Some Common Manuscript Problems
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| 1. Front Matter |
| Formatting on front material is very detailed. Make sure that formatting matches examples (especially red-bordered pages). Make sure that pages are numbered correctly. (A sample of completed front material is available on the web site.)
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| 2. Margins |
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Margins for the entire manuscript must be:
left – 1.5 inches;
top, right, bottom – 1 inch
Exceptions: Top, right and bottom margins may vary in the Appendix pages, but the left margin must be 1.5 inches throughout the ENTIRE manuscript (including Front Matter, References, Appendices). Page numbers in the Appendices must also appear consistently as in the rest of the manuscript.
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| 3. Landscape-oriented figures and tables |
| Margin requirements must be met, and page numbers must be placed consistently as in the rest of the manuscript.
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| 4. Table of Contents/Headings & Subheadings within manuscripts. |
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Your Table of Contents will be checked against the body of your manuscript.
- Page numbers must be correct.
- All headings/sub-headings that appear at the same level should have the same appearance in the body of the manuscript and be distinguished from other heading-levels by appearance or numbering.
- All headings and subheadings (as many levels as you include in the Table of Contents) should appear in the Table of Contents. If you have some third-level headings in the Table of Contents, then ALL third-level subheadings should appear in the Table of Contents.
- The major section headings (usually Chapter headings) should each begin on a new page. Other levels should not be started on a new page.
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| 5. Forms |
Your manuscript must be accompanied by ALL the appropriate completed forms or it will not be accepted.
Please Note: The problems listed above are among the most common, but manuscripts can be returned for other problems as well.
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