Document Formatting
Document formatting is important for readability and submission acceptance. Elite Research editors will compare your document with the journal, publication, institutional, and/or style guidelines to determine the level of formatting (minimal, basic, or in-depth) needed for your project based on the current accuracy of your manuscript format to the provided guidelines.
Basic Formatting
What is it? Editor identifies through review that tables and figures need basic formatting to style guide, preliminary/end matter pages and page numbers need to be updated, fonts and font color consistency, spacing errors throughout, widows/orphans, heading and footers, bulleted lists, etc.
Style guides supported include, but not limited to, all editions of APA, AMA, MLA, ASA, ACS, Chicago, and Turabian.
How can we help you?
Editors compare a final document version and the provided guidelines to correct all formatting errors and inconsistencies created during editing before final printing, submission, or binding occur.
We offer the following formatting help:
- Front and End Matter Pages: Confirm adherence to guidelines the following types of pages: title page, abstract, acknowledgements, dedication, Table of Contents, List of Tables/Figures, Works Cited, Appendices, etc.
- Document Body: Correct indentation, line spacing, orientation, pagination, section breaks, etc.
- References: formatting of the reference section page setup (e.g., pagination and spacing). Does not include style guide formatting of individual references.
- Tables/Figures: Confirm that all tables and figures are mentioned in text and in the correct order, and review tables/figures for titles, numbering, internal lines and spacing, notes/captions, legibility/color, etc.
- Final Formatting: Formatting a finalized document that is almost ready for submission but needs final update confirmations.
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Yes, we have consultants experienced with quantitative and qualitative analysis. We can help you with coding a portion of your qualitative data, preparing the data for analysis, and drafting an outline of your results. Once we have a firm idea of how your results chapter is outlined, our consultants can help.
Our editors only review content for clarity, if you are looking for specific analysis and methodology help, we have a range of qualified quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods consultants that can help. Please see our Content Review by a Consultant section.
Our editors are very experienced and will do their utmost to correct all errors in your document.
We will conduct as many rounds of editing and writing as you need.
Our editors specialize in all styles, including but not limited to APA, AMA, MLA, ASA, ACS, Chicago, and Turabian.
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