Word: Theses and Dissertations
Table of Contents
Inserting Pictures, Spreadsheets, and Graphs
So You Want Your Degree?
Now all that stands in the way of cashing in on your intellectual capital is an immense paper, and this document can help. Although it's up to you to write it, this document deals with some of the finer details of formatting and producing your thesis or dissertation in Microsoft Word so that it is consistent with the university's stylistic guidelines. UNC's official Guide to Theses and Dissertations can be downloaded in PDF format from this URL: http://gradschool.unc.edu/etdguide/pdf/etdguide.pdf. Please refer to this guide for specific formatting and instructions, as they will not all be detailed here. You will be able to convert your document to .pdf during the submission process.
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Viewing Options
In Microsoft Word, you can use the View menu to look at your document in different ways (Windows users can also use the View buttons on the bottom left corner of your window). Changing your view does not change the document, just how it looks to you on screen. Each view has its practical advantages in the composition of your document.
Outline View
This view displays the Outline toolbar (shown below) and uses Word's heading styles to outline your document.
Using the arrow buttons, you can promote and demote text (this indents and moves text out and assigns paragraph styles as described below), as well as move your headings up and down. The plus and minus signs expand and collapse your headings, respectively. Use the drop down list to the right of the minus sign to display only specific headings, or select the Show All Levels to display all text in the document. Click the First Line Only button (just to the right of the Show All Levels drop down list) to display the first line of paragraphs formatted in Normal or body text. How do the headings styles look? Find out by clicking the Show Formatting button. You'll also find the Update TOC and Go to TOC buttons which will let you quickly update or move to the table of contents on the Outline toolbar.
Master Document View
Word 2000/XP combines the Outline and Master Document views. Look for the Master Document buttons to the right of or below the Outline buttons on the Outline toolbar. Master documents are useful for long documents (those over 30-50 pages, which describe most theses and dissertations).
Inserting Subdocuments
You can create or change a master document by inserting existing files into the master document, which can be any new or existing document. Open or create the main document and switch to Master Document view (Outline view in Word 2000/XP). Move the insertion point (cursor) where you want to insert a subdocument, and click the Insert Subdocument button. Find the document using the Open window, and click OK to insert it. Remember to save the master document after making changes.
Margins
The Graduate School has strict guidelines concerning document margins. Set margins through document formatting, as discussed below.
Setting Document Margins to Graduate School Standards
To set your document margins to match the guidelines spelled out by the Graduate School, take the following steps.
1. Windows : From the File menu, choose Page Setup . Click the Margins tab. To designate space for a three-hole punch or binding, type 0.25" in the Gutter box. For the left, right, top and bottom margins, enter 1" or greater. In the Apply To box, select Whole document.
2. Macintosh : From the Format menu, choose Document . Click the Margins tab. To designate space for a three-hole punch or binding, type 0.25" in the Gutter box. For the left, right, top and bottom margins, enter 1" or greater. In the Apply To box, select Whole document .
For information about setting different margins for specific sections of your document, see "Sections," later in this document.
Styles
"Style" is the combination of formatting attributes defined for a given character or paragraph. A "style" has several different types of formatting built into it, and using styles can help you to format your document quickly and consistently. For example, this document has one paragraph format for the main headings (Heading 1), two others for the subheadings (Heading 2 and Heading 3), and another for the body text (Normal). The defined styles were applied to the appropriate paragraphs to format them. When you change a style's attributes, every paragraph with that style changes automatically, which can save you a lot of time when you reformat long documents.
Styles are stored in a "template," which is a preset collection of page, paragraph, and character formatting styles attached to your document. The Normal template, Word's default, has several styles built in, which you can use to format your document or alter to fit your document's design. You can also create your own styles. To see the style names on the left side of your screen, switch to Normal view, go to the Tools menu, and select Options . Click the View tab. Change the Style Area Width to some value no greater than 4.25 ."
Applying Styles
The style box on the far left of the Formatting toolbar lists the styles immediately available to your document. To apply a style, first select the text or paragraph that you want formatted. Then select the appropriate style from the style drop-down menu.
If the style you want does not appear in the style drop-down menu, select Styles and Formatting from the Format menu to see a list of the formatting used in your document. The Show drop-down menu controls which styles display: "Formatting in use" displays styles which appear in the current document; "Custom" are styles created by the user; and "Available Formatting " includes all styles available in Word, both standard and user-defined. To apply a particular style to a selection, click directly on the style in the style list. You can modify an existing style by clicking the drop down arrow that automatically appears on the right when the cursor hovers over a style, and then choose "Modify."
Character Styles
Character formatting is typically applied to a few words or characters, and includes things like font, font size, underlining, bold, italic, and color. In the style box in the Styles and Formatting pane, the symbol "a" indicates a character style.
Paragraph Styles
Arguably even more useful to those writing theses and dissertations are paragraph styles. Paragraph styles can include character formatting but you can also use them to control things like indentation and line spacing for a paragraph. In the style box the Styles and Formatting pane, the paragraph symbol indicates a paragraph style. To apply a paragraph style, you can either select a block of text or simply click in the paragraph; then choose a paragraph style. The style applies to the entire paragraph, not just to the selected characters.
Creating a Normal or Body Text Paragraph Style
Your standard lines need either to be spaced one and half times or double-spaced, and the first line of every paragraph needs to be indented. (For other paragraphs that should not be indented, you will create another paragraph style.) You may also want to "pad" each paragraph, such that there is some amount of white space between the end of one paragraph and the beginning of another. To ensure that every normal paragraph of your thesis or dissertation is indented and your line spacing conforms to Graduate School guidelines, modify the Normal style or create your own style that you will use in its place.
1. Under the Format menu, select Styles and Formatting . Either create a new style, or select the Normal style and click Modify .
2. Click Format and choose Paragraph .
3. ( Optional ) You may opt to justify your thesis paragraphs. With the Justification option turned on, Word slightly alters the spacing between your words so that all lines of text are flush with both the left and right margins, giving you nice, clean lines running down both sides of you text. To justify your Normal paragraphs, change the Alignment box to Justified instead of Left .
4. In the Special box under Indentation , select First line. In the By box, type how much space you want to indent (typically 0.5").
5. Under Spacing , change Line spacing to 1.5 lines or Double (the Graduate School allows either).
6. ( Optional ) To "pad" your paragraphs, increase the values under Before and After . If you are using a 12-point font, having 12 points of space before and 12 points of space after each paragraph is the same as having one blank line of space automatically inserted between paragraphs.
7. ( Optional ) If you want to use the new style in other documents that use the current template, such as other chapters or papers, select Add to Template in the New Style or Modify Style window.
8. Click OK when you are done.
Creating a Block Quote Paragraph Style
The next most common use for paragraph styles in a thesis or dissertation is likely to be the ubiquitous block quote, where you cite some large chunk of someone else's work. Using a style will let you easily indent these and ensure that they are single-spaced, unlike the rest of your work.
1. Under the Format menu, click Styles and Formatting . Click New Style and name your new style something along the lines of "Block Quote" or "Long Quote."
2. Click the Format button and choose Paragraph .
3. Under Indentation , enter how much space you want to indent your quotes on the left and the right (typically 0.5" on each side).
4. Under Spacing , make sure Line spacing is set to Single .
5. ( Optional ) To "pad" your paragraphs, increase the values under Before and After . These points are the same as font size, so if you are using a 12-point font, having 12 points of space before or after each paragraph is the same as having one blank line of space automatically inserted between paragraphs.
6. ( Optional ) When you use the block quote style in your document, Word can start the next paragraph automatically in the style you select from the Style for following paragraph box. This style might be your body text style, Normal, or a style you create specifically to follow block quotes that does not indent the first line in the paragraph and is double-spaced.
7. ( Optional ) If you want to use the new style in other documents that use the current template, select Add to Template .
8. Click OK .
Creating a Bibliography Paragraph Style
To make formatting your bibliography easier, you can create a style that uses a hanging indent.
1. From the Format menu, choose Styles and Formatting . Click New Style and then name your style something like "Bibliography."
2. Click the Format button and select Paragraph .
3. In the Special box under Indentation , choose Hanging . In the By box, indicate how much space there should be between the left document margin and the left margin of the paragraph (again, typically 0.5").
4. ( Optional ) If you want to use the new style in other documents that use the current template, select Add to Template .
5. Click OK .
Note : You can alphabetize your bibliography automatically by selecting all entries, and choosing Sort from the Table menu.
Modifying Heading Styles
Word has several heading styles built in (Heading 1, Heading 2, etc. in the Style menu ), but you can alter them to fit the design of your document. Choose Modify and then Format from the style drop down list in the Styles and Formatting pane. Select the element you want to modify (Font, for example). Make any changes in the window that opens up, and click OK . If you want to use the new heading style in other documents that use the current template, be sure to select Add to Template in the Modify Style dialog box. Then click OK and Close the Style window. Any text in that heading style now changes to the new formatting.
Creating a Paragraph Style for Chapter Headings
Graduate School requirements dictate that the first page of each chapter (along with the title page, abstract, dedication, acknowledgements, preface and first page of a table of contents) have two-inch margins at the top of the page as opposed to the usual one inch margins elsewhere
You can always just add some blank space at the top of each of these pages and compare where your text starts to the vertical ruler in Page Layout view. However, you can save yourself some hassle by modifying the Heading 1 style to include this additional space before it; then use the Heading 1 style for your chapter titles.
Select the Heading 1 style and click Modify . If you do not see the Heading 1 style, make sure you select the All styles option from the Show box. Click Format and choose Paragraph .
Under Spacing , change Before to 72 points. Click OK , click OK again, and click Close .
Now you can use this style for each of your chapter titles and Word tacks on the additional inch at the beginning of each chapter. Note that this amount of spacing is approximate. The actual number of points entered here depends on your normal font and size. Double-check against the vertical ruler and adjust accordingly. (To see the vertical ruler, switch to Page Layout or Print Layout view, and use the View menu to turn on the Ruler .)
Creating a Character Style for a Foreign Language or Symbols
You may need to define a character style for a symbol font you use repeatedly, particularly in equations, or for a foreign language.
1. From the Format menu, click Styles and Formatting . Click New Style and name your style appropriately.
2. Under Style type, select Character .
3. Click the Format button, and then Font .
4. Select the font you want to use, then click OK .
In addition, you may quote text in a foreign language. In such cases, make your block quote style as defined above, then make another style just like it called something along the lines of "Block Quote Foreign." When you modify the style, click the Format button and choose Language . Then select the language these paragraphs will be in. If you have properly configured dictionaries for these languages, Word can use them to spell check the foreign text. Even if you don't have a foreign dictionary installed, Word will at least then know not to spell check those paragraphs with your U.S. English dictionary.
If you use foreign languages frequently in your thesis, refer to the ITS document, Using Foreign Languages in Microsoft Windows and Word.
Switching Between Character Styles
If you apply a character style, such as the foreign character or symbol style, and then want to return to typing in the font you use normally, select Normal (or another character style you have created) from the formatting toolbar's style list.
Inserting Pictures, Spreadsheets, and Graphs
Pictures
To insert a picture from a file, select the Insert menu, scroll down to Picture , and choose From File . Browse through your local directories or drives for the file you want to insert. Highlight the file and click Insert , and it appears in your document.
To change the size of the picture, click on it once and four resize handles appear. Click on one of the handles and drag your mouse out from the picture to enlarge it, and in towards the center of the image to make it smaller. To change the position of the image vis-a-vis your text, select the image, and then choose Picture from the Format menu. From the Layout tab you can choose from a number of different text "wrapping" options.
Excel Spreadsheets and Graphs
To insert a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet or graph into your document, select Object from the Insert menu. If you want to create a new Excel chart or spreadsheet in your document, select the appropriate Microsoft Excel file type on the Create New tab; if want to insert an existing Excel file, select From File . Click OK .
Linking to Inserted Files
Normally when you insert a file into your document, it is "embedded," so that it takes on a "life" of its own. Changes you make in your Word document are not reflected in the original file, and vice versa. You also have the option to link to an existing file when you insert it, however, so that any changes made in one copy is automatically made in the other as well.
To link to a file, select Insert , Object and then switch to the From File tab. Make sure there is a check in the box next to Link to file , and then insert the file.
Another way to insert a linked file is to use the Paste Special command. Simply copy or cut your chart or other object, click in your Word document where you want the object to go, and choose Paste Special from the Edit menu (rather than Paste ). Make sure the button next to Paste Link is selected, and click OK . The file is inserted and is linked.
Updating Linked Files
If you make a change to the linked file with the original program, it is changed in Word. If for some reason Word does not show the change immediately, select the Edit menu in Word, select Links and then the Update Now button. Then select OK to return to editing your document. The changes to the linked file now appear in your document.
Creating Tables
To create a table from scratch, you can use either the Table menu, the Table button on the Standard toolbar, or the Draw Table tool. You can also convert existing text to a table if the text is separated into columns by tabs, paragraph marks, commas, or other characters. These options are discussed next.
Creating a Table with the Table Menu:
Position the insertion point where you want the table. From the Table menu, select Insert Table . Specify the number of rows and columns. You can also specify the column width by typing a number in the "Column width" box; Auto creates equally sized columns within a table that runs from the left to the right margin. After making your selections, click OK .
Creating a Table with the Insert Table Button
Position the insertion point where you want the table. From the standard toolbar, click the Insert Table button, and drag your mouse over the drop-down grid to select the number of columns and rows. Below the grid, Word shows you the numerical size of the table. When you release the mouse button, Word inserts the table.
Drawing a Table
From the Table menu, select Draw Table , or click the Tables and Borders button on the standard toolbar. The tables and borders toolbar appears, and the mouse pointer becomes a pencil. To form the borders for the table and the lines between cells, click and drag the pencil. To turn off the draw table tool, click the pencil icon on the left side of the toolbar.
Creating a Table from Existing Text
To convert existing text to a table, select the desired text and choose Convert - Text to Table from the Table menu. A dialog box will open, asking how many columns you want the table to have and where to separate the columns (at the tabs, paragraph marks, or commas). Make your changes, and click OK . To convert an existing table to text, select the desired table and choose Convert - Table to Text from the Table menu.
Adding Rows to a Table
Rather than figuring out ahead of time how many rows you need in the table, try starting with just one row. When you get to the last cell in the row, press the Tab key, and Word inserts a new row for you.
Sections
What is a Section?
A section is a portion of your document separated from the rest by section breaks. Section breaks are different from simple page breaks, because you can apply different page setup and formatting options to different sections within the same document. For example, different sections can have different margins, page orientation, headers and footers, and page numbering. Using sections can be particularly useful for formatting chapters, or for inserting figures or graphics on a page oriented horizontally, that is, as a "landscape" rather than as a "portrait."
Formatting Rules for Different Sections
If you insert a section break, it inherits the formatting of the previous section. You can revise each section's formatting separately. If you delete a section break, the formatting in the first section overrides any formatting you may have added to the second section.
Inserting a Section Break
To insert a section break, first place the insertion point where you want the new section to begin. Then, select Break from the Insert menu, and choose one of the following options under Section Breaks:
Next page: Breaks the page and starts the new section on the next page.
Continuous: Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the same page.
Odd Page or Even Page : Starts a new section on the next odd-numbered or even-numbered page, respectively.
Click OK and the section break is inserted. If you work in the Normal view, you can see where the section break begins and what type it is.
Formatting the Layout for a Section
Click in the section you want to format. From the File menu, choose Page Setup and select the Layout tab (in Mac Word 98, select Document from the Format menu, and then the Layout tab). If you like, you can now change the Section Start specified when you created the section break. Use the Vertical Alignment drop down list to select how you want the page aligned. Top , Center , or Justified . ( Justified aligns the first paragraph with the top margin and the last paragraph with the bottom margin.). You can also Suppress Endnotes and control Line Numbers.
Page Numbers
Note : To find out more about the the Graduate School requirements for page numbers, be sure to review to the Guide to Theses and Dissertations
You can quickly add page numbers to your document by selecting Page Numbers from the Insert menu. According to the Graduate School guidelines, you put the page numbers at the Bottom of Page and aligned Center . (If you're planning to use landscape-oriented pages in your document, centering the page numbers at the bottom of the page will make things easier for you. You can also choose whether to Show number on first page.
Inserting Roman Numerals, then Arabic Numerals
The Graduate School requires that your preliminary pages have lowercase Roman numerals while the body of your text has Arabic numerals, and the Arabic numerals have to start numbering at page one again. You can easily separate the preliminary sections from the body of your text with sections.
1. Click where you want your Arabic numerals to start (i.e., after your table of contents and any lists of figures you have, and just before your first chapter starts). Insert a section break (New Page) as described above.
2. To set up the page numbers for the preliminary section, click inside the section that contains your title page, copyright page, etc. Select Page Numbers from the Insert menu.
3. Click the Format button and change the number format from Arabic numerals to lowercase Roman numerals. Click OK.
4. Click in the first page of your chapter. Repeat the process outlined above, but select Arabic numerals instead of Roman numerals. Also, under Page Numbering, type 1 in the Start At box. Click OK.
Hiding Page Numbers on the First Page of a Chapter
Another Graduate School requirement is that the first page of each chapter cannot have a page number. This is also easily done using sections.
1. Insert a section break before the beginning of each chapter of your dissertation. If you followed the page numbering example above, you already have a section break before Chapter One, so insert section breaks before any remaining chapters.
2. For each chapter, place the cursor somewhere in the chapter. Then go to the Insert menu and choose Page Numbers. Uncheck the box that reads "Show number on first page. " Click the Format button and choose "Continue from previous section."
Landscape Pages
Your work features a very wide illustration and you would like it printed on a landscape-oriented page, that is, one that is horizontally rather than vertically oriented. You can insert sections and then specify that certain areas of your document are landscape oriented, while others are printed in the usual portrait format.
1. Switch to Normal view so you can clearly see where section breaks appear.
2. Position the insertion point where you want the landscape-oriented section to start. From the Insert menu, choose Break. Then under Section Break Types, choose Next Page. Insert another section break where you want the next portrait-oriented page to appear, again, using the Next Page option.
3. Click in between these two section breaks.
4. Now you can choose the page orientation as follows:
Windows: From the File menu, select Page Setup . Click the Margins tab, and then choose Landscape under Orientation.
Mac: From the File menu, select Page Setup . In your printer's setup dialog box, choose Landscape for the paper type.
5. Insert the figure as follows:
Windows: Choose Object from the Insert menu, and then select the Create From File tab. Type the file's path or click Browse to locate your file. Click Insert.
Macintosh: Choose Object under the Insert menu, and then click the From File button. Select the file you wish to insert, and then click Insert.
Note that you can maintain a link to the original file you insert by selecting Link to file . See "Linking to Inserted Files," earlier in this document.
Page Numbering for Landscape Pages
The graduate school requires that page numbers appear in the same position on all pages when they are bound: at the bottom of the page. Unfortunately, Word does not make it easy for you to get the page numbers in the correct position on landscape pages. It takes some maneuvering to be absolutely perfect, but you can position landscape page numbers acceptably with sections, as discussed below.
Printing a Portrait Number on a Landscape Page
The following instructions explain how to set up page numbers on landscape pages in roughly the same position as those on your portrait pages. This example assumes standard 8.5" by 11" paper, Word's default Arabic page numbers, margins of 1" all around, a .25" gutter, and uses no text other than the page number itself in the header or footer.
If you are concerned about whether your page numbers are in an acceptable position, check the information in the Graduate School's guide, and consider taking sample pages to the Enrolled Student Office in Bynum Hall for review.
Save your file. Remember, if you make a mistake, you can choose not to save the changes to your page numbering, or you can select Undo from the Edit menu.
If you have not done so already, insert the page numbers for the chapter that contains the landscape page. To do this, select the Insert menu, then Page Numbers, and bottom of page (footer) with Center alignment.
Switch to Normal view to work with section breaks. If you have not done so already, insert a section break (New Page) before and after the landscape page begins. Format the page as a landscape, and the preceding and following pages as portraits.
In order to restrict changes in page number location and orientation to the landscape section, you'll have to configure the headers or footers to not continue their formatting from section to section.
- View - Header and Footer
- Click inside the footer on your landscape page that contains your page number.
- Click the "Same As Previous" button on the Header and Footer toolbar to turn this option off.
- Click inside the header or footer in the first page of the portrait section that follows your landscape section and click the "Same As Previous" again so that the changes you make in the landscape section aren't continued forward.
- Move the page number(s) in the landscape section to the correct spot.
- Select the frame that contains the page number by clicking the page number. If the frame is selected, a border will show up around the page number.
- Format - Frame NOTE: Not Format - Frames
- For Bottom of page (footer) with Center alignment apply the following settings:
- Horizontal Position: 9.5" Relative to: Margin
- Vertical Position: Center Relative to: Margin
- Click OK.
- Rotate the page numbers so that they print with the correct orientation. The frame should still be selected.
- Format - Text Direction Click the box where Preview shows an arrow pointing straight up. It's the leftmost box in the middle.
- Click OK to close the Headers and Footers toolbar.
Footnotes and Endnotes
Word makes creating and printing footnotes easy. You can choose what reference mark appears in the text and control where the footnotes appear in the document.
Creating Footnotes and Endnotes
To create a footnote, follow these steps:
- Place the insertion point where you want to add a footnote.
- Go to Insert - Reference - Footnote to bring up the Footnote and Endnote dialog box.
- Choose Footnote or Endnote by clicking the appropriate button.
- Make any changes to formatting and placement here or in the Options... window (see below) and click OK .
- Type the footnote or endnote in the area that opens up at the bottom of the window in Normal view.
- Return to editing your document by clicking the Close button in the footnotes area of the window.
Specifying Footnote or Endnote Numbers or Symbols
Word automatically uses standard numbering (1, 2, 3) for notes, but you can choose other options.
To change the number format:
- Bring up the Footnote and Endnote dialog box by selecting Insert - Reference - Footnote .
- Use the drop down menu next to the Number Format category to select the type of numbers you want to use.
- Click OK.
To use special symbols as your footnote or endnote marks:
- Click the Symbol button next to the Custom Mark field to select the symbol you want to use, click the symbol.
To restart numbering:
- From the Footnote and Endnote dialog box, in the Start At field, type the number with which you would like the notes to begin.
- In the Numbering section of the window, specify where to restart numbering: Continuous, Restart each section, or Restart each page (the latter appears only for footnotes).
Specifying Placement of Footnotes and Endnotes
From the Footnote and Endnote dialog box, use the drop down menus beside the Footnote or Endnote option to tell Word where to Place the note: Bottom of Page or Beneath Text for footnotes; End of Document or End of Section for endnotes.
Editing Footnotes
To jump to a footnote in the text, select Go To from the Edit menu, select Endnote or Footnote , and then the footnote number. To edit a footnote or endnote, double-click on the placeholder in the text to open the footnote/endnote window. (You can also open the window by selecting Footnotes from the View menu.) To delete a footnote, delete its marker in the body of your text, not in the footnotes area. To avoid printing endnotes for a section of your document, go to the File menu, select Page Setup... and then Layout . Check the Suppress Endnotes box.
The Table of Contents
Lengthy documents often require a table of contents (TOC). You can use your document's headings as TOC entries or create custom entries in TOC fields. Once you've defined entries, you can create the TOC.
Creating Heading Entries
You can create TOC entries by applying heading styles to existing paragraphs. You can apply heading styles in any view, but it's especially easy in Outline view (discussed earlier). The headings become entries in your table of contents.
To make a block of text a Heading Entry for your TOC, select it, and then from the Style menu on the formatting toolbar, select Heading 1 (or Heading 2-9). Word marks the selected text as a heading and gives it the style defined for that heading.
Creating the Table of Contents
After you have created the headings, click in the document where you want the table to print. From the Insert menu, select Reference and Index and Tables . Click the Table of Contents tab. Make any changes to the format that you like, and select OK . To update an existing Table of Contents, perhaps after adding additional headings or making revisions that would change the page numbers, right-click anywhere in the Table of Contents and choose Update Field .
Creating a List of Figures, Tables, etc.
You can create custom styles for your figure captions, table caption, abbreviations, etc. and then use these styles to automatically generate the appropriate list. Create the style using the instructions given in the Styles section, and use it to format each table or figure heading. Choose Insert - Reference - Index and Tables and click the Table of Figures tab. Click the Options button to select your custom style from the style list that appears. Make appropriate formatting changes, and click OK to insert the table.
Timesaving Tricks
Bookmarks
You can use bookmarks to move quickly to a specific location in a long document. To create a bookmark, put your cursor where you want it to appear, or select a block of text. From the Insert menu, select Bookmark. Type a name in the Bookmark name box, and click the Add button. To use the bookmark, select Go To from the Edit menu. Under Go To What , select Bookmark, and select the bookmark name from the list.
Selection Shortcuts
Table1.Selection Shortcuts
To Select This: |
Do This: |
A Custom Selection |
Click once to place the I-beam at the start of the text you want. Move the I-beam to the end of the text, hold down the <Shift> key, and click again. |
Word |
Double-click on the word. |
Sentence |
Press the <Ctrl> key and click in the sentence. |
Line |
Place the pointer in the left margin beside the line and click. |
Paragraph |
Place the pointer in the left margin beside the paragraph and double-click. |
Document |
Hold down the <Ctrl> key and type <A> . |
Other Products and Further Help
There are plenty of other products out there you can use along with Word to ease the thesis writing process.
For bibliographic help, take a look at Endnote by ISI ResearchSoft. You can use Endnote to search bibliographies on the Internet, organize references, and create bibliographies automatically in Word. For more information, see http://www.endnote.com.
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