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Title of Report in Initial Capital Letters: Arial (#$ points, Boldface) and No More Than Three Lines

Your Name
Name of Your Department Name of Your Institution Date

% !!ar& Here you present a one- or two-paragraph summary of the report. This summary should stand alone (no reference to figures or tables in the text and present the most important results of the wor!. "eplace all writing in blue with your own writing. The line spacing for this paragraph is to be single-spaced# which is common in professional reports (note that graduate theses and dissertations are often space and a half . $lease indent all paragraphs in this document. %%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%.

Ta'le of Contents
&ummary Introduction &econd (a)or Heading *irst &ubheading (If &ubheadings +xist &econd &ubheading (If &ubheadings +xist Third &ubheading (If ,ne +xists Third (a)or Heading *irst &ubheading (If &ubheadings +xist &econd &ubheading (If &ubheadings +xist Third &ubheading (If ,ne +xists *ourth (a)or Heading -onclusions .ppendix ./ Title of .ppendix . .ppendix 0/ Title of .ppendix 0 "eferences i ' % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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Introd ction
Headings are '1 points# flush left# and boldfaced. 2se initial capitals. . good typeface for the heading is .rial# because it holds bold facing well. To preser3e hierarchy# allot three line s!ips before the heading and two line s!ips after. In the 4Introduction#5 ma!e sure that you orient the audience with sufficient bac!ground to understand what the problem is and why the problem was addressed. In this format# you formally reference the problem memo. . good test for this section is to imagine how well it would orient you should you read it a year from now. .lso in the 4Introduction#5 be sure to state what the topic includes and any limitations about the topic. Indent all paragraphs. .lso# you may place 6 points between paragraphs# but do not place more7that would upset the special hierarchy of the headings and subheadings. In addition# ma!e sure that you use the paragraph of the 4Introduction5 to map the report. This mapping ser3es as a transition to the report8s middle.

%econd Ma(or )eadin*

Headings are '1 points# flush left# and boldfaced. 2se initial capitals. . good typeface for the heading is .rial# because it holds bold facing well. To preser3e hierarchy# allot three line s!ips before the heading and two line s!ips after. .t least one paragraph should follow a heading before a subheading exists. The typeface gi3en here for the text portion of this report is Times New "oman (on a (acintosh# Times would a comparable choice . 0oo! .nti9ua would also be a professional choice# especially for the single column format of a thesis. ,n a (acintosh# comparable typefaces to 0oo! .nti9ua are New -entury &choolboo! and $alatino. In industry# the recommended spacing for a report is single spacing. +irst % 'headin* &ubheadings should be ': points and boldfaced. Insert two line s!ips before the subsubheading and one line s!ip after. 2se initial capitals. Note that subheadings are typically listed in the Table of -ontents. 0e conser3ati3e with subheadings in a report. . report is often an argument and# as such# re9uires series of uninterrupted paragraphs to state assertions and present e3idence for those assertions. *or the length of report that you ha3e# a3oid sub-subheadings# because they are often unnecessary. "ather than ha3ing sub-subheadings# which would be a third-le3el# ha3e your paragraphs show the arrangement of your ideas.%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%..

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%econd % 'headin* If you ha3e one sub-subheading# you must ha3e a second. ,therwise# the first subsubheading has nothing to be parallel with. Do not allow a heading or subheading to stand as a widow line at the bottom of a page. If the situation occurs# force a line brea! before the heading or subheading.

Third )eadin*
Headings are '1 points# flush left# and boldfaced. 2se initial capitals. . good typeface for the heading is .rial# because it holds bold facing well. To preser3e hierarchy# allot three line s!ips before the heading and two line s!ips after. .t least one paragraph should follow a heading before a subheading exists. .nother formatting consideration concerns the incorporation of figures and tables. &hown in *igure ' is a common format that ser3es reports well. Note that the word figure is not abbre3iated. In a single column document# such an abbre3iation ma!es no sense. . period is the powerful piece of punctuation7its primary use is to end sentences. Do not dilute its power by ha3ing it do menial tas!s such as sa3ing three letters from a word that is short to begin with. *ollowing standard con3ention# the formal introduction of *igure ' occurred in the text before the figure appeared. In the introduction of an illustration# using pointers such as below or on the next page is undesired. Your technical reader !nows where the illustration is supposed to be placed7after the paragraph that introduces it or on the next page if not enough space exists below the paragraph. Note that you should not brea! paragraphs in a (icrosoft ;ord document to insert an illustration. To distinguish the figure caption from the text# you should place the figure caption in a smaller typeface# as was done in *igure '. "ecommended for the line spacing of the caption is single spacing. *or the caption# a nice touch is to place the name in the bold sans serif of the headings and ha3e the caption<s text in the serif typeface of the chapter<s text. .s is common in reports# the caption begins with a phrase and is followed by a sentence (or two that explains unusual details. Tables are presented in a different fashion. *or instance# Table ' presents an example. The heading for the table goes abo3e and is '' points. The heading is a single phrase. If there are unusual details# those are explained in footnotes beneath the table. Note each line s!ip abo3e and below that separates each illustration and its caption (or heading from the text. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Note that these %<s actually will not appear in your report %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%.

+i* re #, Title of figure in '' point type beneath the illustration =>nost# :??1@. *eel free to add a sentence or two to point out important features. Ta'le #, Heading for table in ''-point type =CRC Handbook, 'A6A@.
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+o rth Ma(or )eadin*

Headings are '1 points# flush left# and boldfaced. 2se initial capitals. . good typeface for the heading is .rial# because it holds bold facing well. To preser3e hierarchy# allot three line s!ips before the heading and two line s!ips after. .t least one paragraph should follow a heading before a subheading exists. The typeface gi3en here for the text portion of this report is Times New "oman (on a (acintosh# Times would a comparable choice . 0oo! .nti9ua would also be a professional choice# especially for the single column format of a thesis. ,n a (acintosh# comparable typefaces to 0oo! .nti9ua are New -entury &choolboo! and $alatino. In industry# the typical line spacing for a report is single spacing.

Concl sions
This section summariJes the document and pro3ides closure. The difference between this summary and the summary that you write on the title page is that the summary in the 4-onclusion5 is for someone who has read the report. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%. In this section# a good idea is to use your last sentence to emphasiJe an important detail or result in the report.

Appendi- A: Title of Appendi- A

Titles of appendices are '1 points# flush left# and boldfaced. 2se initial capitals. . good typeface for the heading is .rial# because it holds bold facing well. To preser3e hierarchy# allot three line s!ips before the heading and two line s!ips after. Illustrations in this appendix are labeled *igure .-'# *igure .-:# Table .-'# Table .-:# and so forth. Note that each appendix begins on a new page. .lso note that each appendix should be introduced somewhere in the text portion of the report.

Appendi- B: Title of Appendi- B

Titles of appendices are '1 points# flush left# and boldfaced. 2se initial capitals. . good typeface for the heading is .rial# because it holds bold facing well. To preser3e hierarchy# allot three line s!ips before the heading and two line s!ips after. Illustrations in this appendix are labeled *igure 0-'# *igure 0-:# Table 0-'# Table 0-:# and so forth. Note that each appendix begins on a new page. .lso note that each appendix should be introduced somewhere in the text portion of the report. *inally# depending on your situation# you might ha3e more or fewer appendices.

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>nost# Daniel# 4+xperiment to (easure the Internal $ressure of a &oda -an#5 photograph (0lac!sburg# E./ Eirginia Tech# A .pril :??1 . &teeper# "ichard# 4"e9uest for Testing on a &caled (odel of an +mergency Kate Eal3e &ystem#5 memo to Lee $aulson (&tate -ollege# $./ $ennsyl3ania Eal3e -ompany# F' .ugust :??B . $etersen# "obbie T.# 4"e9uest for "ecommendation of .ir *low "ate for the $olar .ir -onditioner#5 memo to $at Kreen ($ittsburgh# $./ -anada -ooling# 'A &eptember :??B . ;alsh# &.# &. 0rewton# T. 0eirne# ". 0ellonio# .. Dunigan# G. Hodges# and .. ;ilder# "esign of a Test Rig to #imulate $low Through a Ribbed Cooling Passage (0lac!sburg# E./ Eirginia Tech# (ay :??F .