Justifying any piece of writing is definitely a good formatting practise as it greatly enhances the readability of the text. You must always justify your text, especially in such reports.
As far as beginning the paragraphs from the centre, or you may say, tab space is concerned, it is just a matter of personal choice. When writing was limited to hand, it was a general practise to begin the paragrapha from the centre. But with the advent of computers, this practise has been reeplaced almost entirely by the justified paragraph form in which there is no space left at the beginning of the first sentence. But still, as i said, it's a matter of personal choice which style to adopt. I personally use the second one (the one you used). Regards, Tanay Mathpal Twitter: @tanamania On 10/21/10, 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!' > > I wrote like this : > > "Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can > be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be > copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without > restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further > recipients can also do these things and that manufacturers of > consumer-facing hardware allow user modifications to their hardware. > Free software is generally available without charge, but can have a > fee, such as in the form of charging for CDs or other distribution > medium among other ways." > > Teacher meant like this: > > " Free > software, software libre or libre software is software that can be > used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be > copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without > restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further > recipients can also do these things and that manufacturers of > consumer-facing hardware allow user modifications to their hardware. > Free software is generally available without charge, but can have a > fee, such as in the form of charging for CDs or other distribution > medium among other ways." > > Is it necessary to start a paragraph like this? > > Second error is, 'I didn't aligned the text as justified'. > > Is these valid points? > > -- > "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 > -- Sent from my mobile device -- "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
