Rules for formatting a research report

The report format is only applicable to Tribhuvan University. 

Fonts
Heading 1	Size: 16; Font Face: Times New Roman;  Bold; Center
Heading 2	Size: 14; Font Face: Times New Roman; Bold; Justified
Heading 3	Size: 12; Font Face: Times New Roman; Bold; Justified
Body	Size: 12; Font Face: Times New Roman; Justified
Line Spacing
Heading 1	Before: 12 and After 18;
Heading 2	Before: 12 and After 12;
Heading 3	Before: 6 and After 12;
Body	Line Spacing: 1.5
Margin
Right	1 inch
Left	1.5 inch or 1 inch plus 0.5-inch gutter
Top	1 inch
Button	1 inch
Referencing a table or figure
Table	Sources should be in an italicized form with left indentation; any further information regarding table should be mentioned as a note just beneath the table after indicating source (if any) Source: Business Research Methods, 2010
Figure	Sources should be in an italicized form with left indentation; any further information regarding table should be mentioned as a note just beneath the figure  after indicating source (if any) Source: Business Research Methods, 2010
Table and Figure Numbering
Table	Table numbering should be done such as 1.1, 2.1 where the former indicates Chapter, and Latter indicates table number in a particular chapter. It should be in the format below: (Bold and Center and above the table) Table 1.1 Title of Table
Figure	Figure numbering should be done such as 1.1, 2.1 where the former indicates Chapter, and Latter indicates table number in a particular chapter. It should be in the format below: (Bold and Left indented and below the figure) Figure 1.1: Title of Figure
Page numbering
Preliminary Section	Preliminary sections: Declaration… to Abbreviation should be numbered as i, ii, iii i.e. in roman numeric form, and it must be presented in Table of Contents in italic form.
Main Section	The main sections include all chapters should be numbered as 1, 2, 3 …
Supplementary sections	Bibliography onwards must not have page numbers
Special APA rule	The beginning of each chapter should not contain page numbers.
Language
Language in Report	Except in Preliminary Section; forbid using a first-person pronoun (I, We, You, Me, Us) and active voice
References
References	Should be based on APA or any format mentioned by University.
Annex or Appendix
Annex	Any supplementary material should be presented in this section with proper numbering such as Annex 1, Annex 2…

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