4.05 Apply correct report format.
Title Pages
4”
•A title page is the first
page of a report.
•It gives:
TITLE
TS
•the title of a report
•the name of the writer
•the name of the
school or class
•and the date
Your Name
(DS)
School Name/Class
TS
Current Date
Format a Title Page:
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Use single spacing
Center all lines of text horizontally
Center the page vertically
Set the top margin at 4 inches
Type the report title in all caps and centered
Press ENTER 3 and center the author’s name
Then double space and key the school or class name
Press ENTER 3 times and key the current date
Types of Reports
Side Headings
• Reports can be prepared with
side headings
• Keyed at the left margin in all
caps and bold
• DS before and after
Paragraph Headings
• In initial caps and bold
• Followed by a period (also in
bold)
SS entire report
Report Margins
Please modify you settings to reflect the proper margins
1 LM
1
Formatting
Margins
• Side margins are 1”.
• Top margin is 2”.
• Bottom margin is 1”,
although that may vary as
page-break decisions are
made.
Title
• Center the title of the report
in ALL CAPS for business
reports.
• If the title has more than one
line, double space between
the main heading and the
sub heading,
WHALES
Multiple Line Title
(DS)
Their Habitat
(QS)
Left Align the body of the report.
Formatting Continued
Font
• Standard size and style
font i.e. Times New
Roman—12point.
Paragraphs
• SS the entire report
• DS between headings
• Side Headings should
be keyed at the left
margin, in initial caps.
Parts of the Report
Report body
Side
heading
•2” Top Margin
•1” Left Margin
•1” Right Margin
•1” Bottom Margin
Title
Bibliography
List the sources of information
you used in writing a report
Alphabetize sources by author’s
last name
Sources are single-spaced and
formatted with a hanging indent
Leave a blank line between the
sources
If a page number is included,
place it ½ inch from top of the
page
Top Margin 2
inches
Title
Left
Margin 1
inch
Right
Margin 1
inch
Alphabetical
listing of
sources
Bottom Margin 1 inch
Bibliography—Notes to Remember
• The bibliography is a listing of works you cited in the
the report.
• Center the title, BIBLIOGRAPHY, in all caps, and
leave a quadruple space between the title and the
first entry.
• The first line of each entry should be aligned with the
left margin. Continuation lines are indented 5
spaces from the left margin. (Hanging Indent)
• Separate the main parts of an entry with a period.
Bibliography—Notes to Remember Cont…
• Single space entries; double space between entries.
• Alphabetize the entries according to the last name of
the author.
• Underline or italicize book, magazine, and
newspaper titles and place quotation marks around
the titles of articles, poetry, or essays
• The bibliography page is at the end of the report.