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The title page is the only page where you won’t need to use styles and can, indeed ''should'', do everything manually. This is because the title page is unique. Using styles would only create extra work. The only exception would be if you were working in a publishing house producing loads of optically identical title pages – but this is not the kind of situation we are dealing with here.
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The title page is the only page where you won’t need styles and indeed should mark your text and format it ''manually''.
  
I would go for the following settings:
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I would suggest the following settings:
* choose as base font Garamond size '''14pt'''
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* a slightly larger base font, e.g. '''14pt''' instead of '''12pt'''
* '''24pt bold''' should be fine for the main title, '''20pt standard''' for the subtitle  
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* '''24pt bold''' for the main title, '''20pt standard''' for the subtitle, both centered and approximately one third down from upper margin
* reduce '''Line spacing''' to '''1''' and any '''Spacing Above paragraph''' or '''Below paragraph''' to '''0''' – just press a number of '''Returns''' to regulate the placing of lines
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* '''Line spacing''' of '''1''' and '''Spacing Above paragraph''' as well as '''Below paragraph''' of 0; this will give the various main elements of your title page (top part, middle part and bottom part) a more compact appearance
<div style="overflow: hidden">
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<!--makes text to start after the picture-->
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[[File:wfs017-short_paper_no_title.png|none]]
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</div>
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'''Illustration 17. A short paper without a title page'''
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The title page is the only page where you won’t need styles and indeed should mark your text and format it manually.

I would suggest the following settings:

  • a slightly larger base font, e.g. 14pt instead of 12pt
  • 24pt bold for the main title, 20pt standard for the subtitle, both centered and approximately one third down from upper margin
  • Line spacing of 1 and Spacing Above paragraph as well as Below paragraph of 0; this will give the various main elements of your title page (top part, middle part and bottom part) a more compact appearance




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