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UAF & School’s

UAF Graduate
Graduate Tricks for Writing
School’s
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
 Thesis Formatting Workbook

 Thesis Formatting Workshop

 Thesis Submittal Form:

 Master’s
 PhD
 Microsoft Office
2003 vs. 2007
 interface is very Program 2003 Ext. 2007 Ext
different and
takes a bit of
Word .doc .docx
getting use to.
 Files saved with
the default setting Excel .xls .xlsx
in Office 2007
CANNOT be Power .ppt .pptx
opened by earlier Point
versions. Access .mdb .accdb
 To change go to
tools, options, &
save tab
 About the Office
Fluent User Interface Navigate the Office Fluent User Interface

The Microsoft Office Fluent user File Menu Quick Access

Click the Microsoft Toolbar (QAT) Tabs Dialog Boxes The Ribbon
interface (UI) has been completely Click tabs to Click to open Find tools here that
Office system Access common
redesigned. The old menus and access tools and dialog boxes. used to be in menus
button to see file commands on this
toolbars are now integrated into a commands. and toolbars.
commands. customizable
band called the “Ribbon,” making it
toolbar.
easier to find the tools you need
and create the results you want.
Topics in this guide include:
• 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 View Switching Zoom Controls
Use options on the Switch view for a Zoom in or out
toolbar that appears program. Different using the slider, or
when you select text on programs have different click the + and –
the page. views available. buttons.
Revealing Your
Formatting

Find this button

on your toolbar if
you are a Mac
user
Page Setup: Mac
 MARGINS
Page Setup: Windows
 MARGINS
Header/Footer: Mac

Format page numbers

Header/Footer: Windows
Page Numbers: Windows
Page Numbers: Mac
 Click on INSERT
in the menu bar

 Then click on
PAGE NUMBERS
Formatting Page
Numbers
Section and page breaks
Section and page Breaks
 Use page breaks
when format stays
the same
 Use section breaks
(next page) when
format changes or
between chapters
 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
 Right click on the picture
Tables
Tables: Inserting & Deleting
Columns & Rows
Table of Contents: Mac
 Leader Dots
Table of Contents:
Windows
Leader Dots
 Go to Format and
Tabs
 6 for UAF
requirements
rather than 6.5
Resources
 Writing Your Dissertation with
Microsoft Word: A step by step
guide by Vincent Kiernan
When all else fails
 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.