what is extra spacing???

Question

sorry...me again. Assignment instructions...Subsections should be differentiated from the main text by using extra spacing.
As far as i can understand it's Chapter - Section - Subsection in a text...but extra spacing?? examples would be fantastic!!

Answer 1

I leave 4 spaces (carriage returns) before a chapter, 3 spaces before sections and 2 spaces before subsections. That leaves you with one space to go between paragraphs. Just make sure you make it the same each time! I also indent sections by 1cm from the margin and subsections indented by 2 cm. Then it makes it totally obvious!
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Chapter
The words for the chapter would be next to the margin, and continue in this way. The 'r' is for returns!
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------Section
------The words for the section would be indented from the margin
------by a centimetre
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------------Subsection
------------The words for the subsection would be indented from
------------the margin by 2 centimetres. I cannot do indents
------------so have had to use a hyphen to make things line up!
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Chapter
Doing this bit as though it is text in the chapter! I hope this helps you to work out how to do your work! Just make sure you are consistent. Oh, and make sure you do not have a heading with only one line of text underneath, with the rest on the next page. Make sure there is at least a paragraph of text with the heading!
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Oh, and I make sure the chapter heading is in a size larger than the text (ie, if I am using 12 for the text, the chapter heading is in 14), it is in bold and underlined. I have sections in normal text size, but bold and underlined. Then I have subsections just underlined. It makes the headings all different.

Answer 2

It is all to do with the layout on the page, to make the thing easier and more pleasant to read. Layout can be an artform in itself, like centering a short letter on the page for instance.

Depending on the size of the subsection, you would normally bracket it with a blank line above and below. If all your subsections are likely to be very short and therefore only constitute 2 or 3 lines of text you could reasonably indent them (indent=start further across the page, there is a button for this in word -lines and a lil arrow), and this would also count as extra spacing. Once indented they would take up more room vertically, and be easier on the eye.

Answer 3

Extra spacing is a grammatical concept and not a wp one, therefore you are more than likely to hear the same when tutors are expressing their preferences for layout or when companies are expressing their preference for in-house document style.

What is being asked, based on your question, is that your tutor has requested that you leave extra spacing between sections, more than likely for s/he to be able to comment on what they have read.

Double line spacing is completely diff as the first answer suggests.

Answer 4

Some documents require to be 'Double Spaced' to leave room

for comments or editing notes, it just means that you press the

enter key twice at the end of a line, or in word, change the format

to double spacing.

Answer 5

Dont meab to be rude but are you a teacher?? as its in teaching questions, if you are a teacher then you should know.

Answer 6

its when a scot has to adjust himself under his kilt.