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bullet Has evidence of web browser headers or footers. Although this may be a silly mistake, it is a mistake made by students in a hurry to turn in an assignment. Additionally, headers and footers are often hidden in a web document and are not usually displayed on the screen, they can therefore be overlooked until the document is printed.
   
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Has formatting irregularities. Cutting and pasting text from a web document to a word processor can leave minute oddities in the page layout that can indicate un-attributed text.

  • Incorrect spacing between sentences;
  • Unusual or inconsistent margins; and
  • Gray text. Often word processors transfer text in their coded web colors. This can be overlooked when copying text to a new document.
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