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This comprehensive guide provides detailed instructions on formatting and styling a thesis, including chapter creation, heading levels, list styles, block quotes, figures, tables, and more. It also covers the use of styles in other parts of the document, such as the title, author, copyright, and bibliography entry styles.
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Author A Thesis in the Field of Computer Science for the Degree of Master of Science in Computer Science Weber State University [Month of Graduation] [Year] Copyright 20XX [Author’s Name] Click here and type the title of your thesis. If your title runs to two or more lines, keep typing without creating a new paragraph. Don’t move the box that contains this text.
Abstract The abstract will not be longer than one page. We hope that this thesis template helps you to concentrate on the substance of your writing as opposed to spending time on formatting details, and that your thesis work goes as well as possible for you!
Dedication (optional) If using the Dedication, please delete the word “(optional)” from the header above.
Acknowledgments (optional) If using the Acknowledgments section, please delete the word “(optional)” from the header above.
- Block Quote Style...................................................................................... - Figures........................................................................................................ - Figure Title Style........................................................................... - Figure Description Style................................................................ - Tables......................................................................................................... - Table Title Style............................................................................. - Table Cell Style.............................................................................. - Table Description Style.................................................................. List of Tables Table 1 Table Title............................................................................................................... 8 Table 2 Table Title............................................................................................................. 11
Introduction This chapter introduces your topic. You must have your research question and hypothesis in this chapter.
Related Work This required chapter will detail the related work to your topic. “Related Work” includes all journals, conferences, etc. that you cite as relevant to your thesis. 11
Milestone 2 (Change the title to the topic of the milestone) This chapter explains your second milestone. The point is to explain what you did. 13
Milestone N (Change the title to the topic of the milestone) This chapter explains your nth milestone. The point is to explain what you did. Have as many chapters about what you did as necessary. 14
Formatting Instructions (delete chapter) There are two ways to add a new chapter. First, you can simply type the name of your new chapter on a separate line and apply the Chapter Title (or Heading 2 ) style. That will automatically drop your chapter title down to the next page and you may then begin your next chapter. Alternatively, you can copy this section, from the chapter title down to the section break, and then paste it immediately following the section break. Whether you need a section break is largely determined by what you plan to do with the structure of your thesis. If you need more than one column (say, for columns of statistics), for example, you’ll want a section break, then another to switch back to one column. To insert a new section break, go to the Layout tab in the Ribbon. In the Page Setup section, choose the Breaks dropdown menu; from the second half of the list, choose Section Break: Next Page or Section Break: Continuous if you don’t want a page break. There are several styles that are used within chapters that you’ll need to know how to use. Other styles in the document are used in specific circumstances only, but we’ll cover those later. Heading 3, SectionTitle/A-Head 16
The Chapter Title or “Major heading” style (shown in the Quick Styles menu as “Ch Title”) is used at the beginning of each chapter, including the appendices. For an example, see “Chapter 1 About Chapters” above. The first line of the title text will always begin 2” from the top of the page. The style immediately following the Chapter Title style will default to the Body Text style, to be used for the introduction of the chapter. Chapter titles will automatically be included in the Table of Contents, but in order for them to appear after they’re first added, you’ll need to right-click on the TOC and choose “Update entire table.” To ensure that the chapter title is formatted correctly both on the page and in the corresponding TOC entry, there are two commands you’ll need to use for each: In the TOC entry for Chapter 1, you’ll notice that there’s a half-inch space between the words “Chapter 1:” and the chapter title. This is accomplished by using a Tab character in the title itself. The Chapter Title style has been designed so that this Tab character will not interfere with the centering of the header and therefore will not appear to be present on this page at all; if the TOC entry does not contain that half-inch space, remember to add a Tab character. In the Chapter 1 example above, you’ll notice that the chapter title falls on two different lines, with the words “Chapter 1:” on the first line and the chapter title itself on the second line. If you use the Enter key to separate these (called a “hard return”), they will appear much farther apart on the page and will appear in the TOC as two separate entries. To prevent this, you’ll need to use what’s called a “soft-return” by pressing Shift + Enter (just after the Tab character mentioned 17
B-Head Style The Body Text style (shown in the Quick Styles menu as “Body Text”) is used for standard paragraph styles. This paragraph is using the Body Text style; the default style for the next paragraph is also Body Text. C-Head Style and Accompanying Paragraph The C-Head style (shown in the Quick Styles menu as “C-Head”) is used as a header for a subsection within a subsection. For example: Body Text with C-Head. This is a C-Head and accompanying paragraph. Note that the C- Head is on the same line as the rest of the paragraph; it’s not indented; and there is no additional space before the C-Head as there is with other headers. C-Heads will automatically be added to the Table of Contents, directly below the previous subsection title and with a 1.5-inch indent, each time you update the whole TOC. To apply the C-Head style, select the paragraph to which it belongs and click on the “Body Text w/ C-Head” style in the Quick Styles menu; then select the C-Head itself and click on the “C-Head” style. Remember, there should always be introductory text for the subsection before the C-Head. The style immediately following the C-Head style will default to the Body Text style. Numbered List Style To create a numbered list, select the lines of text which you want to make a list (whether they’re already in a Word list structure or not) and choose the “Numbered List” 19
style in the Quick Styles menu. If the list was in a Word list structure previously, it will simply update the styles. If the list was previously formatted by hand, you will need to check that list items begin and end at the correct points and that any typed numbering is removed.