The easy way - just don’t break the template
- Does your written work still look like the template?
- If not, it’s probably because you copy=pasted from the internet
- Stop copy-pasting! Take your own notes, then write from notes
- If you have to copy paste, paste without format
- Windows: CTRL-SHIFT-V
- Mac: Command-Shift-V
- If that doesn’t work, try the edit menu.
The hard way - check everything
- Is everything 12pt
- Is everything Times New Roman
- No bold
- No underline.
- Italics
- Alignment
- Title centre aligned (中央揃え)
- References left aligned
- Text - depends on teacher
- University style is justified
- APA and I prefer left
- Title rules
- Title in Title Case.
- See Style - Use Title Case
- Basically: Short words <4 letters usually no capital
- and, or, not, but,
- a, an, the
- as, at, by, for, in, of, on, to, out
- am is was
- Every Main Word > 3 Letters Long has a Capital Letter.
- Double space text
- Google Docs Manuals
- English: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/1663349?hl=en
- Japanese https://support.google.com/docs/answer/1663349?hl=ja
- Microsoft Word in Japanese:
- MENU: 書式—>段落—> 行間—> 二行)
- RIBBON: ホーム—>段落 —> 行間—> 二行)
- Normal sized margins (余白)
- 2.54cm (one inch) margins on all sides
- Google Docs: [ファイル] [ページ設定]
- Microsoft Word: [レイアウト] [ 余白]
- Your information at top right
- Name, class, task name (“Hiroko Sato - R&W1 FK139 - Project B draft 2”)
- Date is the deadline. No “th” or “st” (e.g. April 24. Not April 24th)
- Indent the first line of every paragraph.
- Never use SPACES - Style or Tab
- In Japanese Microsoft Word, find “tabs” in 書式 and set them to 1.27cm
- Empty lines between sections
- One empty line between info and title.
- One empty line between title and text.
- One empty line between text and references.