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Kenney Jacob FaceBook <http://www.facebook.com/kenneyjacob> Twitter<http://twitter.com/kenneyjacob> Blog <http://www.kenneyjacob.com> Company <http://www.ayruz.com> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian < [email protected]> wrote: > The first line indent is used in some classical formats and sometimes > dense technical documentation. Modern/contemporary styles sometimes do > not use first-line indents. > > These kind of things are called Style Guide. One famous style guide > used by people is the Chicago Manual of Style or Chicago Style Guide. > > Your university or organization might have its own Style Guide > (sometimes prescribed by bodies like IEEE). > > Regards > Rajeev J Sebastian > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Adhin D <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, this is not connected to FOSS. Its merely a standard procedures for > > creating reports. But these are more like guidelines not laws. I think > you > > can find a lot of such tips or guidelines in the internet. > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:13 PM, alan alan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I have submitted my project report in college. It is prepared using > >> Open Office. Unfortunately my lecturer rejected it by pointed out two > >> mistakes. First one is, 'You didn't started a paragraph from center!' > >> > >> > > > > Normally we give intend to the first line most probably a single tab > > spacing, but not necessarily the center. Either you can set this in the > > paragraph settings, or press "Tab" key & start writing a paragraph... > >> > >> Is it necessary to start a paragraph like this? > > > > Not necessary, but its always good to start a paragraph like that... > >> > >> Second error is, 'I didn't aligned the text as justified'. > >> > >> Is these valid points? > > > > The "justified' alignment gives a better appearance to your report. Just > > have a look at your text books, all the paragraphs will be aligned > justified > > to get a pleasant appearance. So this has become a tradition like > everything > > else... > > Like I said these are not rules, but guidelines. But if you are > submitting > > an academic report then you are supposed to follow the procedures as > > directed by your instructors. > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > May the Tux be with you... always > > - Adhin > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > "Freedom is the only law". > > "Freedom Unplugged" > > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > > To control your subscription visit > > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > For details visit the google group page: > > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > > > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
