First Line of Your Thesis/Dissertation Title

Second Line of Title if Necessary

Three Line Limit

Isaac Newton

A dissertation/thesis submitted to the faculty ofBrigham Young University

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy / Master of Science

Spencer P. Magleby, ChairRobert H. Todd

Steven E. GorrellLarry L. Howell

David T. Fullwood

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Brigham Young University

October 2012

Copyright © 2012 Isaac Newton

All Rights Reserved

If the title is longer than six inches, it must be placed on two or three lines, inverted pyramid style.

The title and ALL text must be the same font and same font size.

Student name is centered between title and following statement.

List the month and year in which ADV Form 8d is signed.

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ABSTRACT

First Line of Your Thesis/Dissertation Second Line of Title if Necessary

Exactly as on Title Page

Isaac NewtonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, BYU

Doctor of Philosophy/Master of Science

The abstract is a summary of the work with emphasis on the findings of the study. It must be single spaced and no more than one page in length. It must match the same font and size as the rest of the work.

The abstract precedes the optional acknowledgement page and the body of the work.

Keywords: Isaac Newton, gravitation, conservation, calculus

Keywords - Include pertinent places and full names of persons as well as descriptive words useful in automated retrieval. Use lower case except for acronyms or proper nouns.

Double-space between paragraphs.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This page is optional. Students may use the acknowledgements page to express

appreciation for the committee members, friends, or family who provided assistance in research,

writing, or technical aspects of the dissertation, thesis, or selected project. Acknowledgements

should be simple and in good taste.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................vii

LIST OF FIGURES....................................................................................................................viii

1 Introduction............................................................................................................................1

1.1 Styles...............................................................................................................................1

1.1.1 Heading Styles.............................................................................................................1

1.1.2 Caption Styles..............................................................................................................1

2 Captions, Figures, Tables, Equations, and Cross References............................................3

2.1 Captions and Figures.......................................................................................................3

2.2 Tables...............................................................................................................................4

2.3 Rotating Figures and Tables............................................................................................4

2.4 Equations.........................................................................................................................5

2.5 Cross References.............................................................................................................6

3 Sections, Page Numbering, Table of Contents, and Lists...................................................6

3.1 Sections............................................................................................................................7

3.2 Page Numbering..............................................................................................................9

3.3 Table of Contents.............................................................................................................9

3.4 Lists of Figures and Tables..............................................................................................9

3.5 Conclusions...................................................................................................................10

REFERENCES............................................................................................................................11

Appendix A. Electronic document Submission......................................................................13

A.1 Bookmarks........................................................................................................................13

Appendix B. Formatting Guidelines.......................................................................................15

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Do not allow long lines to run into the page number area. There should be at least two leaders prior to page numbers.

Single-space within an entry when it has more than one line.

Align numbers as shown, right justified

LIST OF TABLES

Table 2-1: Curve Numbers for Associated Basins.........................................................................4

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 2-1: Inserting a Caption.......................................................................................................3

Figure 2-2: Landscape Tables and Figures.....................................................................................5

Figure A-1: ETD Bookmarks.......................................................................................................14

1 INTRODUCTION

This document provides basic instructions for using Microsoft Word and associated

styles for preparing a dissertation/thesis paper. It also serves as a template.

1.1 Styles

The styles used in this template are outlined in the next several sections.

1.1.1 Heading Styles

All the titles in this document use a Heading style. Heading 1 should be used for chapter

titles and Headings 2 and Heading 3 for sub-titles.

1.1.2 Caption Styles

The Caption style is used for defining captions beneath figures, above tables and next to

equations. Section 2:1 addresses inserting captions so that numbering will remain consistent.

2 CAPTIONS, FIGURES, TABLES, EQUATIONS, AND CROSS REFERENCES

2.1 Captions and Figures

To insert figure and table captions and equation numbers use the References Tab>Insert

Caption command as shown in Figure 2-1.