Ohio University College of Business Communication Standards

Pagination (College of Business Standard)
Every page in the report--except the cover--should have a number (this includes appendices).
Number the rest of the pages consecutively beginning with the title page. Your instructor
may prefer that you omit the page number from the title page. Number all pages, except
artwork for figures, in Arabic numerals in the upper right-hand corner. The number should
appear at least 1 inch from the right-hand edge of the page, in the space between the top edge
of the paper and the first line of text. (The default setting in most word processing software
is ½ inch from the top of the page, which is acceptable.) If a page must be inserted or
removed after numbering is competed, renumber the pages; do not number inserted pages
with, for example, “6a” or make other repairs.
Manuscript page headers should be used to identify each page with the first two or three
words from the report title. Place the page header in the upper right-hand corner to the left of
the page number. (Do not use your name to identify each page.) Use the automatic functions
of your word-processing program to cause the headers and page numbers to print out in the
same location on each page. (Do not type these manuscript page headers repeatedly in your
word-processing file.)
Example:
REPORT WRITING
Prepared for:
Professor Teach
MIS 200
Submitted by:
John Q. Student
Due Date
3-26
Report Writing 1