Paper Format Checker
Check a .docx paper's margins, font, and spacing against APA, MLA, or Chicago style
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Checks your document's actual margins, font, and line spacing against the style guide — reads real formatting, not just word count
Large files (over 50 MB) may take longer or run out of browser memory
About Paper Format Checker
Reads a real .docx file's margins, fonts, sizes, line spacing, paragraph spacing, indents and page numbers as Word applies them, and checks them against APA, MLA, or Chicago formatting requirements — an actual read of the document's formatting, not a guess based on word count.
Choose which style to check against, upload your .docx paper, and each formatting requirement is checked against what's actually set in the document, with a clear pass, fail, or undetected result for each.
Each result is weighted by how much of your body text it covers, so a mixed-font paper is reported with the percentages — fix the largest share first, and still give it a final visual check.
Watch: Paper Format Checker in Action
- Does this catch formatting I applied to individual paragraphs?
- No — this checks your document's default formatting (margins and the Normal style's font, size, and spacing). If you've manually formatted individual paragraphs differently, those won't be caught, so a final visual check is still worth doing.
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