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Make sure to check if it is required or not. Some will want some sort of heading on your first page of writing instead.  \nACS Overview  \nStudent First Name Last Name Lab Partner Name (if required) Course ID  \nProfessor Name  \nDue Date  \nPage Formatting  \nLine Spacing Your entire paper will be double-spaced. Make sure to take out the extra space before and after paragraphs by using the Line Spacing Options on the toolbar.  \nBlock Quotes Any quotation over 50 words must be started on a new line, indented on both sides 1 inch from the margin, and without quotation marks. To do this, once you have typed in the text, highlight the text, right click, and select “Paragraph.” Under“Indentation” make it so “Left” is set to 1”. Then change the “Right” indent to 1”.  \nFigures Figures include graphs of data, photographs, sketches, flow charts, etc. When using a figure, you must refer to it in your writing before the figure is placed. Figures are numerically labelled in the order they appear in the paper. The label and description go directly beneath the figure. If it is not an original image and needs to be cited, the superscript citation goes at the very end of the description under the figure. See below for an example.  \nFigure 1. The different measuring tools used in the current experiment, including an Erlenmeyer flask, beaker, and conical flask.1  \nTables Tables are used when there are many precise numbers presented or when there are meaningful interrelationships. An example would be IR Spectra. Tables are labelled numerically as they appear in the paper and should be referred to in the text before it  \nappears. The table will be labelled directly above. Instead of a description, after the label will be a title that clearly indicates what is being shown in the table. If there needs to be a key or footnote that points out certain parts of the table, that will go directly below the table in smaller font and labelled. Information that should be placed in the footnote include abbreviation explanations, statistical significance of entries, different sources of data, or units of measure that are too long to fit in the column headings. See below for an example.  \nTable 1. IR Spectrum of Zeaxanthin  \nFigures versus Tables  \nThis is a guide to deciding whether your information should be placed in a figure or a table.  \nDo I want the basic point to be communicated at a glance? Use a figure  \nDo I want the reader to see trends and relationships? Use a figure  \nDo I want the reader to see exact numbers? Use a table  \nDo I want to communicate a lot of information with words? Use a table  \nChemical Structures A chemical structure is the picture representation of the bonding of atoms in the molecule. If choosing to include one, it should appear directly after the paragraph or text it is mentioned. Chemical structures are formatted and labelled the same as figures, as they are considered figures. The label and description go beneath the structure. If the chemical structure was not hand drawn or created in the document yourself, then it will need to be cited. The superscript goes at the end of the description. See below for an example.  \nFigure 2. The chemical structure of dopamine2  \nChemical Equations You may choose to insert a chemical equation/formula to better illustrate the equation being used in the study. The equation is introduced directly before it. Do not place a colon at the end of the introduction sentence before the formula if the equation actually completes the sentence or is part ofthe sentence. The equation must be placed directly after the introduction of it, meaning that it may be placed in the middle of a sentence. 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