The margins for the text of the report should be approximately 1 inch at the top, bottom, and right sides, and 1 inch on the left side of the page. The extra inch on the left is to allow for binding. The same margin requirements hold for the second copy of the report. Any computer printouts to be submitted as part of the report that are larger than the standard 8 x 11 inch page size should be reduced to the standard size paper. The reduced print cannot be smaller than elite type and should be of dark, clear, good quality.
Margin requirements hold for such reductions as well.
The primary consideration in selecting a system for word processing should be its ability to produce a finished paper that meets the format requirements for all parts of the paper and presents acceptable print legibility. A suitable word processing software program should be selected before the choice of hardware is made. For dissertations and heavily documented papers, automated control of footnotes are particularly important. Some sophisticated programs automatically manage page breaks and positioning and renumbering of notes, even after revisions. Care must be taken to determine that the output of such programs meets the LPTS format requirements for notes, since the automated features may reduce the user's control over some details of presentation.