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Project Report TemplateDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of NizwaPrepared by: Dr. Mahinda Alahakoon, Head / Electrical and Computer Engineering
_____________________________________________________________________
Introduction:This document has been prepared to assist FYP students of the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering of University of Nizwa to write their final year project reports. The following portions give some general rules and guidelines that should be followed in writing reports. The document also contains a sample report with the essential sections and recommended formats that should be followed including correct page numbering format and automatically updatable Table of Contents. It is anticipated that this will help students to generate reports in a more uniform manner.
General Guidelines:It is important to follow the general formatting guidelines such as keeping a line
spacing of 1.5 (as in this paragraph), keeping two spaces after every full stop, and one
space after every word. You can either TAB (0.5”) or not the first word of a paragraph
but you must follow the same format throughout. No need to insert a blank line between
paragraphs if a TAB is used at the beginning of the first line. However, insert a blank line
if you are starting a new sub title after the present paragraph (please see comments on
page 1).
It is also important to maintain a common format of main and sub titles throughout your report. The main title in this report is in BOLD CAPITAL at point size 14. Choose suitable formats as shown below for sub and sub sub titles. You should also follow a proper numbering system throughout. It makes it easier to refer to different parts of the report in the ‘results and discussion’ section.
You must also pay attention to the table of contents and other lists that are necessary to be included as shown in the subsequent pages. Microsoft Word allows you to generate these automatically, which is an advantage in some cases (find how to do in help section under tables of contents etc. or at the end of this document). Otherwise, you will have to take the responsibility of ensuring that all the page numbers are correct at the time of printing the document for the last time.
It is also important to do final formatting changes after selecting the printer you are going to print the document on. Sometimes, the printed pages may look different from what you expected to have.
Most important: USE SPELL CHECKING FACILITY before you approach the adviser for his or her comments, and after every major editorial change, to save time on minor spelling corrections. Additional guidelines are given along with the sample report that continues from next page onwards.
Other guidelines are stated in each section of the sample document. This document is available as a softcopy from any of the FYP supervisors in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
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DEVELOPMENT OF A SAMPLE PROJECT REPORT(Your project title should come here)
By
MAHINDA ALAHAKOON(Your name should come here)
Report submitted in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering
(Electrical / Computer Engineering)
Supervisor
Dr. / Prof. Albert Einstein(Your FYP supervisor’s name must come here)
JANUARY 2016(Your graduation Month, Year)
The University of NizwaNizwa, Oman
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Dedicated to all the final year undergraduates
in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
who have the freedom to put any fancy decoration to this page
when they writetheir own reports
(This is YOUR page – feel free to dedicate your report to someone you love, adore, honor….)
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ABSTRACT
The difficulty in maintaining a uniform format of Final Year Project (FYP) reports
has been observed by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for many
years. While efforts are made by individual staff members to guide the students to
modify their reports so that a common format is maintained, unavailability of sample
documents and the differences in formats of papers referred by students have made the
task more difficult.
Therefore, it was decided to prepare a sample project report giving guidelines and
sample titles and other essential items so that final year students can use it as a template
in writing their reports and in doing final editorial changes in their reports.
An effort was made to develop a sample project report by putting together items
that are considered to be essential in one common format accepted by most of the
research publications in the field of Electrical Engineering. Several trials were made and
the feedback from all the faculty members were obtained during the development of this
document.
The final result was made available to the staff and students in both printed and
electronic format.
As you can see above, the abstract is a short summary of the report. It should
contain the justification, what was done, the results, and conclusions in brief. Usually,
limit the abstract to one page. Since this is a summary of the project, write this AFTER
writing all the other sections, and preferably after getting the supervisor’s comments.
** For interim reports (progress reports) which you present in the middle of a
semester, ABSTRACT need not be as complete as in a final report.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The support given by the academic staff members of the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering by reading drafts and by giving comments to make the
formats agreeable to all, is greatly appreciated. The assistance given by Eng. Atef
Abusalim who was the previous FYP coordinator in developing this sample report is also
mentioned here with gratitude.
As you see, this is the place to thank the people who supported you to achieve the
objective. You can mention the support you received from the academic as well as
academic-support staff, your colleagues, friends, and others.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT.........................................................................................................................i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..............................................................................................ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................iii
LIST OF FIGURES..........................................................................................................iv
LIST OF TABLES.............................................................................................................v
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP.................................................................................vi
1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................2
1.1 BACKGROUND..................................................................................................2
1.1.1 Use of papers and printers................................................................................2
1.1.2 Use of pens.......................................................................................................2
1.2 OBJECTIVES....................................................................................................3
2. LITERATURE REVIEW..............................................................................................5
2.1 HISTORY OF REPORT WRITING....................................................................5
2.1.1 Materials used..................................................................................................5
2.1.2 Recommended practice for style of references................................................5
3. MATERIALS AND METHODS..................................................................................8
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION..................................................................................13
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.....................................................15
5.1 CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................15
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................................15
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................16
APPENDIX - I..................................................................................................................18
Make sure that the Chapter Titles, and all Sub Titles appear exactly as in the
report. You must also make sure that the page numbers are correct before printing the
final version. One way is to get MS Word to generate the Table of Contents etc. by
tagging each title in the report to TOC etc. You may need to learn how to do this by
asking from the friend or seeing how I have done it here.
Making the main titles BOLD and adjusting the line spacing to 1.5 can be done
after generating the final version of the table of contents.
** For interim report for FYP-I (progress reports) you may use PROPOSED METHODOLOGY instead of MATERIALS AND METHODS and describe what you
intend to do instead of what was done, and you may omit RESULTS AND DISCUSSION and beyond. However, you must include the REFERENCES section.
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Got it.................................................................................................................6
Figure 2 : Different curve types........................................................................................8
Figures and tables can also be numbered according to the chapter numbers (as
Figure 2.1...). However, this format is generally more cumbersome and may give
erroneous numbering between chapters. Therefore, the above numbering format is
recommended.
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Resources.........................6
You are free to add a LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS page if necessary. If many
equations and expressions are used in the document, adding a separate list of
abbreviations may be easier than giving the symbol definitions every time an equation is
given. If you decide to add an abbreviations page, add it after the LIST OF FIGURES
with the same title format.
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STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP
This is to certify that I am responsible for the work submitted in this assignment/project,
that the original work is my own except as specified in the references and
acknowledgements, and that the original work contained herein has not been undertaken
or done by unspecified sources or persons.
In case the University of Nizwa finds that the above statement is not correct and/or
cheating or plagiarism is/are identified, the University has the right to apply academic
penalties against me.
Student’s Signature: ……………………………………..
Student’s Name: ________________________________
Identification No.: ______________________________
Date: ________________
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Doc. Ref. No. Issue Version DateUoN-STC-SA 1 June 2009
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
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1. INTRODUCTION<Main titles are in Pt 14, all BOLD CAPITAL (Heading 1)>
1.1 BACKGROUND <1st level titles (Heading 2) are in Pt 12, bold, CAPITAL>
The degree program of the College of Engineering includes the 2-semester
independent research study conducted under the close supervision of the academic staff.
The students are supposed to write a progress report in the middle of each semester and a
final report giving a detail description of the background, objectives, and their research
findings conducted in each semester. However, it could be seen that the reports written
by the students of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering contained
information in different formats, possibly due to the insufficient guidance and examples
included in the existing formatting descriptions, poor attention given by the students, and
differences in formats of the documents they refer for their work.
1.1.1 Use of papers and printers <Next level of headings are in Pt 12, bold, first letter CAPITAL (Heading 3)>
It was also reported that students successfully used papers to print their reports.
The printers used for this purpose were of the 'Laser Printer' type which worked on the
energy source called 'electrical' energy.
1.1.2 Use of pensIt was also observed that students use pens of various colors to make instant
records of what a teacher writes or draws on the black board of the class room. The pens
have not been used for any other useful purpose.
Please note that you should not use sub sub level numbering unless you have at
least two sub sub titles as I have shown here. That is, you should have a 1.1.2 at least, if
you put a 1.1.1. Otherwise, include whatever the description under 1.1 and go to 1.2
instead of adding only one sub sub topic as 1.1.1 alone.
Further, you may have to insert an additional line AFTER a main title. MS Word
will add a small space before every heading and this may be sufficient to separate the sub
and sub sub titles from preceding paragraphs (as shown in this document).
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1.2 OBJECTIVESThe main objective of this collective effort of the department was to develop a
sample project report that could be used as a guide for writing final year research reports.
Specific objectives of this study could be identified as follows:
i. Identification of the common mistakes.
ii. Establish the components that should be included in a final year project report by consulting all the academic staff members.
iii. Develop a sample report and additional guidelines for the use of the staff and students of the department.
As you see above, ordered lists are 'single-spaced' while a blank line separates
each item in the list. Your attention is also brought to the numbering scheme. You are
free to change it as you like but the main, sub, and sub sub titles should be numbered in a
proper manner. Take care in selecting topics for each sub category so that it matches
with the flow of the chapter, and assign a number of a suitable level (sub or sub sub).
Also note the way brackets are added at the end of a sentence (the full-stop should be
after the bracket as you see now).
Important:
OBJECTIVES must be considered as the basis for the structure of the rest of the
whole report. All the subsequent sections must be in such a way to achieve the
OBJECTIVES you identify in this section. As an example, the first portions you describe
under Materials and Methods, should be geared towards achieving first objectives and
you should not include things that were done and results that are not identified as an
objective of the project. On the other hand, major steps you have to accomplish in order
to reach the final goal should be identified as an objective of the project. Most
importantly, your CONCLUSIONS should be a direct indication of the things you
achieved out of the objectives you planned to achieve.
In summary, it is important to have a very clear understanding of the
OBJECTIVES of your project and plan your activities to achieve the objectives but
nothing else. Plan the things you write in the report accordingly.
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CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
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2. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 HISTORY OF REPORT WRITINGOne of the earliest reports related to engineering and irrigation can be found in
historical documents written by the world famous genius scientist, Leonardo Da Vinci
(MacCurdy, 1938).
2.1.1 Materials usedIt has been reported that the ancient man used many types of material to produce
documents. The material range from stone (Walagamba et al., 0234) to leaves of palm
(Rahula, 1415), to bamboo as reported from China (Cheng, 1876).
2.1.2 Recommended practice for style of referencesHere are some of the guidelines for you to follow in describing other’s work you
report under the literature review. It does not mean that you should put ALL the
references in the LITERATURE REVIEW section of your report and you CANNOT put
references in other parts of the document. You can refer to other’s work generally in any
part of the document if it is appropriate for the clarity of your report. Please follow the
guidelines below when you include references in the body of the text and the format I
have shown in the REFERENCES section when including them in the REFERENCES
section.
2.1.2.1 Placing citations in the body of the textThe citations should appear as Wijetilake and Herath (1981) or (Alibaba and
Jones, 1981). If the article or the book has more than two authors, write it as; Wijetilake
et al. (1981) or as; (Wijetilake et al., 1981). The two formats are for the two different
sentence styles as shown below.
A compilation of historical documents by the historian Wijetilake (1996) shows
that many materials can be used as the medium for report writing. Many materials have
been used for report writing in the past (Wijetilake, 1996).
If you need to report more than one author on the same topic, include them within
brackets as (Wijetilake, 1996; Samaranayake, 2000; Kumari, 2002), or change the style
of the sentence and report their documents individually.
Also please note that ALL the citations in the body of the text (anywhere in your
report) should appear in the REFERENCES section at the end and ALL the citations in
the REFERENCES section should appear at least once, somewhere in the body of the text.
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If the same author has published two articles in the same year, those should be
identified as Rasnayake (2001a) and Wijetilake (1996) and Rasnayake (2001b) in the text
and should be listed with years marked as 2001a and 2001b in the REFERENCES
section.
2.1.2.2 Including the citations in the REFERENCES sectionPlease see the examples given in the REFERENCES section. Some of the
guidelines are described below.
1. Give the last name and the initials of the author, in inverted order (Wijetilake, M. A.). The second and the following authors are given in the regular form as shown in the examples (Wijetilake, M. A. and P. M. K. Alahakoon).
2. The year of publication follows the authorship (Wijetilake, M. A. and W. B. Herath. 1981).
3. The title must appear exactly as it appears on the first page of the article or on the title page of the book.
4. Give inclusive page numbers and continued page numbers last as shown in examples.
5. Volume number follows Journal name; issue number follows volume number in parenthesis: a colon precedes page numbers (see examples).
6. Citations for references from web pages should follow the same format as (Balasooriya, 2002) where it is listed in the REFERENCES section as the author, year, the URL as shown at the end of this document. The year should ideally be the year in which it was published. If not include the year when it was downloaded. In order to find the URL information of already saved web documents, use the View, Source selections from drop down menus.
Please refer to the recommended styles given by the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE) available in the URL:
https://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/author_templates.html.
Please approach your supervisor for confirmation if you are in doubt.
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CHAPTER 3
MATERIALS AND METHODS
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3. MATERIALS AND METHODS
The title can be changed to another suitable one if you prefer to do so.
METHODOLOGY is another favorite title preferred by many. However, this section
generally contains the procedures you followed to achieve the objectives identified at the
beginning. It is necessary to keep the following guidelines in mind in writing this section.
It can be assured that this is the easiest section for you to write.
1. Your descriptions should be in PAST TENSE, PASSIVE VOICE.
2. Some common mistakes are ‘datas’, equipments’. The sentences should be ‘data were collected’ since ‘data’ is considered to be PLURAL. The PLURAL of equipment is the same (Eg. ‘Following equipment were used’).
3. Another common misconception is that you CANNOT mention about results here and it should be mentioned in the RESULTS section only. Feel free to describe the steps you followed, intermediate results, problems, unexpected outcomes, remedial steps taken, what you observed then etc. in the MATERIALS AND METHODS section. You can describe final results in the RESULTS section after this.
4. Inclusion of figures and tables should be done as described below. The figures or tables should appear in the first possible page AFTER it is mentioned in the text, but not before (Figure 1). In order to save space, you may include figures embedded in text without reserving a whole page for the figure or a table (Table 1). If you have two tables that are to be compared, try your best to have them on the same page. Figures may not have a box around them but it is recommended that graphs appear within a single line box. Tables will not have an additional box around them. If you adopt a figure or a table from another document found in literature, give the source along with the table or the figure (Figure 1) and add it to the list of references.
5. Figure titles should appear below the figure (Figure 1) and table titles should be on top of the table (Table 1), both in bold font. Both should be of the format given in examples below. Table column titles and the contents could either be left justified, decimal aligned, or centered to suit the type of data presented and to improve clarity. The line format given is recommended but you may adopt a different line style for tables if it suits your data type better. Please make a final decision after consulting your supervisor or any other academic staff member in the department.
6. If you present your findings in a graph, make it as clear as possible by using no fill colors, using different line and symbol types to differentiate between lines on the same graph, and by selecting the proper graph type. Another important point to keep in mind is that you must include a trend line wherever it is appropriate, to show the general trend (modify the ‘order’ of the trend line accordingly in cases
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where you have a non-linear relationship). Else, use a ‘smooth line’ instead of the default jagged line since connecting all the points by a series of straight lines is not a realistic representation of a variation of any parameter as shown in the example of Figure 2. Please discuss with your supervisor and include the most suitable items (trend line, smooth line, R2, regression equation) for your application.
Figure 1: Trying to figure it out (Source: Microsoft, 1995)
Table 1: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Resources
Item Type UsageOscilloscopes Lab Equipment Lab classesPrinter On-line FrequentSolar panel Research FYP
The graph shown in Figure 2 indicates three types of curves. The top one shows the trend line only (the second order polynomial expression obtained by regression and R2
are also shown on the graph itself). Please use ‘add trend line’ feature and related options to obtain this within Excel. The middle curve is a jagged line connecting the data points. Usually, this is the default type but not recommended in many cases. However, you are free to use this curve type if it is more suitable for your application. The third curve (bottom) was obtained by using a ‘smoothed line’ to join the data points. Please note that this graph was obtained by selecting the ‘XY (scatter)’ type (Figure 2). You may get a different appearance if you select a ‘Line graph’ from the main graph menu in Excel (if you have X and Y values that vary in no-uniform manner, the shapes will vary significantly). Use the correct graph type and other options to get the scales, appearance, and curve types to suit your application and data ranges.
Another important point to follow is to use similar X and Y scales in showing two graphs that should be compared with each other. Also pay attention to the titles when you
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save the graph in Excel, as it is difficult to edit the titles after copying and pasting in your Word document. Make sure that titles are spelled correctly. Use proper wording for the main title and axes. Decide whether you want to include a legend or not and provide suitable data labels.
It is best if you use the same fonts as that of the document for labels and titles in the graph. In order to do this, select each item and go to formatting options. Also select suitable font sizes for main and sub titles and axis labels.
Please treat the above as examples to show how you should present your work. You must replace the images, tables, and graphs with your own while keeping the title styles and placements as it is, to suit your work and the way you want to present it.
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Figure 2 : Different curve types
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Variation of Y with X in 3 ways
Smoothed Line Jagged Line Trend LinePolynomial (Trend Line)
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CHAPTER 4
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The general rule is that what you include in the RESULTS section should tally
with what you mention as things you EXPECT TO DO in the OBJECTIVES section. It
can be presented along with a detail discussion of the task, intermediate results, and the
problems encountered in achieving the final goal. Therefore, this description
automatically tallies with what you have described in Materials and Methods as the tasks
carried out at each and every step of the project.
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CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 CONCLUSIONSThis is a summary of the results you obtained and it should be the final conclusion
of the whole project. Make sure that your statements provide answers to the expectations
targeted in the OBJECTIVES section. Also you must ensure that your conclusions are
based on the facts you investigated, are realistic, and supported by the results.
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONSIf you make recommendations for further modifications, improvements, or
studies, include here in brief.
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REFERENCES
Cheng, L. Y. 1876. Bamboo books. Ching publishers, Chien Ming, Chong Road, China.
Kumari, K. K. 2002. Love and agriculture - a beginner’s guide to cultivating love. Wonder publishers, Sri Lanka.
MacCurdy, E. 1938. The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Vol II. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York. pp. 11-150.
Microsoft corporation, 1995. Windows 95 Cliparts. Microsoft corporation, Microsoft drive, NJ 456677, USA.
Rahula, Thotagamuwe Sri (Rev.). 1415. Salalihini Sandeshaya. Thotagamuwa publications Co. Sri Lanka. pp. 34–56.
Rasnayake, A. B. C. 2001a. Article one. Details.
Rasnayake, A. B. C. 2001b. Article two. Details.
Samaranayake, S. 2000. Article name. Journal or book. Publisher’s address.
Walagamba et al. 0234. The art of building temples all over the country. Stone carvings & Co., Stone Road, Galgamuwa, Sri Lanka.
Wijetilake, A. B. 1996. Historical documentation. International Journal of Historical Writing. Historians and Co., The past, Anywhere, USA. pp. 45-55.
Wijetilake, M. A. and W. B. Herath. 1981. Title of the article or book. Publisher, address, pages.
Wijetilake, A. B., C. D. Herath, and P. Q. Restoria. 1981. Hair and makeup. Transactions of the ASECE, American Society of Electrical and Computer Engineers, St. Joseph, MO 65021.
Wijetilake, P. Q. and E. F. Jones. 1981. Article. Journal, Publisher and address.
Other specific examples:Serial:
Wijetilake, M. A. and W. B. Herath. 1981. Mathematical modeling of nitrogen movement in soils. Transactions of the ASAE 9(3):234-256.
Book:
Wijetilake, M. A. and W. B. Herath. 1981. Mathematical modeling of nitrogen movement in soils. Lake House Book Co., Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Book, part of:
Wijetilake, M. A. and W. B. Herath. 1981. Mathematical modeling of nitrogen movement in soils. P 234-256. In: Mathematical modeling of pollutants. Lake House Book Co., Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Bulletin:
Wijetilake, M. A. and W. B. Herath. 1981. Mathematical modeling of nitrogen movement in soils. AESSL bull. 16.30p.
Document retrieved from Internet:
Balasooriya, H. 2002. My papers. http://www.somewhere.net/path/filname.html
Please note that the items in the REFERENCES section should appear in the alphabetical order (last name of the first author). If there are more than one publication from the same author(s), those should be listed in the chronological order. The initials whenever mentioned should be separated with a space after the full stop. A full stop and a space as shown above should be used to separate each item.
The lines in this section should be single-spaced with an extra line between items.
The second line downwards should be indented in each item. In order to do this, point to the beginning of the first line and drag the indenting icon on top scale of MS Word screen to the first TAB point (0.5 inch).
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APPENDIX - I
You may include additional materials as appendices in your report. Use a new page for each APPENDIX item. Number them as I, II, III... or A, B, C.... if you have more than one appendix category. The programs you write, data you have collected, detail designs, and other resources you used can be included to make your project a more complete document for the reader. Appendices should appear after the REFERENCES section.
Additional guidelines:In order to include chapter titles, table, and figure titles to respective lists and table
of contents, please follow the guidelines summarized below. If you encounter problems, feel free to contact your friendly staff in Electrical and Computer Engineering, or Mr. Bill Gates himself.
1. You must decide on the font, style of the headings you prefer to have in your report. What is given in the document would be a recommended starting point.
2. Mark each heading (block), and select the appropriate heading level from the drop down menu at the top left corner (Heading 1, Heading 2, ..). You must make sure that the font sizes and the styles you prefer appear as it is on the screen after this operation. MS Word adds a small space before each heading. This makes it unnecessary to include and additional line before each sub and sub sub heading when you type the report. However, include a blank line after every main title as shown in this sample report.
3. Go to the page where you want the table of contents be generated. Go to Insert, Index and Tables..., and select Table of Contents tab. The recommended format (on left window) is ‘From template’. Highlight it and press OK. You will be able to see the list of tables automatically generated by MS Word. This will be very useful in modifying your report after receiving the comments from your helpful advisor, as you may have to add more pages and change the location of topics etc. Word will make sure that the ‘Table of Contents’ is automatically updated every time you change the document. If you want to add new titles, sub chapters, you must use the appropriate heading style and re-do this step to re-generate the table of contents.
4. Generating the list of tables is also similar but you must provide the name of a table or a figure using the Caption option in the Insert menu. Go to place where you want to insert a table or a figure caption (top of tables, bottom of figures), select Insert, Caption, and make appropriate selection (whether a table or a figure) and press OK. It will give you a place to type a caption with a preceding Table x or Figure y in bold, where x and y being the number of the table or the figure you want to label. Type the label you want to have (you may leave the whole label in bold letters). After labeling all the tables and figures, go tot he page where you want the list of tables be generated and follow the steps described in item 3 above, after selecting Table of Figures tab and Table or Figure sub selection from the window on the left that appears next.
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You ought to have good patience, clear mind, considerable practice of MS Word and, a LOT of luck to get your report printed the way you want the first time. My personal advice for those who own computers is to use MS Word frequently without waiting till you have to write the report, which will make your life a lot easier.
The errors if you find any in this document are solely mine and the staff of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering should not be held responsible for those. Please get your doubts on any formatting issue cleared by discussing with your project supervisor and other academic staff before making final changes.
- Mahinda Alahakoon
Good Luckfrom all the staff members
in theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering !
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