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Formatting

A research report should follow a specific style. Check with your Program secretary whether your School / Program has a specific Style Guide. If they do not have one, you can follow the AIT Style Guide.

A useful tool to learn properly is your wordprocessor (Microsoft Word seems to be the most commonly used). You should learn to use styles: this means you define in advance the parameters of your document. For example, you decide what your headings will look like. Have a look at this AIT thesis template in Microsoft Word.

Unity of style is key! Whatever format you choose, be consistent and keep it until the end. Do not change fonts within the same document! At AIT, most people use Times New Roman 12.

Be careful! Most formatting mistakes appear in the List of References. Make sure you know how to format your references. This point was addressed in Unit 2, remember?

Before you continue, consider this question. You can now review Unit 3.


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