1. Common mistakes in a report Hints on doing it correctly

2. Table Centre column headings Make columns just wide enough, with different width for criteria column

3. Table Never make headings from table columns into Heading2 or Heading2

4. Table Format all tables in a document the same, i.e. line spacing, paragraph spacing, font style and size

5. Table Align text in narrow columns left, never fully justified

6. Table Align table with body text, not like this

7. Table Keep table inside page text boundaries, not like this in the margin

8. What is wrong with the table?

9. Indentation Indent so that all text begins at the same place

10. Footnote Do not set a footnote on a heading Body text under headings must be on the topic of the headings, not this gumph

11. Headings Body text under headings must be on the topic of the headings, not this waffle

12. Footnote End sentence with a point or full stop

13. Font Use same font for Table of contents and Table of figures, not this mish mash of font styles

14. Font Format whole document with same font Modify headings so they are same font as body font Format text as colour only if printing in colour

15. Bullets Bullet lists

16. Information Explain or discuss the table and the chart, do not expect the reader to decipher the tables and charts

17. Introduction Discuss what is coming, all the topics which are in the headings

18. What should be in the Conclusion?

19. Text Start paragraph with most important sentence, i.e. do not bury it in the body

20. What is wrong with the font?

21. Text Start paragraph with important meaningful word, not ‘It’

22. Captions Give meaningful captions to figures and tables, not these meaningless captions

23. Headings Present text in the order of the heading, not like this example

24. Cross referencing Cross reference tables and figures in the body of the text