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TITLE OF RESEARCH REPORT / DISSERTATION / THESIS

NAME OF CANDIDATE

aCADEMY / FACULTY / INSTITUTE / CENTRE WHERE CANDIDATE IS REGISTERED

UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

Kuala lumpur

YEAR OF SUBMISSION

TITLE OF RESEARCH
REPORT/ DISSERTATION/ THESIS WHICH HAS
BEEN APPROVED BY THE FACULTY/ SENATE

nAME OF CANDIDIATE

[Thesis/dIssertation] submitted in [FULFILMENT/PARTIAL FULFILMENT] OF the requirEmentS FOR the degree of [NAME OF PROGRAMME]

Academy / faculty / institute / centRE where candidate is registered

UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

Kuala lumpur

YEAR OF SUBMISSION

*(Please delete this part) Depending on the medium of thesis/dissertation, pick either the English or Bahasa Malaysia version and delete the other.

UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

ORIGINAL LITERARY WORK DECLARATION

Name of Candidate: (I.C/Passport No: )

Registration/Matric No:

Name of Degree:

Title of Project Paper/Research Report/Dissertation/Thesis (“this Work”):

Field of Study:

I do solemnly and sincerely declare that:

I am the sole author/writer of this Work;

This Work is original;

Any use of any work in which copyright exists was done by way of fair dealing and for permitted purposes and any excerpt or extract from, or reference to or reproduction of any copyright work has been disclosed expressly and sufficiently and the title of the Work and its authorship have been acknowledged in this Work;

I do not have any actual knowledge nor do I ought reasonably to know that the making of this work constitutes an infringement of any copyright work;

I hereby assign all and every rights in the copyright to this Work to the University of Malaya (“UM”), who henceforth shall be owner of the copyright in this Work and that any reproduction or use in any form or by any means whatsoever is prohibited without the written consent of UM having been first had and obtained;

I am fully aware that if in the course of making this Work I have infringed any copyright whether intentionally or otherwise, I may be subject to legal action or any other action as may be determined by UM.

Candidate’s Signature Date:

Subscribed and solemnly declared before,

Witness’s Signature Date:

Name:

Designation:

UNIVERSITI MALAYA

PERAKUAN KEASLIAN PENULISAN

Nama: (No. K.P/Pasport: )

No. Pendaftaran/Matrik:

Nama Ijazah:

Tajuk Kertas Projek/Laporan Penyelidikan/Disertasi/Tesis (“Hasil Kerja ini”):

Bidang Penyelidikan:

Saya dengan sesungguhnya dan sebenarnya mengaku bahawa:

Saya adalah satu-satunya pengarang/penulis Hasil Kerja ini;

Hasil Kerja ini adalah asli;

Apa-apa penggunaan mana-mana hasil kerja yang mengandungi hakcipta telah dilakukan secara urusan yang wajar dan bagi maksud yang dibenarkan dan apa-apa petikan, ekstrak, rujukan atau pengeluaran semula daripada atau kepada mana-mana hasil kerja yang mengandungi hakcipta telah dinyatakan dengan sejelasnya dan secukupnya dan satu pengiktirafan tajuk hasil kerja tersebut dan pengarang/penulisnya telah dilakukan di dalam Hasil Kerja ini;

Saya tidak mempunyai apa-apa pengetahuan sebenar atau patut semunasabahnya tahu bahawa penghasilan Hasil Kerja ini melanggar suatu hakcipta hasil kerja yang lain;

Saya dengan ini menyerahkan kesemua dan tiap-tiap hak yang terkandung di dalam hakcipta Hasil Kerja ini kepada Universiti Malaya (“UM”) yang seterusnya mula dari sekarang adalah tuan punya kepada hakcipta di dalam Hasil Kerja ini dan apa-apa pengeluaran semula atau penggunaan dalam apa jua bentuk atau dengan apa juga cara sekalipun adalah dilarang tanpa terlebih dahulu mendapat kebenaran bertulis dari UM;

Saya sedar sepenuhnya sekiranya dalam masa penghasilan Hasil Kerja ini saya telah melanggar suatu hakcipta hasil kerja yang lain sama ada dengan niat atau sebaliknya, saya boleh dikenakan tindakan undang-undang atau apa-apa tindakan lain sebagaimana yang diputuskan oleh UM.

Tandatangan Calon Tarikh:

Diperbuat dan sesungguhnya diakui di hadapan,

Tandatangan Saksi Tarikh:

Nama:

Jawatan:

Abstract

(Please delete this part): Abstract should not be more than 500 words in both versions; Bahasa Malaysia and English.

For Abstract text use normal style. And for the title of the abstract use TOC 1 style.

Abstrak

(Please delete this part): Abstract should not be more than 500 words in both versions; Bahasa Malaysia and English.

For Abstrak text use normal style. And for the title of the abstrak use TOC 1 style.

Acknowledgements

(Please delete this part): Most research reports, dissertations or theses have their subsection to convey appreciation to those who have been involved in the study.

For Acknowledgment text use Normal Style and for title of Acknowledgment use
TOC 1 style.

Table of Contents

Abstract	iii

Abstrak	iv

Acknowledgements	v

Table of Contents	vi

LIST OF FIGURES	viii

List of Tables	ix

List of Symbols and Abbreviations	x

CHAPTER 1: Headings	12

1.1	First Subtitle (heading 2, h2)	12

1.1.1	Second Subtitle (Heading3, h3)	12

1.1.1.1	Third subtitleh (Heading4, h4)	12

CHAPTER 2: writing styles and Numbering	13

CHAPTER 3: Caption Blocks Method in MS Word 2013.	14

3.1	Table-caption block	14

3.2	Figure-caption block	14

3.3	Equation-caption block	15

3.4	General-Caption block	15

CHAPTER 4: Tables	16

CHAPTER 5: Figures	17

CHAPTER 6: Equations	18

6.1	Equation-caption block	18

6.2	General-Caption block	18

References	19

APPENDIX A	Appendix title (Heading7, h7)	20

List of Publications and Papers Presented	21

APPENDIX A	Appendix title (Heading7, h7)	21

A.1	Appendix sub-title (Heading8, h8)	21

A.1.1	Appendix sub-sub-title (Heading8, h8)	21

LIST OF FIGURES

(Please delete this part): This list contains the titles of figures, together with their page numbers, which are listed in the text. For e.g., figures in Chapter 3 are numbered sequentially: Figure 3.1, Figure 3.2.

For title of list tables use TOC 1 for style.

List of Tables

(Please delete this part): This list contains the titles of tables, together with their page numbers, which are listed in the text. The numbering system is according to chapter, for e.g.: tables in Chapter 3 are numbered sequentially: Table 3.1, Table 3.2.

For title of list tables use TOC 1 for style.

List of Symbols and Abbreviations

CC	:	Central canal
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To view this document properly, make sure that the View-Gridlines is selected from Borders, in Paragraphs in Home menu.

These two pages are for illustration of Table of Contents and List of Figures, please delete entire pages.

Headings

Chapters should be numbered with “chapter number”.1. Use Heading 1 or h1 for title and for table of content TOC1 must be used. To apply this heading style, highlight the text then press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press 1.

First Subtitle (heading 2, h2)

First topic in each chapter should numbered with “chapter number”.1. Use Heading 2 or h2 for title and for table of content TOC2 must be used. To apply this heading style, highlight the text then press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press 2.

Second Subtitle (Heading3, h3)

For first subtopic in each chapter use Heading 3 or h3 for title and for table of content TOC3 must be used To apply this heading style, highlight the text then press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press 2.

Third Subtitle (Heading4, h4)

For second subtopic in each chapter use Heading 4 or h4 for title and for table of content TOC4 must be used. To apply this heading style, highlight the text then press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press 4.

Other subtitles (Heading 5, h5)

For other subtopics in each chapter use Heading 5 or h5 for title, and number them with (a),(b),… and for table of content TOC6 must be used. To apply this heading style, highlight the text then press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press 5.

writing styles and Numbering

The body of the text should be typed with double spacing. Single-spacing is only permitted in tables, long quotations, footnotes, citation and in the bibliography. Beginning of the first line of each paragraph should have 0.5cm indentation.

For making numbered lists use “numbered lists style “and for bulleted list use “Bullet list” style. For both of them you will have 1 cm indention.

Numbered list example

Bullet list example

For explanation under bullet or numbered list use “indent” style which start a paragraph with 1.4 cm indention.

Do not change on Normal or text style because this is the base style for others so any change will affect other styles as well

NO	STYLE NAME	USED WITH	DESCRIPTION OF STYLE	PREVIEW	KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
1	NORMAL	All the paragraphs in your thesis should be written with normal style	This is the standard style in MS Word.	Ctrl+Alt, 0
2	FIRST PAGE	First Page	The Text in the Thesis Cover Page	Ctrl+Alt, fp
3	SECOND PAGE:	Second Page	The Text in the Thesis Title Page	Ctrl+Alt,
4	HEADING 1, H1	Chapters Titles	Cantered and Bold and starts with the word CHAPTER	Ctrl+Alt, 1
5	HEADING 2, H2	Sections Level 2 1.1	Left aligned, Bold and starts with section number #.#	Ctrl+Alt, 2
6	HEADING 3, H3	Sections Level 3 1.1.1	Left aligned, Bold and starts with section number #.#.#	Ctrl+Alt, 3
7	HEADING 4, H4	Sections Level 4 1.1.1.1	Left aligned, Bold and starts with section number #.#.#.#	Ctrl+Alt, 4
8	HEADING 5, H5	Sections Level 5 (a)	Starts with the number (a), (b)...	Ctrl+Alt, 5
9	HEADING 6, H6	Starts with the number (i), (ii)...	Ctrl+Alt, 6
10	HEADING 7, H7	Appendices Titles	Cantered, Bold and starts with the word APPENDIX	Ctrl+Alt, 7
11	HEADING 8, H8	Appendices Subtitles A.1	Left aligned, Bold and starts with section number A.1	Ctrl+Alt, 8
12	HEADING 9, H9	Appendices Sub-Subtitles A.1.1	Left aligned, Bold and starts with section number A.1.1	Ctrl+Alt, 9
13	OTHER TITLES	Abstract Title Acknowledgment Title Table Of Contents Title List Of Tables Title List Of Figures Title List Of Publications Title	This style is similar to HEADING 1, H1 but without numbering it should be used for all the non-chapter headings. Note that for Abstract text we use the Normal Style (1)	Ctrl+Alt, ot
14	FOOTNOTE TEXT	Footnote	Footnotes uses TNR size 8	Ctrl+Alt, ft
15	QUOTATION 1	Short Quotations	Ctrl+Alt, q1
16	QUOTATION 2	Long Quotations	Ctrl+Alt,q2
17	PAGE NUMBER	Page Numbers	Ctrl+Alt,pn
18	NO INDENT	To Remove the Indentation from the First Line of a Paragraph	Ctrl+Alt, ni
19	TOC 1	Heading 1, Other Titles	HEADING 1, H1 and OTHER TITLES	Ctrl+Alt, t1
20	TOC 2	Heading 2	Titles of Sections Level 2 1.1	1.1	Ctrl+Alt, t2
21	TOC 3	Heading 3	Titles of Sections Level 3 1.1.1	1.1.1	Ctrl+Alt, t3
22	TOC 4	Heading 4	Titles of Sections Level 4 1.1.1.1	1.1.1.1	Ctrl+Alt, t4
23	TOC 5	-	Titles of Sections Level 5 (a)	(a)	Ctrl+Alt, t5
24	TOC 6	-	(i)	Ctrl+Alt, t6
25	TOC 7	Appendices Titles	Starts with the word APPENDIX APPX HEADING 1	Ctrl+Alt, t7
26	TOC 8	Appendices Subtitles A.1	Starts with section number A.1	Ctrl+Alt, t8
27	TOC 9	Appendices Sub-Subtitles A.1.1	Starts with section number A.1.1	Ctrl+Alt, t9
28	TABLE OF FIGURES	Lists Of Figures and Tables	Starts with Table/ Figure number Table 1.1/ Figure 1.1
29	CAPTION LEFT	Tables Captions	Caption is Left Aligned	Ctrl+Alt, cl
30	CAPTION RIGHT	Equations Captions	Caption is right Aligned	Ctrl+Alt, cr
31	CAPTION CENTRE	Figures Captions	Caption is Cantered Aligned	Ctrl+Alt, cc
32	CAPTION LEGEND	Description of Captions	For the Detailed description of the Caption	Ctrl+Alt, L
34	SOURCE (of table & figures)	The source of the table or figures in the Caption Block	Add this after the Caption block for the Source of the figure/ map or table	-
35	TABLE LEFT	Table Items	To Left Align the Cells Contents	Ctrl+Alt, tl
36	TABLE RIGHT	Table Items (If Required)	To Right Align the Cells Contents	Ctrl+Alt, tr
37	TABLE CENTRE	Table Values	To Centre Align the Cells Contents	Ctrl+Alt, tc
38	TABLE HEADER	Table Headers	To Left Align and Bold face the Cells Contents	Ctrl+Alt, th
39	FIGURE NORMAL	To add text below or above the figures ( Inside the Caption Blocks)	Ctrl+Alt, fn
40	TABLE NORMAL	If you don’t want to use (35),(36),(37) or (38)	Ctrl+Alt, tn
41	REFERENCES	Reference Entries	Hanging left no line spacing and 12 pts after the paragraph	Ctrl+Alt, r
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Caption Blocks Method in MS Word 2013.

Caption blocks CBs are formatted-borderless tables. The method presented here uses CBs, to insert and manage figures, tables and equations. This method is particularly useful in theses and dissertations, because greater precision is needed to manage the placement process. A very important feature of CBs method is that it keeps the captions attached together with its corresponding figure, table and equation. Consequently, makes it easy to move the caption and the figure as one block if needed. Four caption blocks have been created and are ready to be integrated into MS Word building blocks:

Table-caption block

Table-caption block, a block consists of two rows; the lower is for the table and the upper is for the numbered caption.

Figure-caption block

Figure-caption block, a block consists of two rows; the upper is for the figure and the lower is for the numbered caption.

Equation-caption block

Equation-caption block, a block consists of two columns; the left column is for the equation and the right is for the numbered caption.

General-Caption block

General caption block, with empty left side cell. Anything can be inserted in the left cell. This block is suitable for Mathtype and similar objects.

Tables

Tables are printed within the body of the text at the center of the frame and labeled according to the chapter in which they appear. Thus, for example, tables in Chapter 2 are numbered sequentially: Table 2.1, Table 2.2.

The label should be placed above the table itself and has the following format:

Table 2.1: Short Title

If the table occupies more than one page, the continued table on the following page should indicate that it is a continuation: for example: ‘Table 2.7 continued’. If the table contains a citation, the source of the reference should be placed below the table.

To insert a table with numbered caption.

Type “t” then press F3 to insert a table-caption block in the desired position.

Table ‎31:

Table-caption block, consists of two rows; the lower is for the table and the upper is for the numbered caption and the label.

Table ‎41: example
Heading Heading Test Text

Figures

Figures, like tables are printed within the body of the text at the centre of the frame and labelled according to the chapter in which they appear. Thus, for example, figures in Chapter 3 are numbered sequentially: Figure 3.1, Figure 3.2.Figures, unlike text or tables, contain graphs, illustrations or photographs and their labels are placed at the bottom of the figure rather than at the top (using the same format used for tables). If the figure occupies more than one page, the continued figure on the following page should indicate that it is a continuation: for example: ‘Figure 3.7, continued’. If the figure contains a citation, the source of the reference should be placed at the bottom, after the label.

To insert a figure with numbered caption.

Type “f” then press F3 to insert a figure-caption block in the desired position.

Figure ‎51:

Figure-caption block, consists of two rows; the upper is for the figure and the lower is for the numbered caption and the label.

Figure ‎51: Example

Equations

Equation-caption block

Equation-caption block, a block consists of two columns; the left column is for the equation and the right is for the numbered caption. Type “e” then press F3 to insert a equation-caption block in the desired position.

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General-Caption block

General caption block, with empty left side cell. Anything can be inserted in the left cell. This block is suitable for Mathtype and similar objects. Type “g” then press F3 to insert a general-caption block in the desired position.

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References

(Please delete this part): All works or studies referred to in the research report/dissertation/thesis in the form of quotations or citations must be included in the references. The references should be written consistently in the American Psychological Association (APA) format or in another format approved by the faculty.

Each reference should be written in single spacing format and a double space should be left between references. This list of references should not be numbered.

Use Reference style.

Examples:

In text format: (Angamuthu & Ramalingam, 2011)

Buchwalow, I. B., and Böcker, W. (2010). Immunohistochemistry: basics and methods. Berlin: Springer Verlag.

Caamaño-Tubío, R. I., Pérez, J., Ferreiro, S., and Aldegunde, M. (2007). Peripheral serotonin dynamics in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 145(2): 245-255

Cakir, Y., and Strauch, S. M. (2005). Tricaine (MS-222) is a safe anesthetic compound compared to benzocaine and pentobaritol to induce anesthesia in leopard frogs (Rana pipiens). Pharmacological Reports, 57: 467-474.

Cameron, A. A., Plenderleith, M. B. and Snow, P. J. (1990). Organization of the spinal cord in four species of elasmobranch fishes: cytoarchitecture and distribution of serotonin and selected neuropeptides. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 297: 201-218

Appendix title (Heading7, h7)

Appendices consist of additional illustration of data sources, raw data and quoted citations which are too long to be placed in the text. The appendix supports the written text of the research report/dissertation/thesis. Research instruments such as questionnaires, maps or computer programmes are parts of appendix too.

Appendices can be divided into Appendix A, B, C. Each appendix use Heading 7 or h7 for title and for table of content TOC 7 must be used.

To convert a text into appendix level 1 heading press and hold Ctrl+Alt then hit “7”.

Appendix sub-title (Heading8, h8)

For second subtopic in each appendix use Heading 8 or h8 for title and for table of content TOC 8 must be used. To convert a text into appendix level 1 heading press and hold Ctrl+Alt then hit “8”.

Appendix sub-sub-title (Heading8, h8)

For second subtopic in each appendix use Heading 9 or h9 for title and for table of content TOC 9 must be used. To convert a text into appendix level 1 heading press and hold Ctrl+Alt then hit “9”.

Inserting Figures, Tables and Equations to the Appendices.

We will use caption Blocks method to insert numbered caption blocks for figures, tables and equations.

To Insert a table in the Appendices

Table-caption block, a block consists of two rows; the lower is for the table and the upper is for the numbered caption. Type ‘ta’ then press F3 to insert a caption block in the desired position.

Table ‎A1:

To Insert a figure in the Appendices

Figure-caption block, a block consists of two rows; the upper is for the figure and the lower is for the numbered caption. Type ‘fa’ then press F3 to insert a caption block in the desired position.

Figure ‎A1:

To Insert an equation in the Appendices

Equation-caption block, a block consists of two columns; the left column is for the equation and the right is for the numbered caption. Type ‘ea’ then press F3 to insert a caption block in the desired position.

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List of Publications and Papers Presented

Published works as well as papers presented at conferences, seminars, symposiums etc pertaining to the research topic of the research report/ dissertation/ thesis are suggested be included in this section. The first page of the article may also be appended as reference. For table of content TOC 1 must be used.

Some other methods use text boxes to insert figures and tables in MS Word. Text boxes should be avoided. For few reasons:

Text boxes placement can be unpredicted.

Text boxes do not allow you to properly use cross-references and fields within them

Text boxes are independent of the caption, i.e. if you decide to move or realign your figures, you must remember to do so for each text box as well