Layout and appearance

Formatting specifications
Page setup
Type size, alignment and spacing
Treatment of quoted matter
Short quotations
Long quotations
Verse
Changes to quoted matter
Treatment of footnotes and endnotes
Treatment of figures and tables
Naming and numbering
Notes to figures and tables
Appearance of figures and tables
Placement of figures and tables
Treatment of abbreviations
Initialisms
Acronyms
Contractions
Latin abbreviations
Scientific abbreviations
Treatment of numbers and measures
General usage
Specific usage
International System of Units (SI)

All written work should be word-processed and submitted in printed form (hard copy) unless otherwise specified. Guidelines for acceptable layout, together with advice on specific formatting issues, are given below.