A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

Create diacritics using key strokes or from the symbol font in your basic font set. Createother special characters (such as Greek letters, mathematical symbols, and paragraph orsection marks) from the symbol font.Avoid color fonts. Even if you print the paper on a color printer, it may be printed orcopied later on a black-and-white machine, and the color might not reproduce well.Create equations and formulas with the equation editor in your word processor, ifpossible. If not, create these items in the relevant program and insert them into your file asimages (see below). Leave at least one blank line between an image and the text (if any)both above and below.TABLES. Use your software to present tables that are clear, focused, and relevant.Create tables with the table editor in your word processor, if possible. If not, create themin a spreadsheet program and insert them into your file as unlinked tables. Format them tomatch the surrounding text. See chapter 26 for discussion of table structure, format, andplacement in text.Put a table number and title on the line above a table (see 26.2.2). Run the title the fullwidth of the table, and do not indent any runovers. Table titles may be presented in asmaller typeface than the rest of the text; consult your local guidelines.Put table footnotes (if any) under the bottom rule of a table, with a blank line between therule and the first note, and also between notes. Footnotes may be presented in a smallertypeface than the rest of the text; consult your local guidelines.Leave at least one blank line between the table title and any text above it on the page, andalso between the bottom rule (or last footnote) and any text below it. If the table appears atthe top or bottom of a page, put it flush with the top or bottom margin.Avoid shading, except in long or complex tables (see 8.3.2). Also avoid color. Even ifyou print the paper on a color printer, it may be printed or copied later on a black-andwhitemachine, and if it is a dissertation, it may be microfilmed. Shading and color do notreproduce well in any of these forms. If you use shading, make sure it does not obscure thetext of the table, and do not use multiple shades, which might not reproduce distinctly.Consult your local guidelines for information about resolution and related characteristics.Repeat the stub column and all column heads (see 26.2) on every page of a multipagetable. Put the table number on a “continued” line at the top left of every page after the first,flush left, in italic letters (Table 2 continued). Omit the bottom rule on all pages except thelast.Maintain your paper's standard margins for a table that takes up an entire page or is inlandscape orientation (see 26.1.2). Do not put any regular text on a page containing alandscape table. Set the table title in either landscape or portrait orientation. Number thatpage as appropriate.