Spacing Requirements
Handbook
- Policies & Procedures
- Formatting Requirements: Preliminary Pages
- Formatting Requirements: Text
- Style Requirements
- Preparation and Printing of the Manuscript
- Submitting the Manuscript
- Accessibility
- Spacing Requirements
- Published Articles as Dissertation Chapters
- Alternate Figure/Table Placement
- Glossary
Heading Space
- after main headings
- before all freestanding
- subheadings
in the case where a figure or table has been placed on a page with body text, a heading space should separate the figure or table from the text on the rest of the page
Double Space
- between lines of text
- after all freestanding subheadings
- before paragraph subheadings
- before and after single- spaced block quotes
- between lines of subheadings when subheadings extend to more than one line
- between entries in lists of tables and figures and in references
- before and after main heading entries in the table of contents
Single Space
- within entries in lists of figures and tables
- within entries in reference lists
- between footnote or endnote entries (double spaces may be used if there are superscript or subscript numbers in the notes)
- between subheads in table of contents
- between lines in figure captions and table titles (double spaces may be used if there are super- or subscript numbers in caption or title)