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Overall Alignment of The Term Paper
Overall Alignment of The Term Paper
Overall Alignment of The Term Paper
Tapan Mahmud
Anybody failing to maintain the format given here will be penalized by deduction of
marks.
Writing pros & cons of the Term Paper:
3.1 Margin:
In Microsoft word use the following settings to make sure that the margins are correct. Top: 1.25, Right: 1.00,
Bottom: 1.00, Left: 1.25.
3.2 Spacing:
Line spacing gap between every line should be 1.5 lines. The referencing and Table of Contents part may
be numbered on a single-line basis.
3.3 Pagination:
Title fly page and title page should not be numbered. The pages after that (like letter of transmittal, Abstract /
Executive Summary, Table of contents) should be numbered with a Roman numerical format ( i, ii etc). The
whole body after that (along with appendices; yet, appendices should have a fresh numbering) should be
numbered on Arabic numerical format (1, 2, 3 etc). Important thing to note is; the reference page should be also
numbered on a roman numerical format, which will start after the Table of contents part. All the page
numbers should be put at the Right bottom portion of the page.
3.4 Font:
Presentation Details:
There must be PowerPoint Slides to facilitate the understanding of the audience,
All the groups, before the presentation, should store their slides at the desktop of the given computer,
Everybody of a given group should be present at the stage, while the other member/s is/are presenting,
Every group would have 15 Minutes available for the presentation. No group should make prolonged
presentation, which may hinder other groups time-slots,
There would be a Question-Answer session; questions from both the audience and the faculty should be
expected,
Audiences would be rewarded for smart questioning, yet nobody should ask a question to bother the
presenter or to hinder the presentation flow,
Anybody reading from the slide would be marked by a "0" (Zero)
Students may carry small notes at their hands to facilitate their title recollection
Everybody should wear formal dress for the presentation session
Should not use undue color and animation at the presentation slides
All the slides should be in a single design or theme