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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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