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One-Page Academic Reports

One-Page Academic Reports. Travelers Rest High School Business Department. One-Page Academic Reports. Written for school purposes. Formatting. Margins—Set 1-inch top, bottom, and side margins. Double-space the entire report including the heading information

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One-Page Academic Reports

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  1. One-Page Academic Reports Travelers Rest High School Business Department

  2. One-Page Academic Reports • Written for school purposes

  3. Formatting • Margins—Set 1-inch top, bottom, and side margins. • Double-space the entire report including the heading information • Type the heading at the left margin. • Your Name • Your Teacher’s Name • Class Name & Period • Date (Military style) Day Month Year

  4. Formatting Continued • Center the title in initial Caps • Indent paragraphs 0.5 inch

  5. Need To Know • How to change margins • How to change line spacing • How to center align text

  6. Unbound Reports Document Processing

  7. Unbound Reports • Short reports are often prepared without covers or binders. If they consist of more than one page, the pages are usually fastened together in the upper-left corner by a staple or paper clip. • Such reports are called unbound reports.

  8. Standard Margins • The standard margin for unbound reports are: • First page • Side margins 1” • Top margins 2” • Bottom margins about 1” • Page number: optional, bottom center if used

  9. Standard Margins Second and subsequent pages • Side margins 1” • Top margins 1” • Bottom margins about 1” • Page number: top; right-aligned

  10. Internal Spacing • A quadruple space (QS) is left between the report title and the first line of the body. Multiple-line titles are double-spaced (DS). • Paragraphs will be DS.

  11. Page Numbers • The firstpage of the unbound report may or may not include page number. The reports keyed in Unit 8 will not include a page number on the first page. • On the second and subsequent pages should be right-aligned at the top of the page.

  12. Textual (Within Text) Citations • References used to give credit for quoted or paraphrased material—textual citation—are keyed in parentheses in the report body. • Textual citations include the name(s) of the author(s), year of publication, and page number(s) of the reference material.

  13. Textual (Within Text) Citations • Quotations of up to three keyed lines are enclosed in quotation marks. • Long quotations (four lines or more) are left and right indented. • An ellipsis(. . .) is used to indicated material that is omitted from the quotation. An ellipsis is three periods, each preceded and followed by a space.

  14. Reference List • All references used in a report are listed at the end of the heading REFERENCES (BIBLOGRAPHY or WORKS CITED) • QS between the heading and the first reference. • Begin first line of each reference at left margin with a hanging indent of 0.5”

  15. Need to Know How to • Change margins • Change paragraphs • Change line spacing • Use first line indents • Use hanging indents • Add page numbers

  16. Before Starting Reports • Word Processing Activities page 66-68 • Pages 69-71 Using CheckPro • Follow all directions in left margin

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