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

Keep a table that cannot be presented in print form, such as one containing a large dataset, as a separate file, and treat it as an appendix to your paper (see A.2.2).FIGURES. Take care that your graphics are easy to read, accurate, and to the point.Create charts, graphs, and diagrams with your word processor, if possible. If not, createthem in the relevant program and insert them into your file as images. Format them tomatch the surrounding text. See chapter 26 for discussion of figure types, format, andplacement in text.Insert photographs, maps, and other types of figures into your file as images. If the itemis available to you only in hard copy, scan and insert it, if possible. Images affixed to thehard copy of your paper do not reproduce well on photocopies and will be lost from anycopies subsequently printed from your file.Put a figure number and caption on the line below a figure (see 26.3.2). (For musicalexamples only, put these items on the line above a figure.) Run the caption the full widthof the figure, and do not indent any runovers. If there is not room for both figure andcaption within the margins of a page, put the caption at the bottom (or, if necessary, thetop) of the nearest preceding text page. Figure captions may be presented in a smallertypeface than the rest of your text; consult your local guidelines.Leave at least one blank line between the figure and any text above it on the page, andalso between the caption and any text below it. If the figure appears at the top or bottom ofa page, put it flush with the top or bottom margin.Avoid shading and color. Even if you print the paper on a color printer, it may be printedor copied later on a black-and-white machine, and if it is a dissertation, it may bemicrofilmed. Shading and color do not reproduce well in any of these forms. If you useshading, make sure it does not obscure the text of the figure, and do not use multipleshades, which might not reproduce distinctly.Consult your local guidelines for information about resolution and related characteristicsof all figures.Maintain your paper's standard margins for a figure 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 figure. Set the figure caption in either landscape or portrait orientation. Numberthat page as appropriate.Keep a figure that cannot be presented in print form, such as a multimedia file, as aseparate file, and treat it as an appendix to your paper (see A.2.3).A.3.2 Submitting Hard CopyIf you are writing a class paper, submitting it may be as simple as printing out a single hardwww.itpub.net