Word 2003 Template for Graduate Thesis

							Word 2003 Template for Graduate Thesis

What is the Thesis template?

CSD has made available a Microsoft Word 2003 template to help Postgraduates
students with the layout of their thesis.

It is accessed from within Microsoft Word 2003 on the Managed Windows Service
(MWS).

It contains place holders, styles and formatting information to help Postgraduate
students produce a document that has a consistent style and formatting.

The template can be personalised and guidance on some of the Word features that
might be useful when creating your thesis is also given.

The template contains an AutoText entry which when inserted will produce an
example thesis. This example thesis demonstrates and explains some of the features
and techniques that you may find useful when producing your own thesis, such as:

      Indexes, Tables of Contents, Figures or Authorities.
      Captions to figures and tables etc.
      Cross-references, Endnotes and Footnotes.
      How to use the Formatting Styles in the template and create Bulleted and
       Numbered Lists
      Adding Headers and Footers

It also contains, in, some of the rules on the preparation of a thesis taken from the

Full regulations concerning the presentation of PhD theses can be found in Appendix
1 of the Graduate School’s, Postgraduate Handbook. The handbook is available on
line http://www.liv.ac.uk/gradschool/pgrhandbook/page_01.htm. You will also find a
copy of these notes in Chapter 2. Please note that the copy of the notes in Chapter 2
may be out of date.



All students should ensure that they also consult their supervisor(s) about the
presentation of their theses.

To Access the Postgraduate Thesis template:


   1. On the MWS open Microsoft Word 2003
   2. On the File menu, click New.
   3. In the New Document task pane, under Templates, click On my computer




   4. In the Templates box click on the General Tab
   5. Choose UoL_PG_Thesis.dot then click OK.




A new document is created based on the UoL_PG_Thesis template. The instructions
for personalizing and using the thesis are given in the example thesis.

Follow the instructions in the template on how To create your example thesis

Note: any references in the document to "UoL Thesis.dot" now refers to
UoL_PG_Thesis.dot

To create your example thesis

The template contains an AutoText entry which when inserted will produce an
example thesis. This example thesis demonstrates some of the features and techniques
that you may find useful when producing your own thesis.

Note: When you insert the AutoText entry and create the example thesis it will
replace the text in the template.

      Open a new document based on the thesis template UoL_PG_Thesis.dot as
       described above
      Hold down the Ctrl key and press A to select the entire document.
      On the Insert menu, point to AutoText, and then point to Title Cover
       Click on Thesis example to insert the example text.
       If you are asked if you want to update the Table of Contents click Cancel

To save your example thesis

Save or print the example thesis for reference when personalizing your template and
producing your thesis document.

       On the File menu, click Save.
       In the Save In: list box navigate to where you want to save the file.
       In the File name box, enter a name for the file e.g. examplethesis.doc
       In the Save as type box, make sure Word Document (*.doc) is selected.
       Click Save .

How to access the template away from the campus
You can download and save the template from the CSD web page
http://www.liv.ac.uk/csd/software/office/word/thesis/download.htm and then copy it
to the Microsoft templates folder on a non-MWS PC

Where to save the Template file to a home / non-MWS machine

   1. To locate the templates folder on the home PC open Microsoft Word.
   2. Select Options from the Tools menu.
   3. Click on the File Location tab
   4. Click on User Templates to highlight it.
   5. To view the full location path; click the Modify button then click on the down
      arrow beside the Look In box to see the location of the templates folder.
      Depending on the version of Microsoft Windows and Word on the PC, it's
      usual location is C:\Documents and Settings\YourUsername\Application
      Data\Microsoft\Templates.
   6. Make a note of the path, then click Cancel then Close to close the Options
      dialogue box.

To copy the Template file to the templates folder

   1. Open Windows Explorer or My Computer
   2. Navigate to where you have saved UoL_PG_Thesis.dot
   3. Click the file UoL_PG_Thesis.dot

   4. Click on the Copy To button        or select Copy to Folder from the Edit menu
   5. In Copy Items, select the drive or folder you want to copy to, and then click
      Copy.

Note: Do not change the name of the template when you save it to the template folder
as you will lose the AutoText entry that holds the instructions.