numbers already filled in, plus lists of tables and figures.

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    Headings

    Every heading level styled the way your guide asks: bold, centered, underlined, or run-in for APA, with headline-style capitalization.

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    Block Quotes

    Single-spaced and indented, with Scripture references and quotation marks cleaned up along the way.

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    Footnotes

    The right size, numbering, and spacing for your school. Where your guide bans Ibid., it becomes a short note, and chapters can start with a full citation.

    A–Z

    Bibliography

    Alphabetized with hanging indents and your school’s spacing. APA papers get a double-spaced References page.

    PDF

    Word or PDF

    Start from a Word file or a PDF. Either way you get back a Word document you can keep editing.

    Supported Schools

    Pick Your School and Program

    Click your school to try it free on your own paper. Search all 4,000+ accredited U.S. colleges. These schools have their own style guide built in. Every other school uses the standard style your professor assigns: APA, MLA, or Chicago.

    LU

    Liberty University

    Graduate papers, theses, and dissertations, plus the Doctor of Ministry thesis project.

    RU

    Regent University

    School of Divinity papers in Turabian, and APA 7 for counseling, human services, and leadership.

    ORU

    Oral Roberts University

    M.A. theses, research papers, and the Ph.D. dissertation, including the Books, Periodicals, and Other Sources bibliography.

    DTS

    Dallas Theological Seminary

    Theses, dissertations, and research papers under the DTS supplement to Turabian.

    SE

    Southeastern Baptist

    Ph.D., Th.M., and Ed.D. dissertations, and D.Min. projects with their wider side margins.

    NO

    New Orleans Baptist

    Ph.D. and Th.D. dissertations, and D.Min. seminar papers and project proposals.

    GA

    Global Awakening

    Master’s and doctoral programs: class papers, the master’s thesis, the candidacy review, and the D.Min. or Th.D. thesis.

    GC

    Global Christian

    D.Min. projects, M.A. theses, and class papers in Turabian, with Global Christian University’s title page.

    APA

    APA 7 Student Papers

    For undergraduate and graduate courses anywhere, following the APA student paper format as the Purdue OWL lays it out.

    MLA

    MLA 9 Papers

    The heading block, your name and page number in the header, and a Works Cited page, for any class that uses MLA.

    CMS

    Chicago and Turabian

    Footnotes and bibliography for papers, theses, and dissertations at any school that uses Turabian 9.

    See every school’s formatting rules →

    Plus 46 Universities for Theses and Dissertations

    Click yours to try it free. Each one follows that graduate school’s thesis and dissertation guide for margins, page numbers, the title page, and front matter. You choose the citation style your department uses: Chicago or Turabian footnotes, or APA 7.

    Arizona State UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Colorado BoulderColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDuke UniversityUniversity of FloridaFlorida State UniversityUniversity of GeorgiaGeorgia Institute of TechnologyHarvard UniversityUniversity of HoustonUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIndiana University BloomingtonUniversity of IowaJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of Maryland, College ParkMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of MichiganMichigan State UniversityUniversity of MinnesotaNational UniversityNew York UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorthwestern UniversityNova Southeastern UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityPenn State UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghPrinceton UniversityPurdue UniversityRutgers University–New BrunswickUniversity of Southern CaliforniaStanford UniversityTexas A&M UniversityTexas Tech UniversityThe University of Texas at AustinVanderbilt UniversityUniversity of VirginiaVirginia TechUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonYale University
    The Report

    It Also Tells You What Only You Can Fix

    Some things a computer should not guess. Every paper comes back with a short, plain list of items that need your eyes before you submit, checked against the style guide’s rules.

    Needs You

    !Scripture is quoted, but no footnote names the Bible translation.
    !Add the earned degree after your mentor’s name on the title page.
    !Insert your program’s signed approval page after the title page.
    ✓Replaced 14 “Ibid.” notes with shortened notes.
    ✓Built the table of contents with page numbers filled in.
    Before and After

    Zoom In on What Changed

    We filled a short test paper with the mistakes we see most often, then ran it through Style Guide Pro. Each view zooms in on one part of the paper so you can see exactly what was fixed.

    BeforeAfter

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    • “BS.” and “Mdiv” corrected to B.S. and M.Div., with a comma before the school
    • “Doctorate of Theology” corrected to Doctor of Theology
    • Every line placed in the required order and spacing
    • 1.5 inch margins on all four sides of the title page
    BeforeAfter

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    • The repeated paper title is removed and the text opens with a centered Introduction title
    • The first page starts lower on the page, the way the style guide asks
    • Straight quotes and apostrophes turned into true typographer’s quotes (Boda’s, Spirit’s)
    • 1.5 inch left margin and double spacing throughout
    BeforeAfter

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    • Double-spaced notes set single-spaced at 10 point, with a blank line between notes
    • Straight quotation marks turned into curly ones
    • Page ranges get proper en dashes: 6-58 becomes 6–58
    • Each note starts with its number and exactly one space
    BeforeAfter

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    • An all-caps heading set in headline-style capitals, centered and bold
    • Subheadings styled by level, with the right space above and below
    • A section that sat after the bibliography moved in front of it, where it belongs
    • Every heading is added to the table of contents automatically
    BeforeAfter

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    • A 0.5 inch hanging indent on every entry
    • Shrunken type restored to 12 point, single-spaced with a blank line between entries
    • En dashes in page ranges and curly quotes throughout
    • Entries sorted alphabetically by author
    The original paper had no contents page.
    After

    Tap Before or After, or tap the page, to compare.

    • The original had no contents page, so Style Guide Pro built one from the headings
    • Real page numbers already filled in, with dot leaders
    • Front matter numbered in lowercase roman numerals
    • Updates in Word with one right-click if you edit later

    A GATS class paper test file. Names on the title page are placeholders.

    See It Work

    From Messy Draft to Finished Paper in Seconds

    How It Works

    Three Steps to a Finished Paper

    Upload Your Paper

    Drop in your Word document or PDF and choose class paper or doctoral thesis.

    Check the Details

    Confirm your title page information and the heading levels it found. Change anything with one click.

    Download and Submit

    Get your formatted Word file and your Needs You list. Save it as a PDF for Populi and you are done.

    Pricing

    Two Simple Plans

    The annual plan covers every class paper, your candidacy review, and your final dissertation with no page limit. The monthly plan includes 50 formatted pages a month. Cancel anytime from your account.

    Style Guide Pro
    $99per year
    That is $8.25 a month, billed once a year. Unlimited pages.
    • Word or PDF, class papers to dissertations
    • No AI, never touches your words
    • Unlimited pages on the annual plan
    • Contents with page numbers filled in
    • Footnote and bibliography cleanup
    • Your Needs You report on every paper
    • Your paper never leaves your computer
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    Questions

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Which schools does it support?

    More than 50. Seminaries and Christian universities: Liberty, Regent, Oral Roberts, Dallas Theological Seminary, Southeastern Baptist, New Orleans Baptist, Global Awakening (master’s and doctoral), and Global Christian University. Universities for theses and dissertations: 46 schools, including Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas A&M, UCLA, Duke, and Vanderbilt. Every other accredited U.S. college is in the school search too, more than 4,000 in all. Most schools let each professor or program set the citation style, so for those you pick APA 7, MLA 9, or Chicago or Turabian, and your school’s name goes on the title page.

    Does this use AI? Will it break my school’s AI policy?

    No. Style Guide Pro uses no AI at all. It is rules-based formatting software that applies your style guide’s layout to the words you wrote, the same way Word’s built-in styles do. It never writes, rewrites, or suggests content. School AI policies are aimed at tools that generate or alter your work. If you are unsure about your school’s policy, show this page to your professor.

    Is my paper private?

    Your paper is formatted inside your own web browser. It is never uploaded to our servers, so your research and your writing stay on your computer.

    Can I start from a PDF?

    Yes. Drop in a PDF and Style Guide Pro rebuilds it as a Word document, keeping your headings, footnotes, and paragraphs, then formats it.

    Which version of the style guide does it follow?

    Each school’s current published guide: Liberty’s Turabian quick guide and D.Min. handbook, the Regent Writing Lab checklist and program handbooks, ORU’s research and writing manuals, the DTS supplement to Turabian, the SEBTS template, the NOBTS dissertation and D.Min. templates, the GATS Master’s and Doctoral Style Guides, each university graduate school’s current thesis and dissertation guide, the APA Publication Manual (7th edition), and the MLA Handbook (9th edition). Professors and programs sometimes add their own rules, so always confirm with yours.

    What if a page number in the contents is off after I edit?

    The contents come filled in. If you change the paper later and pages move, right-click the contents in Word and choose Update Field, then Update entire table.

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