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Checklist for Technical Report


1.
Papersize shall be JIS A4 in the vertical position, unless otherwise specified. Letter size should be careful when hand writing.

2.
Paper shall be bound left. Appropriate margins shall be laid on each edge.

3.
Check necessary materials on the title page; title, author's name, date, position etc.

4.
Title shall be concise, clear and succinct. It should contain keywords of the report.

5.
All pages of the report shall be numbered consecutively.

6.
Appropriate numbering and captions shall be laid for clauses, sub-clauses and sub-sub-clauses.

7.
Tables and figures shall be numbered consecutively with appropriate captions. Line drawings shall be checked by another list.

8.
Abstract, summary or similar short introduction is must, especially if table of contents is not laid for a short report.

9.
Unless a report is short, a table of contents as well as a list of tables and figures are recommended for good comprehension to readers.

10.
The core of report should be appropriately composed of, theory, method, results, discussion, etc.

11.
List of references shall be made when they are cited in the report.

12.
Copyright shall be acknowledged if figures and tables are copied from other publications.

13.
Tables and figures should appear on the same page when they are first cited.

14.
References shall be correctly cited and written in the right manner.

15.
Carefully check the misuses of equations, misspelling and grammatical errors in text.

16.
Carefully check the symbols, unit and values which should be summarized in tables.

17.
The report shall be original, persuasive and beautifully constructed without falling into comical illustration.


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