Formatting your text correctly

Many writing assignments at university are accompanied by instructions on how the text should be written. Whether there is a detailed stylesheet or only a list of requirements, any instructions that are given need to be followed as the text will be assessed based on how well it conforms with the instructions.

In the Start here section, there is information about how to interpret instructions and stylesheets:

Different departments use different word-processing programmes and other software. For information about software that students at Lund University have free access to, see

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