MANUSCRIPT TYPING

Most manuscripts and business reports are typed on plain white paper, 8 1/2 by 11 inches. The standard

practice in typing manuscript is to double space it unless there is a special reason for making it single spaced.

Direct quotations of not more than three lines are run into the text, also doubled spaced, but enclosed in

quotation marks. A longer quotation is set off from the text, single spaced and indented five spaces on both sides

from the regular margins. Enumerations, listings, and footnotes are typed single spaced.

The margins depend on how the manuscript is to be bound. An unbound manuscript, the pages of which are

not intended to be fastened, is usually typed with one-inch margin on all sides, except the first page where the

title appears. The title is typed at the center (all in caps) two or one and - half inches from the top. An addition of

one-half inch is provided for binding. Thus, with side-bound pages, the left margin is one - and - a half inch. With

top - bound pages, the top margin on all pages is increased by one - half inch. A short and one - page manuscript is

centered on the page.

The page number in all pages (except the first) is usually typed one - half inch from the top or one inch

aligned with the right margin opposite the running head. If there is no running head, the page number is usually

placed at the center. Top - bound manuscript is numbered at the center, one or one - half inch at the bottom of

the page