Project Final Report Template
Project Final Report Template
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Students first and last name
Declaration
This report has been prepared on the basis of my own work. Where other published and
unpublished source materials have been used, these have been acknowledged.
Word Count:
Student Name:
Date of Submission:
Signature:
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Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................ 3
Project Specification.........................................................................................................4
Chapter 1:
1.1
Introduction.................................................................................................5
How to use this template.............................................................................................. 5
Chapter 2:
Styles in Word.............................................................................................6
Chapter 3:
Chapter 4:
Headings....................................................................................................9
4.1
4.2
A Word on Numbering.................................................................................................. 9
Chapter 5:
Presentation issues..................................................................................10
5.1
5.2
Source Code.............................................................................................................. 10
Chapter 6:
Chapter 7:
Bibliography................................................................................................................... 13
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Abstract
This document serves as a layout and formatting template for your project report. It does not tell
you how to write it, or what it should contain. It explains how it should be formatted and typeset.
Please refer to your project booklet for information about report sizes, contents and rules.
NOTE: in your report, you should replace this with an appropriate Abstract for your project
report.
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Project Specification
Your project specification goes here.
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Chapter 1:
Introduction
The project report is a very important part of your project and its preparation and presentation
should be of extremely high quality. Remember that a significant portion of the marks for your
project are awarded for this report. The electronic submission of your report must be in PDF
format. You can use the menu option File->Save As to generate it.
This document is a style guide for final year project reports in the Department of Computer
Science. As such, it constitutes a collection of predefined Microsoft Word formatting styles for the
production of your final report.
While this may sound like a rather prescriptive approach to report writing, it is introduced for the
following reasons.
1. The style guide allows students to focus on the critical task of producing clear and concise
content, instead of being distracted by font settings and paragraph spacing.
2. By providing a comprehensive style guide the Department benefits from a consistent and
professional look to its internal project reports.
The remainder of this document briefly outlines the main components and their usage.
A final project report is approximately 15,000 words and must include a word count. It is
acceptable to have other material in appendixes. Your interim report for the December Review
meeting, even if it is a collection of reports, should have a total word count of about 5,000 words.
This should summarise the work you have done so far, with sections on the theory you have learnt
and the code that you have written.
Also remember that any details of report content and submission rules, as well as other
deliverables, are defined in the project booklet [1].
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Chapter 2:
Styles in Word
Every style defined in this document is essentially a collection of formatting commands (font
commands, paragraph controls etc) for each of the common types of components that are likely to
make up your project report.
As such the following standard styles have been defined:
Bulleted List the style for a standard bulleted list such as this one.
Numbered similar to the bulleted list style except that the list is numbered.
Normally, styles are selected from the Word style menu, which is located on the main Word
ribbon/toolbar (see Figure 1).
Figure 1.
It is important to emphasise that the above styles are the only styles that are approved for use in
your report. Word comes with an expanded set of pre-defined styles and of course you can, in
theory, define your own styles. However, we strongly suggest that you to stick to the approved
styles. Of course, you may have a genuine need for a new style during the preparation of your
report. However, we suggest that you consider whether one of the approved styles can be used
before you rush to create a new style. For example, we have not defined a specific style for the
bibliographic entries that you will need at the end of your report. Instead we strongly suggest the
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use of a numbered list style for your bibliography, with citations in the text taking the form of see
[1] for related work. In that case, you can use cross-references in Word.
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Chapter 3:
The page size and margins have been set in this document. These should not be changed or
adjusted.
In addition, page headers and footers have been included. The footer should not need to be edited
as it contains the page number, which is always updated automatically. Remember to update the
header with your information.
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Chapter 4:
Headings
Your report will be structured as a collection of number sections at different levels of detail. For
example, the heading to this section is a first-level heading (its called Heading 1) and has been
defined with a particular set of font and spacing characteristics. At the start of a new section, you
need to select the appropriate heading style, Heading 1 in this case, by clicking Heading 1 on the
style toolbar.
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Chapter 5:
Presentation issues
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Chapter 7: Project
and Rules
Information
The details about how your project will be assessed, as well as the rules you must follow for this
final project report, are detailed in the project booklet [1].
You must read that document and strictly follow it.
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Bibliography
[1] Dave Cohen and Carlos Matos. Third Year Projects Rules and Guidelines. Royal
Holloway, University of London, 2013.
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