Word Report Formatting
Overview
Use this skill to format formal Chinese Word reports consistently with Allen's preferred standard. It complements the general DOCX/document skill: use the document tooling for implementation and rendering, and use this skill for the required typography, formula, table, figure, reference/citation, and appendix-code rules.
Required Workflow
- Read
references/formatting-standard.mdbefore creating or substantially editing a Word report. - Apply the standard unless the user, school template, or provided rubric explicitly overrides it.
- Preserve existing document content and structure during edit tasks; make only the local formatting changes needed.
- For formulas, inspect the actual OMML/Word equation formatting rather than judging from plain text extraction.
- For paper-style citations, read
references/citation-crossrefs-ooxml.mdand convert body citations such as[1],[1][2],[1,2], or[1-3]into superscript Word cross-references to the matching bibliography entries. - Before delivery, run a formatting audit against the checklist in
references/formatting-standard.md. - When possible, render/export the DOCX to PDF or page images and inspect pages for overlap, clipping, table overflow, font substitution, broken cross-references, and appendix code readability.
Core Rules
- Body text: Chinese in Songti/SimSun, English and numbers in Times New Roman, default small-four/12 pt.
- Body color: keep body text, headings, captions, tables, formulas, abstract, keywords, and references black unless the user explicitly requests otherwise. Appendix code comments are the standard red exception.
- Abstract and keywords: left aligned with no first-line indent.
- Headings: real Word heading styles with outline levels, left aligned rather than centered. Level-1 Chinese headings such as
一、/二、/三、must have one blank line of visual space before them when not at the top of a page. - Tables: default to white three-line tables, with no fill, no vertical lines, and no full grid. Normalize existing tables that do not meet the standard.
- Formulas: use native Word OMML equations. Variables are italic; digits, operators, units, function names, constants, explanatory text, and explanatory subscripts are upright.
- Figures: keep plot titles out of the image when a Word caption is present; use consistent figure numbering and centered figure/table captions.
- Citations: make body references superscript and field-backed, not merely static superscript text. Use ASCII square brackets
[and], not Chinese/full-width brackets. - Appendix code: put code after main text and tables; color code comments red, preferably
C00000.
Must-Fix Audit
Fail the formatting pass and revise if any of these remain:
- Headings are centered when the standard says they should be left aligned.
- Abstract or keywords are indented or centered.
- Body text, headings, captions, table text, or reference text contain unintended non-black color.
- Figure names or table names are not centered.
- Level-1 Chinese headings do not have a blank-line visual gap before them when they follow body text.
- Existing tables, formulas, variables, units, or symbols still violate the standard.
- Body citations are only static superscript text instead of Word
REFfields/bookmark cross-references, unless the user explicitly allows visual-only citations.
Conflict Handling
If older project memory says "formulas should not be italic", treat that as superseded for formal report formulas. The current rule is: variables italic, non-variables upright, following the provided teacher screenshot/specification.