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University Technology provides these instructions to Drew Graduate and Theological School students as help for formatting theses and dissertations. The instructions here do not replace nor supersede any requirements or instructions provided by the Graduate or Theological Schools or by individual faculty member instructionsmembers. Graduate and Theological students are encouraged to reach out to the Service Center to work on formatting issues well in advance of writing and submitting theses or dissertations. UT cannot guarantee that those students who come in for help close to submission deadlines or with their thesis or dissertation already written but unformatted will be helped in time for their deadline. The role of the Service Center is to show students how to do their own formatting. If you require someone to do the formatting for you, please hire a trained thesis/dissertation editor. If you have suggestions about or corrections for these instructions, please email helpdesk@drew.edu. If you need help or have questions, call the UT Service Center at (973) 408-4357 (HELP) or email helpdesk@drew.edu with a description of your question and 3 days and times when you would be available to meet in person or over the phone. |
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The dissertation templates provided for students by University Technology are recommended as a means for alleviating some of the issues commonly related to formatting. Using the template will take care of many of the standard formatting necessities such as margins, font spacing, alignment, dot leaders, and more, page numbers, Table of Contents format, etc. This page explains how to best utilize the template as you write. Please remember that the template will be blank upon opening. You have to save it as a document, then start writing your paperThe template file comes with instructional text. You will need to read some of this text to avoid deleting formats that enable things like page numbers on the bottom center of the first page of each chapter. |
Available Templates
Word 2016 (PCs)
Word 2007/2010 (PCs)
Word 2011 (Macs)
When downloading any of the files above, make sure to we recommend that you Save the document to your computer so that you don't have to re-download the template each time you start a new Word document (especially true for those planning to work with multiple files). After opening the template to start a new chapter, be sure to "Save As" so that you do not overwrite the empty template.
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, then Save As, renaming the file so that you know it is your working copy and not the original template.
Drew Formatting Styles
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All formatting is based upon a Drew dissertation standard. Most formatting matches for all three schools, but small details may vary. Check with your professor, or consult your specific style guide to verify formatting details. All templates have a default margin setup of the following: |
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For more information about the Styles used in the templates above, please click the link below to expand this section of information.
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Title for Title PageThis Style is set to center alignment, double spaced, and the text is all caps. Important to know for those using these styles but not our template: After you've finished adding all lines of your title and hit Enter one more time to get to a fresh line, choose the Dissertation style to go back to normal text. You will need to center the rest of the text for your title page, but you do not want it to be all capital letters! DissertationThis is the default Style for your dissertation. This is the Style you will use for the body content of your dissertation, the content of your abstract, etc. It is set up with size 12 Times New Roman font, double spaced, with a 0.5" indent of the first line of new paragraphs. |
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Block Quote
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Chapter TitleThis Style, used for the titles of your chapters, is centered and in all caps. The style will revert to Normal after pressing Enter. |
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Dots for (Table of Contents) 
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Title Not for TOCThis Style can be used for titles that you do not want to appear in an automatic Table of Contents (TOC). For example, the front matter that comes before the Table of Contents - and the title Table of Contents! - should not appear in the TOC list. Use this Style for those titles. Like Chapter Title, it is size 12 Times New Roman, centered and in all caps. If you're using the automatic Table of Contents, this style can also be used for the second line of a chapter title. Dots for Table of ContentsPlease use this style instead of manually pressing the period key over to the right margin in your Table of Contents of lists of figures. If you are using an automatic Table of Contents and do not have a list of figures, you will not need this style. After you've typed the title for your entry, apply the Dots for Table of Contents style, then press the Tab key on your keyboard. This will insert "dot leaders" that extend all the way to the right |
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margin. Finally, type in your page number. |
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Footnote TextThis style will apply automatically when you go to References > Insert Footnote. It is set to size 10 Times New Roman font with a 0.5" indent on the first line. It is single spaced and will add a space between footnote entries. Block QuoteThis Style is to be used when you need to insert a block quote. The font, like the body, is size 12 Times New Roman. However, this style is single spaced with the entire passage having a 0.5" indent on the left side. |
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You can also have Word create the Table of Contents for you. Please see the Table of Contents section, within the Specific Formatting section, on the Thesis and Dissertation Formatting page. Bibliography (Dissertation)This Style is set up with size 12 Times New Roman font. The first line of each entry is aligned flush left, while any of the lines afterwards have a hanging indent of 0.5". While each individual entry |
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between one entry and the next.
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Multiple Line Title Page
This Style is for dissertations with a title that is more than one line long. It's set to center alignment, double spaced, and the text is all caps.
It does not revert to normal body text format automatically when you press Enter at the end of a line. It remains center, double, caps.
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Heading 1 and 2These styles can be used for sections within your chapters. If you prefer, you can apply your own formatting style to section headings, if you use them; the most important thing is to be consistent |
Single Line Title Page
This Style is for dissertations with a title that is only one line long. It's set to center alignment and the text is all caps.
It reverts to normal size 12 Times New Roman font, double spaced, with a left alignment when you press enter.
Dedication
In this Style, the word "Dedication" starts 2 1/2" from the top of the page. The title is centered and set to type in all caps and then revert to normal case.
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More About Templates and Styles
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