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Many people are intimidated by the process of writing, editing, and defending a long paper. We in University Technology are here to make the formatting part of the process as stress-free as possible!
You will find links to documentation we find useful below, as well as a few suggestions. Please contact the University Technology Service Center at 973-408-4357 with additional questions, or to schedule an appointment with the Student Lab for more assistance.
Backing Up Documents
The most important habit of all is backing up your thesis or dissertation as you write.
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- Word 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/change-or-set-page-margins-HP001226492.aspx?CTT=1#BM2
- Word 2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/change-page-margins-HA102350538.aspx?CTT=1#_Toc280363143
- Word 2011: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/change-page-margins-HA102928594.aspx?CTT=1 (expand the section titled "Change the page margins for a whole document")
- Word 2013: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/set-page-margins-HA102850056.aspx?CTT=1#_Toc323305682
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Page Numbering
Word has built-in functionality that allows you to create a "different first page", so that you can have a page number bottom center on the first page and top right on the following pages.
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- Word 2007: Start page numbering on page 2 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/start-page-numbering-on-page-2-HP001227657.aspx?CTT=1
- Word 2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/add-or-remove-headers-footers-and-page-numbers-HA010372690.aspx?CTT=1
- If you use different sections in a single document, this page may be useful: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/number-pages-differently-in-different-sections-HA101832542.aspx?CTT=1
- Word 2011: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/add-or-remove-page-numbers-HA102928583.aspx?CTT=1
- Word 2013: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/add-page-numbers-HA102809692.aspx?CTT=1
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Table of Contents
Word has a feature which will use heading styles from your document (we recommend using the styles provided in our templates) to automatically create a Table of Contents.
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You can watch videos or download entire courses about working with footnotes in Word here:
- Word 2007: Word 2010:2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/video-footnote-and-endnote-numbering-VA102447796.aspx?CTT=1
- Word 2011: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/training-working-with-citations-sources-and-bibliographies-RZ103796348.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA103525723
- Word 2013: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/videofootnotes-insertin-aword-footnote2013-VA104171112RZ104168662.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA1040309811
Articles with instructions can be found at the following links:
- Word 2007: Word 2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/addinsert-or-removecreate-headers-footersfootnotes-and-pageendnotes-numbers-HA010372690HA101854833.aspx?CTT=1
- These instructions also apply to Word 2007
- Word 2011: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/add-or-change-footnotes-or-endnotes-HA102929529.aspx?CTT=1
- Word 2013: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/add-footnotes-and-endnotes-HA102809783.aspx?CTT=1
Sections
If you are saving your entire thesis or dissertation as one document, you will need to use section or page breaks to allow you to format the first page of each chapter properly. Information about this feature can be found at the following links:
- Word 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/insert-a-section-break-HA010031073.aspx?CTT=1
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- Word 2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/insert-a-section-break-HA010368780.aspx?CTT=1
- Word 2011: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/mac-word-help/insert-delete-or-change-a-section-break-HA102929536.aspx?CTT=1
- Word 2013: Page numbering with section breaks http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/start-page-numbering-later-in-your-document-HA102841427.aspx?CTT=1
Note: You will want to use "Next Page" section breaks between chapters.
You can follow the instructions at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/number-pages-differently-in-different-sections-HA101832542.aspx?CTT=1 to number the pages for each section of the document. Remember to use the "different first page" option!
Using PDF-XChange Editor
To Send a Reader Part of Your Paper
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