Format Editing

Theses Manuscripts
The JHCSC Thesis
Manual in Pictures

By

Febe Keith P. Jumoc

1st Things 1st. . .

• Paper—8 1/2 “ x 11” (short bond paper) substance 20 book paper

• Layout—Portrait (except for large tables which could be landscaped)
• Margins:
Top—1.00” or 2.54cm Left—1.50” or 3.81cm (binding edge)
Bottom—1.00” or 2.54cm Right—1.25”or 3.175cm
• Font—Arial or Courier New , font size—12pt
• Spacing—double-spaced all throughout except for:
Preliminary Pages
Legends (under tables)
References
• Pagination:
Preliminary pages
- upper right hand corner
- lower case Roman Numerals (i,ii,iii,iv…)
- first page to be numbered is Acknoweldgement page (marked iii)
Body (chapter 1 up to Curriculum Vitae)
- upper right hand corner
- Arabic numerals (1,2,3,…)
- do not mark the 1st page of each Chapter
• Consistency—Items in the Table of Contents must be consistent with the words
used in the body
• List of Tables and List of Figures—only include those that are found within the
body. Do not include in the listing those found in the appendices.
• Appendices—only include items found in the Appendix section in the Appen-
dices.
 The Preliminary Pages

The Title Page

Certificate of Panel Approval
Acknowledgement
Dedication
Abstract
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures

The Body of the Manuscript

Chapter 1: The Problem

Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Chapter 3: Methodology
Chapter 4: Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data
Chapter 5: Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation
References
Appendices
Curriculum Vitae
 The Preliminary Pages: The Title Page

Title must be bold, all

caps, single spaced,
and in an inverted
The distance between the
pyramid format.
title and the description
of the type of thesis
should be 8 single spaces
from the first line of the
title.

Distance between This should be all Caps

these is 2 single
spaces This must be single spaced,
bold, and each word capitalized
except for articles. Only the
name of the school should be
The distance between all caps
these 2 should be 8 single
spaces from the last line
of the former to the 1st
line of the latter This must be single spaced,
bold, and each word capital-
ized except for articles. Only
the name of the degree
should be all caps. Field of
The distance between specialization is enclosed in a
these 2 should be 10 single parenthesis.
spaces from the last line of
the former to the 1st line
of the latter
The name should be bold and
in all caps.
The distance between
these 2 should be 6 single
spaces from the last line of
the former to the 1st line
of the latter
The date should be bold and
in sentence case.
The Preliminary Pages: The Approval Sheet

The heading should be

This should be in all caps and bold.
sentence case 2 single spaces here
except for the title
and the name of
the researcher. All
punctuation marks
must be followed
as is.
4 single spaces here

Names of the panel members

including the adviser must be
all caps but not emboldened 2 single spaces here

4 single spaces here

This must be single spaced within

paragraph and double spaced
4 single spaces here between paragraphs. Copy this
segment as is.

4 single spaces here

4 single spaces here

The Preliminary Pages: Acknowledgement
Pagination
starts here
with the
The heading must number iii.
be all caps and
emboldened.
2 double spaces here

This must be sin-

gle spaced within
paragraphs and
double spaced
between para-
graphs. In general,
this follows the
typical paragraph
with no word em-
boldened within
it. It must be in
block form
(justified).

This must be sentenced cased

and flushed to the right
The Preliminary Pages: Dedication
Pagination
also appears
in this page.

Headings may not appear here. This is the only

page where the author has creative freedom.
The Preliminary Pages: Abstract
Pagination
also appears
in this page.
Heading must be emboldened and in all caps

2 single spaces here This paragraph

is single spaced,
sentence-cased,
and not em-
boldened ex-
cept for the
2 single spaces here
Title of the re-
search
3 single spaces here
This paragraph is sin-
gle spaced, sentence-
cased, and not em-
boldened.

An abstract summariz-
es, usually in one
paragraph the major
aspects of the entire
paper in a prescribed
sequence that in-
cludes:

1) the overall purpose

of the study and the
research problem(s)
you investigated;

2) the basic design of

the study;

3) major findings or
trends found as a
result of your analysis;
and,

4) a brief summary of
your interpretations
and conclusions.

Sentence cased, 2 single spaces here

not italicized Italicized but not emboldened

Note: The maximum number of words for the Abstract is 450 words.
The Preliminary Pages: Table of Contents (1st page)

Set your tab stop position Pagination

to the following: 1.27cm also appears
(left aligned), 2.86cm (left in this page.
Heading must be emboldened and in all caps
aligned), and 13.5cm
(center aligned.)

4 single spaces/2 double spaces here

This must be
all caps, not
emboldened
and single
spaced.

3 single spaces here

2 single spaces/1 double space here

2 single spaces/1 double space here

Subheadings must
be in sentence case
and are single
spaced
Chapter headings must be
2 single spaces/1 double space here
in all caps.
2 single spaces/1 double space here

2 single spaces/1 double space here

2 single spaces/1 double space here

Subheadings must
be in sentence case
and are single
spaced
The Preliminary Pages: Table of Contents (2nd page)

Note: Follow the format of the 1st page of the table of contents.
The Preliminary Pages: List of Tables and List of Figures

Set your tab stop position Pagination

to the following: 1.27cm also appears
(center aligned), 2.5cm in this page.
(left aligned), and 13.5cm Headings must be all
(center aligned.) caps, emboldened,
center-aligned.
4 single spaces or 2 double spaces

2 single spaces or 1
double space

Each word of the titles of the tables must be capi-

talized, single-spaced within individual titles and
double-spaced between titles

Note: Same formatting applies to the List of Figures.

 The Body

No page # on
the 1st page of
each chapter

All caps,
not bold

1 double space

Subchapters are emboldened

2 double spaces
and flushed to the left

Significance of the study and

Definition of terms subheadings
starts with the paragraph, are
indented, in italics and end with
a period
If another subheading follows an end of one
paragraph, the spacing must be 3 single
spaces.
 Topics of subheadings
especially in the related
literature and chapter 4
are not emboldened and
are flushed to the left.

Figure labels must be aligned with the edge of the figure

Appendix as well as the title of the appendices is in all caps and not emboldened.

Single space
Table labels are found on top and are
aligned with the table itself

No lines within the

table. These three
lines are the only
ones allowed

The second line of the title must be

aligned with the first line title of the
table