Picking a fight with a staff or even trying to correct them is the stupidest thing you can do. The best idea is to give the report as they demand and forget about it. After all its just a report.
Kenney Jacob FaceBook <http://www.facebook.com/kenneyjacob> Twitter<http://twitter.com/kenneyjacob> Blog <http://www.kenneyjacob.com> Company <http://www.ayruz.com> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Anish A <aneesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Justify is a needed thing. But the indentation... Please refer to your > syllabus or guideline and do according to that. If he or she object, > then show the guideline. > > On 10/22/10, Kenney Jacob <kenney.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Give them what they want... they are just trying to retain control... > > > > > > > > Kenney Jacob > > FaceBook <http://www.facebook.com/kenneyjacob> > > Twitter<http://twitter.com/kenneyjacob> > > Blog <http://www.kenneyjacob.com> Company <http://www.ayruz.com> > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian < > > rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> The first line indent is used in some classical formats and sometimes > >> dense technical documentation. Modern/contemporary styles sometimes do > >> not use first-line indents. > >> > >> These kind of things are called Style Guide. One famous style guide > >> used by people is the Chicago Manual of Style or Chicago Style Guide. > >> > >> Your university or organization might have its own Style Guide > >> (sometimes prescribed by bodies like IEEE). > >> > >> Regards > >> Rajeev J Sebastian > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Adhin D <mejaithekni...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Well, this is not connected to FOSS. Its merely a standard procedures > >> > for > >> > creating reports. But these are more like guidelines not laws. I think > >> you > >> > can find a lot of such tips or guidelines in the internet. > >> > > >> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:13 PM, alan alan <alan.alan...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I have submitted my project report in college. It is prepared using > >> >> Open Office. Unfortunately my lecturer rejected it by pointed out two > >> >> mistakes. First one is, 'You didn't started a paragraph from center!' > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > Normally we give intend to the first line most probably a single tab > >> > spacing, but not necessarily the center. Either you can set this in > the > >> > paragraph settings, or press "Tab" key & start writing a paragraph... > >> >> > >> >> Is it necessary to start a paragraph like this? > >> > > >> > Not necessary, but its always good to start a paragraph like that... > >> >> > >> >> Second error is, 'I didn't aligned the text as justified'. > >> >> > >> >> Is these valid points? > >> > > >> > The "justified' alignment gives a better appearance to your report. > Just > >> > have a look at your text books, all the paragraphs will be aligned > >> justified > >> > to get a pleasant appearance. So this has become a tradition like > >> everything > >> > else... > >> > Like I said these are not rules, but guidelines. But if you are > >> submitting > >> > an academic report then you are supposed to follow the procedures as > >> > directed by your instructors. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > May the Tux be with you... always > >> > - Adhin > >> > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > >> > -- > >> > "Freedom is the only law". > >> > "Freedom Unplugged" > >> > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > >> > > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > >> > To control your subscription visit > >> > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > >> > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > For details visit the google group page: > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> "Freedom is the only law". > >> "Freedom Unplugged" > >> http://www.ilug-tvm.org > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > >> To control your subscription visit > >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > >> To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> > >> > >> > >> For details visit the google group page: > >> http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > >> > > > > -- > > "Freedom is the only law". > > "Freedom Unplugged" > > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > > To control your subscription visit > > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > > > > > For details visit the google group page: > > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > Regards, > Anish A > > http://identi.ca/aneeshnl > > സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം തന്നെയമൃതം സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം തന്നെ ജീവിതം > പാരതന്ത്ര്യം മാനികള്ക്ക് മൃതിയെക്കാള് ഭയാനകം > - മഹാകവി കുമാരനാശാന് > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". 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