General Information
An agency may choose to present information in a table if that information is not easily understood in paragraph format. For ease, the Office uses the table feature within Word to create tables. Visit Office Support – Insert a Table for general information on creating tables using Word. Otherwise, the specific formatting requirements for rules are listed below:
Tables must have:
- A blank line before the table
- The word “TABLE” centered in the top cell
- This cell should span the entire width of the table
- An Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3) after the word “TABLE” if there are multiple tables in one rule
- The content of the cells left justified (except for the word “TABLE” and the title)
- The same number of decimal places for all numerical values in the table
- A blank line after the table
Tables may take the full width of the page, if necessary, but cannot expand beyond the rule text margins. To ensure the table remains readable when shrunk down for publication in the Bulletin, tables must also:
- Have no more than 10 columns
- Be left aligned
Table Titles (Optional)
Having a table title is optional but may be useful for readers. However, there are formatting requirements if you choose to include one:
- Add the title under the word “TABLE,” but in the same cell as the word “TABLE”
- Capitalize the title using standard title case
- Horizontally center the title in the cell
See below for an example of a formatted table:
