| A | B |
|---|
| A list of items prepared before meeting | Agenda |
| Used to describe actions taken during a business meeting | Minutes |
| Multi-page document containing several sub-topics of information related to one topic | Research Report |
| identifying information keyed in the top left margin of the report | Title page |
| Placed on every page including writer's last name and page number | Header |
| The content or paragraphs in report | Body |
| Reference notes keyed in the body of the report | Parenthetical citations |
| Reference notes used only when necessary to add commentary or clarify | Endnotes/Footnotes |
| Are used to cite a source | References |
| Complete listing of references cited parentheticaly in the report | Work cited |
| A compete list of resources and references used to accompany endnotes keyed on a separate page | Notes |
| Used in a report, document or manuscript to list the topics and sub topics in the order in which they occur | Table of contents |
| Table of content title, list of topics and subtopics and their pages listed in roman numeral style | Components of Table of Contents |
| Hanging indent | Temporary left margin that indents al lines bu the first line of text |
| Unbound report | Short reports that are prepared without binders or covers |
| Double space | Press the enter key twice |
| Side heading | Headings used to separate the report into sections |
| Left bound | Longer reports prepared with binders |
| Top bound | Top margin is wider to accommodate binding along the top margin |
| Borders | To add vertical or horizontal lines around the edges of a paragraph |
| Dot leader | Type of tab commonly used between the section title and page number in a table of contents |
| First line indent | Format applied to a footnote |
| Indent | Appied to a quote of 4 or more lines in a report |
| Margins | The amount of white space on a page |
| Paragraph heading | The main topic of a paragraph, keyed in bold |
| Arial | A font appied to a title of a document if the report is keyed in Times New Roman |
| Style | To apply a specific font to the body of an entire document |
