Hi, Lek. I’m so pleased you found this helpful!

Hi, Kristina. Generally, a report under 3,000 words wouldn’t need a table of contents as it should be fairly easy to navigate without one as long as you’ve included clear section headings. However, you might also want to check your style guide if you have one (e.g., if it being an “academic” report means you’re writing this for a class, your school might have a style guide with advice on how to structure papers). And you can always add a table of contents if you think it would be helpful (even if this is optional).

Hi, Nancy. Can you be more specific at all? We’d suggest adding page numbers if it will help people find specific information in a document (especially a document more than a few pages long), or if the document is likely to be printed (and thus there’s a chance of pages getting out of order). But there aren’t any specific requirements for numbering pages in a business report unless you’re following a specific style guide. Thus, you can use roman or arabic numerals, position them in the header or footer, etc., as you so desire.

Glad to help! Let us know if you’d like anyone to proofread your report when you’ve written it.

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