Paragraph Text

All material in the body of the disquisition must adhere to the same general requirements as the rest of the disquisition, including font type, font size, and margin size. For more information, see General Requirements.

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  • Alignment – All paragraphs in the disquisition must be aligned along the left margin of the page, except on the Dedication page. Full justification may be used, but it must be applied consistently to all paragraphs in the document.
  • Indents – The first line of all body text paragraphs in the disquisition must be indented one-half inch (0.5”). If you include a Dedication section, the Dedication text should be center-aligned, with no first-line indent.
  • Spacing – Use double-spacing throughout all body text paragraphs in the disquisition. There should be no extra line spacing between body text paragraphs.
  • Widowed and orphaned text – Avoid separating the first or last line of a paragraph from the rest of the paragraph because of a page break. These separated lines are called orphans and widows. In Microsoft Word, you can turn on “Widow/Orphan Control” to automatically prevent this from occurring in your document.

Issue: Line Spacing

Requirements:

  • There should not be extra line spacing betwee, before, or after body text paragraphs.

Use the paragraph settings dialog box to set all body paragraphs to be double-spaced with 0 pts before or after.

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