Publishing

APA tables that paste into Word without breaking

The analysis is usually the quick part. The hour you lose afterwards is fixing the table: p-values that will not format, superscripts that will not stay, columns that jump when you touch them.

The problem

Everything that happens after the analysis

You run the test, get the numbers, and then the real work starts: rebuilding the output as a table that follows APA convention — the <.001 convention, exact p-values, group letters, means with standard deviations, the right number of decimals, and no vertical rules. Then you copy it into Word and the column widths collapse.

None of that is statistics. It is formatting, it is repetitive, and it is where a surprising share of the time in a paper goes.

What it outputs

A table that is already a paper table

A quick practical check, if you want it: run one test on the built-in example dataset, hit Copy Table, and paste it into Word. The table either arrives intact or it does not — that is the whole promise of this page.

Frequently asked

Questions worth answering honestly

Do I need to know how to code?

No. There is no command line and no scripting required.

Which table styles are supported?

APA is the built-in convention. If your journal wants something else, tell me which — journals are the reason the formatting rules exist at all.

Does it work in LibreOffice?

Yes, LibreOffice and Word are both targets of the same paste.

Is a trial available?

Yes — 48 hours, full access, no credit card. After the trial the licence is US$990 per year.

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