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Tips & Tricks for
Writing Your Thesisin MS WORDA masters student
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General Thesis Information
Thesis Formatting Workbook
Thesis Formatting Workshop
Thesis Submittal Form:
Masters
PhD
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Microsoft Office
2003 vs. 2007
Interface is verydifferent and takes abit of getting use to.
Files saved with thedefault setting inOffice 2007 CANNOTbe opened by earlier
versions. To change go to tools,
options, & save tab
Program 2003 Ext. 2007 Ext
Word .doc .docx
Excel .xls .xlsx
Power
Point
.ppt .pptx
Access .mdb .accdb
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MS Word Compatibility
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Revealing Your Formatting
Find this buttonon your toolbar
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Page Setup: Mac
MARGINS
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Page Setup: Windows MS Word 2003
or Earlier MARGINS
Left: 1.5
Right: 1.0 Top: 1.5
Bottom: 1.0
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Margins: Windows MS Word
2007
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Widows & Orphans
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Section and Page Breaks
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Section and Page Breaks cont.
Use page breaks whenformat stays the same
Use section breaks (nextpage) when format changesor between chapters For example, use for
landscape table or figures!That page will be landscapeand the rest portrait.
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Inserting Breaks:
MS Word 2007
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Header/Footer: Windows MS
Word 2003 or Earlier
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Header/Footer: Windows MS
Word 2007
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Page Numbers: Mac
Click on INSERT in the
menu bar
Then click on PAGE
NUMBERS
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Page Numbers: Windows MS
Word 2003 or Earlier
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Page Numbers: Windows MS
Word 2007
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Formatting Page Numbers
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Landscape Page Example
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Styles for Mac
Formatting Palette
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Styles for Mac cont.
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Styles for Mac cont.
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Styles for Windows Word 2003
or Earlier
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Styles for Windows Word 2003
or Earlier cont.
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Styles for Word 2007
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Styles for Word 2007 cont.
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Outlined Numbering for Mac &
Word 2003 or Earlier Select a Heading
(Chapter or Subsection)
Right Click Select Bullets &
Numbering
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Outlined Numbering cont.
Select the style you
prefer
All can be modifiedusing the CUSTOMIZE
button
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Outlined Numbering cont.
To modify
Click Customize
You must select andmodify each level you
will be using in your
document.
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Outlined Numbering for Word
2007
To modify or customize
the list
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Figures: Inserting from File
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Formatting Figures: Mac
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Formatting Figures : Windows
Right click on the picture
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Formatting Figures: Word
2007
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Captions for Figures
Select the figure
Right click
Select Caption If caption is not an
option, then go to
INSERT in the main menu
bar and select CAPTION.
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Captions cont.
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Captions cont.
h h
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What a Figure with Caption
Feature Should Look Like
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Tables
T bl
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Tables:
Windows MS Word 2007
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Tables: Inserting & Deleting
Columns & Rows
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Captions for Tables
Find the cross and
select
Then right click
Select Caption
If Caption is not an
option, then go to
Insert and selectCaption
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Table of Contents: Mac
Leader Dots
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Table of Contents: Windows
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Table of Contents: Word 2007
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Leader Dots
Go to Format and Tabs
6 for UAF requirements
rather than 6.5
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Tabs & Leader Dots:
MS Word 2007
On the Page Layout tab, click the
Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher.
In the Paragraph dialog box, click Tabs.
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When All Else Fails
If the Table of Contents will not cooperate after thelast time you update, then insert leader dots withthe tab.
If a table or figure will not print with the documentprint it separate.
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Resources
Writing Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word: A step by step
guide by Vincent Kiernan
The WEB
A refresher on this workshop or the Thesis Formatting
workshop go to: http://www.uaf.edu/gradsch/current/ready-to-graduate/
Th P f t
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The Perfect
Thesis/Dissertation If the Graduate School deems you have a perfectly formatted
thesis.
Then we will pay $100 towards your thesis binding costs!
El t i C i N
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Electronic Copy is Now
Required You are now required to submit an electronic copy (searchable
.pdf or .doc) when you turn in your copy for format check and
when you submit your final copies
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