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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 instructions. Graduate and Theological students are encouraged to come reach out to the STEL 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 STEL 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 about for these instructions, please add them as a comment in the space provided belowemail helpdesk@drew.edu. If you need help or have questions, call the UT Service Center at (973) 408-4357 (HELP). |
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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 alignment, dot leaders, and more. 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 paper. |
Available Templates
Word
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2016 (PCs)
Word 2007/2010 (PCs)
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When downloading any of the files above, make sure to 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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This Style is particularly useful, as it solves one of the most common formatting issues. Insertion of the dot leaders in the Table of Contents cannot should not be done manually. Instead the Dots for... style is set up so that all you need to do is press Tab when you finish typing the chapter or section title. This will insert dot leaders that extend all the way to the right-hand margin.
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You can also have Word create the Table of Contents for you. Please see the Table of Contents section at 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".
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