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Centria Guide for Thesis and Academic Writing

Chapter heading and numbering

The headings must be short, exact and descriptive. In each chapter there must be some text, both under the main heading and under the sub-heading. When numbering the headings, leave one empty space after the last number, and use no full stops. When adding headings, before the first line of text, leave two empty lines after the main headings and leave one empty line after subheadings. A new main chapter always starts on a new page. After the last paragraph of a subchapter, leave two empty lines before starting with a new subheading.

Write main headings in upper case letters, and subheadings in lower case letters. Bold all headings and use font size 12 pt. Notice that if a main heading has subheadings, there must be at least two of them (for example: main heading 5, subheadings 5.1 and 5.2). All headings must be numbered.

When using the ready-made Word template all settings are correct.