Body Format

General Formatting Information

Students are to follow the style manual recommended by their academic program.

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• Save as: “research.pdf”
• Margins
  • Left Margin – 1.5 inches
  • Top, Bottom, and Right Margins – 1 inch
• Line Spacing
  • All standard text should be double-spaced.
  • References, bibliographic works, and endnotes should be consistent with the formatting standards of your selected style manual.
• Headings
  • Chapter headings and subheads should be consistent throughout the research paper.
• Figures & Tables
  • Landscape figures and tables should be placed with the top of the figure or table to the left side of the page.
• Font Type
  • The font used should be a commonly available font, such as Arial, Veranda, Times New Roman, etc.

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• Font Size
  • Use 10-point or 12-point fonts for regular text.
  • Headings may be 14-point or 16-point.
  • Tables, figures, etc., may be smaller than 10-point.
• Page Numbers
  • The pages preceding the main body of the thesis/dissertation should use Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) for page numbers.
  • Standard Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) should be used to number the main body of the document.
  • Page numbers should be placed consistently throughout your document.
  • Page numbers on landscape-oriented pages need to be placed and aligned consistently with page numbers on portrait-oriented pages.
    For example, if you were to print both a landscape-oriented page and a portrait-oriented page from your document, the page numbers would print in the same place and would be aligned correctly on both pages.

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