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NOTE: Unfortunately the AMA Manual of Style is not very specific on formats to use, including a format for the Title Page. Be sure and check with your instructor or the publisher to whom you are submitting a paper for more specific formatting rules.
Formatting a paper means using proper references within the text and bibliography, but also using the stylistic matters laid out in the AMA Manual of Style to format the text. This includes such factors as using headings and capitalizing them appropriately, line spacing, margins, text style issues (such as using "one" or "1", using AM or a.m. or A.M.), placement of page numbers, preferred font and spacing for graphs, preferred size and shape for tables, etc. This guide includes some basic help on manuscript style, but it is not extensive.
Consult the AMA Manual of Style for detailed information on manuscript style.
Acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms:
Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms are discouraged from use, except for well-known and accepted units of measurement and some well-recognized terms.
Numbers:
Numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) should be used in all writing, except when:
Time:
Dates:
Measurements:
Adapted from USC Norris Medical Library AMA:Citing Your Sources
To help with the formatting of a Chicago Manual of Style paper, there are two templates available for download: one for the Notes and Bibliography Style, one for the Author-Date Style. Please refer to your professor's instructions for which to style to use.