English Paper Template - Author Guidelines for Manuscript Formatting

Sep 2, 2026

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This template provides detailed author instructions for preparing an English academic manuscript in Microsoft Word for printing and submission. It specifies required formatting conventions, including title capitalization, author and affiliation ordering, single-column layout, paragraph spacing, and correct use of provided Word style templates. The guidance covers structuring section headings and subheadings, embedding and numbering figures and tables, avoiding problematic fonts and hyphenation, organizing acknowledgements, and using the spellchecker to reduce processing errors. It also defines APA 7th edition citation rules, reference ordering, and footnote practices, plus special requirements for Quranic verses and Hadith translations.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPaper Templates

FormatDOCX

Pages11

Reading Time4 min

AccessFree to download

Structure of MS Word Formatting

Tables

Section Headings

General Guidelines For The Preparation Of Your Text

Footnotes

Referencing And Citation Style

Quranic and Ḥadīths manuscript requirements

Click here, type the title of your paper, capitalize first letter only (not all words), Please type: do not copy & paste (Click here, type the title of your paper translated in English, capitalize first letter only (not all words), Please type: do not copy & paste) Mohd Ridzuan Mohamad* , Nur Fatimah Muhammad 1Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia 2Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia Insert your heading here (do not copy paste) (10 pt) The paragraphs continue from here and are only separated by headings, subheadings, images and formulae. The section headings are arranged by numbers, bold and 10 pt. Here are further instructions for authors. Structure of MS Word Formatting Files should be in MS Word format only and should be formatted for direct printing. Figures and tables should be embedded and not supplied separately. Please make sure that you use as much as possible normal fonts in your documents. Special fonts, such as fonts used in the Far East (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc.) may cause problems during processing. To avoid unnecessary errors, you are strongly advised to use the ‘spellchecker’ function of MS Word. Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text (including figures and tables), Acknowledgements, References, Appendix. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. Bulleted lists may be included and should look like this: First point Second point And so on Ensure that you return to the ‘Main Text’ style, the style that you will mainly be using for large blocks of text, when you have completed your bulleted list. Please do not alter the formatting and style layouts which have been set up in this template document. As indicated in the template, papers should be prepared in single column format. Do not number pages on the front, as page numbers will be added separately for the preprints and the Proceedings. Leave a line clear between paragraphs. All the required style templates are provided in this document with the appropriate name supplied. Please refer to page 7 for the complete guide on styles. Tables All tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals. Headings should be placed above tables, left justified. Leave one line space between the heading and the table. Only horizontal lines should be used within a table, to distinguish the column headings from the body of the table, and immediately above and below the table. Tables must be embedded into the text and not supplied separately. Below is an example which authors may find useful. Table SEQ Table \* ARABIC 1. An example of a table (Font = 8; Click ‘Caption A’ on the Styles Gallery) Source: Construction of References References should be listed at the end of the paper, should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc., placed after the year of publication. Some examples of how your references should be listed are given at the end of this template in the ‘References’ section which will allow you to assemble your reference list according to the correct format and font size. Section Headings Section headings should be left justified, with the first letter capitalized and numbered consecutively, starting with the Introduction. Sub-section headings should be in capital and lower-case italic letters, numbered 1.1, 1.2, etc., and left justified, with second and subsequent lines indented. You may need to insert a page break to keep a heading with its text. General Guidelines For The Preparation Of Your Text Avoid hyphenation at the end of a line. Symbols denoting vectors and matrices should be indicated in bold type. Scalar variable names

FAQs

How should the manuscript title and author information be formatted in this template?

Use title capitalization with only the first letter capitalized, and type the title and the English-translated title directly in the document. Arrange text in the required order: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, then the main text.

What are the rules for tables and their headings?

Number tables using Arabic numerals, place headings above tables and left-justify them, leave one line between the heading and the table, and use only horizontal lines to separate the column headings from the body.

Which referencing and citation style does the template require?

Use APA 7th edition for references and in-text citations. In-text citations follow author-last-name and year conventions, and direct quotations include the page number; references should be alphabetized and then chronologically when needed.

Sep 2, 2026

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