Writing with the APA 6th File

Now that Zotero and Texmaker are ready, you just need a LaTeX template preloaded with the necessary formatting code. You could do this yourself, but it can be rather tricky to get everything just right. This is where the APA 6th file that you downloaded from the Comprehensive TEX Archive Network (CTAN) comes in. Brian Beitzel has done the heavy lifting by developing a Texmaker compatible file that already includes the required APA 6th formatting code. The file is released under the GNU General Public License which allows for public distribution and use. Brian has even provided an extensive overview of functionality if you want to dig a bit deeper into the code, and a crosswalk with APA 6th alignment.
Simply open the file in Texmaker (Ctrl+O). You will notice a lot of formatting code within the preamble. One important thing you will see is a prodigious use of the '%' sign. The '%' sign indicates that the content that follows is a comment and should not be included when compiling. This content will be grayed-out. To make this content active, and included in the compile, simply remove the '%' sign. Now try entering some basic information into the preamble; then save the document.