General Layout

General Outline

Front page: contains important information as student’s name, e-mail address, semester, title of course, topic (see sample). 

Sample: Cover Sheet Term Paper

Do not insert any special layout or photographs on the front page. 
Third and following pages: text

Bibliography: to be inserted at the end of the text, before the illustrations, on a separate page.

Print your text one-sided.

Headings: headings must always be followed by text.

Do not put a heading without text at the bottom of a page, with the text following on the next page. Rather start a new page with the new heading and leave the page bottom blank. 

Font, Size, Spacing, Indent

Font: Times New Roman for main text, footnotes and page numbers

Main text: Size 12 pt, line spacing: 1 1/2 lines.

Footnotes: Size 10 pt, line spacing 1 line.

Indent on the left: 

At the beginning of a new paragraph c. 1 cm indent. 
No indent after a headline!

One more line after the end of a chapter.

Formatting

Format your text automatically (indent, headings, hyphenation, etc.). This helps to save time.

New page after frontispiece, table of contents, main text, bibliography and illustration part.

Fixed page break: use “ctrl + fn → enter” for inserting a page break (new page).

Pagination

Pages should be numbered (at the lower margin of the page, center or at the right).
The front page (frontispiece) is not numbered, but counted as page 1 (see insert → page number).
Continue with page 2 (= Table of Contents).
Formatting of page numbers: Adjust font (Times New Roman) to the text.
Second page: Table of Contents with the headings of the paragraphs and the page numbers.
Page numbering: only a number, without “p.” or dashes – below, in the center of the page footer.

How to remove the page number 1 on the front page:

1. In the menu choose “Insert”
2. Click “Page Number”
3. Click “Bottom of Page” → Choose centered
4. Click “Different First Page” → the page number on the frontispiece will disappear