Computer Skills & Applications II

*Mr. Pietras- Objective 6.01

Research Report

Essential Questions

• What is a research report?

• How do you create a Title Page in

Microsoft Word?

• Determine what items must be

included to create a research report.

• What are appropriate formatting

guidelines for a research report?

Research Report

What is a Research Report?

A multi-page document

summarizing research findings

written in an organized format.Example of use of a Research Report:

A marketing research report summarizing the supply and

demand statistics for a new product.

Unbound Report

• Short reports that are prepared without

binders or cover

• If the report is more than one page its held

together with a staple or paper clip.

• All Margins are the same (1 inch)

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Left Bound Report

Longer reports prepared with binders

Left margin is wider (1.5”) to accommodate binding along the left margin.

1.5 inch LM 1 inch RM

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Top Bound Report

Top margin is wider (1.5”) to accommodate binding along the top

margin.

TM is wider to

accommodate

binding.

Title Page: The first page of a report

Components of a Title Page:

• Title of the report

• Writer’s name

• Teacher/professor’s name

• Date of publication

Title Page

• 1st document of a report

• Identifies the:

– Title of the report

– Author of the report

– Teacher/Class that the report is for

– Date that the report is due/was completed

• Formatting

– 1” top margin

– 1” side margins

– All information is horizontally and vertically centered

– Report title is keyed in ALL CAPS

Change Line SpacingSelect Paragraph group from “HOME” Tab on Ribbon

Change Line Spacing Cont…..

• Change spacing to single, 0 before and 0 after.

Formatting a Title Page…

Vertically

and

Horizontally

center your

Title Page!

REPORT TITLE

2” or 2.5” (12 or 15

returns)

Student name

Course/Teacher name

Date Submitted or current Date

Size 12 font

TNR or Arial

Font

Size 12 font

TNR or Arial

Font

Size 12 font

TNR or Arial

Font

2” or 2.5” (12 or 15

returns)

Manual

DS (2

enters)

How to Vertically Center?

Select “PAGE LAYOUT” Tab from Ribbon

Select “PAGE SETUP” options

How to Vertically Center?

Center

Cen

ter

Select “LAYOUT” Tab

Select “CENTER” for Vertical Alignment setting

Research Report Components:

The Title of a report is required.

The Title includes the identifying

information and is keyed in the top

left margin of the Report.

Research Report:Components (Continued)

A Header is placed on every page of

the report and includes:

– Writer’s last name

– Page number

Research Report:Components (Continued)

The Body of the Report is the content

(the paragraphs).

Parenthetical citations are reference

notes keyed in the body of the report.

Research Report:Components (Continued)

Bibliography:

– A complete listing of references

cited in the Report

– References listed in alphabetical

order by authors last name

Bibliography• Alphabetical list of the

sources of information

you used in writing a

report

• Sources are single-

spaced and formatted

with a hanging indent

• Leave a blank line

between the sources

• If a page number is

included, place it ½ inch

from top of the page

• MLA or APA Format

Title

Alphabetical

listing of sources

Sources:"CTE Curriculum." NC DPI. N.p., 01 July 2012. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.

<http://www.ncpublicschools.org/cte/curriculum/>.

Matthews, Michelle. "Definition of a Research Paper | EHow." EHow.

Demand Media, 23 July 2010. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.

<http://www.ehow.com/about_6767818_definition-research-

paper.html>.

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Bound-Report.jpg

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