UAF Graduate School’s
Tips & Tricks for Writing Your
Thesis in MS WORD
Presented by
Shelly Baumann, Coordinator
202 Eielson Building
(907) 474-7464
PO BOX 757560
(907) 474-1984 fax
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7560
gradschool@uaf.edu
http://www.uaf.edu/gradsch/
General Thesis Information
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Thesis Formatting Workbook
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Thesis Formatting Workshop
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Thesis Submittal Form:
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Master’s
PhD
Microsoft Office
2003 vs. 2007
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interface is very
different and takes a
bit of getting use to.
Files saved with the
default setting in
Office 2007
CANNOT be 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
About the Office
Fluent User Interface
The Microsoft Office Fluent user
interface (UI) has been completely
redesigned. The old menus and
toolbars are now integrated into a
band called the “Ribbon,” making it
easier to find the tools you need
and create the results you want.
Topics in this guide include:
Navigate the Office Fluent User Interface
File Menu
Click the Microsoft
Office system
button to see file
commands.
Quick Access
Toolbar (QAT)
Access common
commands on this
customizable
toolbar.
Tabs
Click tabs to
access tools and
commands.
Dialog Boxes
Click
to open
dialog boxes.
The Ribbon
Find tools here that
used to be in menus
and toolbars.
• Navigate the New UI
• Understand the Quick Access
Toolbar
• Minimize the Ribbon
• Understand the File Menu and
New File Format
• Use Microsoft Office System
Help
Lists and Galleries
Click
or
to
access lists or
galleries.
Groups
Use related tools and
commands grouped
onto different tabs.
Mini Toolbar
Use options on the
toolbar that appears
when you select text on
the page.
View Switching
Switch view for a
program. Different
programs have different
views available.
Zoom Controls
Zoom in or out
using the slider, or
click the + and –
buttons.
Revealing Your Formatting
Find this button
on your toolbar if
you are a Mac
user
Page Setup: Mac
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MARGINS
Page Setup: Windows
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MARGINS
Header/Footer: Mac
Format page numbers
Header/Footer: Windows
Page Numbers: Windows
Page Numbers: Mac
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Click on INSERT in
the menu bar
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Then click on PAGE
NUMBERS
Formatting Page Numbers
Section and page breaks
Section and page Breaks
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Use page breaks when
format stays the same
Use section breaks (next
page) when format
changes or between
chapters
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For example, use for
landscape table or figures!
That page will be
landscape and the rest
portrait.
Widows & Orphans
Figures: Inserting from File
Formatting Figures: Mac
Formatting Figures : Windows
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Right click on the picture
Tables
Tables: Inserting & Deleting
Columns & Rows
Table of Contents: Mac
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Leader Dots
Table of Contents: Windows
Leader Dots
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Go to Format and
Tabs
6 for UAF
requirements rather
than 6.5
Resources
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Writing Your Dissertation with Microsoft
Word: A step by step guide by Vincent
Kiernan
When all else fails
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If the table of contents will not cooperate after
the last time you refresh insert leader dots with
the tab.
If a table or figure will not print with the
document print it separate.
If on a page you can not get the page number
to align according to the margin requirements,
print up the page, measure, move number, and
repeat until it works.