THIS IS THE TITLE
OF THE THESIS / DISSERTATION
[CHECK WITH YOUR SCHOOL/SUPERVISOR FOR CORRECT LAYOUT]
Candidate's name / number as registered and the
degree for which it is submitted
[DELETE ME: Below is the page number this is hidden with a white square]
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Abstract
Make sure no more than 300 words in the Abstract. There is a Word Count facility in Word at
the bottom of the screen, simply select all the words and it will count them for you. The Abstract
is on a Page by itself.
Delete this random text: To make this document look more realistic, occasionally there will be
random text such as this, or more likely this. You can easily change the formatting of selected
text in the document text by choosing a look for the selected text from the Quick Styles gallery
on the Home tab. You can also format text directly by using the other controls on the Home tab.
Most controls offer a choice of using the look from the current theme or using a format that you
specify directly.
In all cases simply select and delete this rubbish text and type your own. Fonts, margins, styles
etc. have been created for you.
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Table of Contents
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................................... 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................... 3
TABLE OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... 4
TABLE OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................ 6
ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 7
APPENDIX A.
[SAMPLE HEADING OF AN APPENDIX] ........................................................... 9
APPENDIX B.
THIS WAS PASTED ......................................................................................... 10
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Table of Figures
No table of figures entries found.
[Do not delete if No Table of figures entries found, once captions are in the document it will
appear OK]
[To update these tables, either right click inside a table and select Update Field or press
keyboard commands as instructed on the course all tables / cross references etc will be
updated at the same time.]
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Table of Tables
No table of figures entries found.
[[Do not delete if No Table of figures entries found, once captions are in the document it will
appear OK]
[To update these tables, either right click inside a table and select Update Field or press
keyboard commands as instructed on the course all tables / cross references etc will be
updated at the same time.]
The word limits:
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Includes footnotes
Excludes appendices, bibliography and editions of a text(s)
PhD – not to exceed 100,000 words
MPhil – not to exceed 60,000 words
MD (Res) – not to exceed 50,000 words
MPhilStud – not to exceed 30,000 words
Professional doctorates – at least 25,000 words and not to exceed 55,000 words.
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Acknowledgements
I’d like to thank Roger / Simon (delete as appropriate) the trainer from QA for helping me with
this document template to greatly assist in the documents creation.
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Abbreviations
Abbreviation
Word does not
Abbreviations
So probable
However
You paste
Being used
Use Sort
Meaning
Have a feature to help with
They have to be created manually
A lot of copy and pastes
Don’t worry about the order in which
As you can easily Sort a table on the Abbreviation
Look for the Table Layout ribbon and
Make sure you check Table has Header Row.
[Delete all of the text inside the table, READ contents first]
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[DELETE ALL OF THIS]
[Insert Chapters from here]
To insert a chapter you can you copy and paste, or alternatively a command on the Insert
Tab/Menu.
Click on Insert, locate the Text group of icons and then from the Object drop down select Text
From file. [Select Insert Menu, File on MAC]
Once imported update the TOC, TOF, TOT etc above.
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Appendix A. [Sample Heading of an Appendix]
Sample normal text
Use Copy and Paste for the line above to generate additional Appendix in alphabetical order.
Use Page Break to insert a new page before each appendix, chapter etc. CTRL+Enter (on PC)
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Appendix B. This was pasted
Sample normal text
Use Copy and Paste for the line above to generate additional Appendix in alphabetical order.
Use Page Break to insert a new page before each appendix, chapter etc. CTRL+Enter (on PC)
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