Final Year Report Formatting Guide

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Final Year Report Formatting Guide

This guide is to format report chapters.

1.    General Instruction


All papers should be written in English. The paper must be written in one-column format.

2.    Headings
Times New Roman, Bold, pt. 14

2.1  Subheadings
Times New Roman, Bold, pt. 13.

3.    Page Layout


Paper format: standard A4 one-columned (spacing is 0.3" which will automatically adjust
width to 2.98") and fully justified. Margins should be Normal.
Header from top and bottom should be 0.5".
Use Times New Roman Font for the main text, ARIAL for headings.
Paper title: 17 pt bold (Title), Author(s): 10 pt (Author), Affiliation (d): 10 pt italic
(Affiliation), Abstract: 10 pt. & italicized, Key Words: 10.5 pt. table and figures captions:
10.5 pt.
For headings, spacing should be as follows:
Before: 12 pt; After: 6 pt with single line spacing.
Spacing for each paragraph should be as follows: Before: 0 pt; After: 6pt with single line
spacing.
For detailed instructions for authors visit:
http://journal.uet.edu.pk

4.    Page Limit


Number of pages for a complete manuscript should be from 6 to 15. Author will be charged
Rs. 1000/- per page beyond 15 pages.

5.    Figures and Tables


Figure captions should be below the figures; table captions should be above the tables.
Figures and tables should be placed either within single column width or on the full page
width preferably at the top or bottom of the column or page. Leave single line space above
and double line space below the figures. For tables, leave double line space above and single
line space below.

6.    Equations
Equations are to be numbered consecutively throughout the paper. Each equation number
must be unique. Equations should be centered, with the equation number in parentheses, flush
with the right-hand margin of the column. Leave a single line space before and after
equations.

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References
Number citations consecutively in the text in square brackets [1]. Within text, cross reference
as [1].
APA format should be followed strictly.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's
compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that
do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another
journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to
the Editor).
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect
document file format. Note: File Submitted in PDF Format will be rejected.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than
underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and
tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the
end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the
Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in
Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

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