Thesis Formatting

In the Figure above, you will see the styles section of your word document. Below you will see the expanded style bar in word. This is the default styles that word has. Heading 1 is your primary heading (Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Appendix A, Abstract, etc.). Heading 2 is your subheadings (Section 1.1, Section 1.2, Section A.1, etc.). As you can imagine, Heading 3 is for you sub-subheadings (Section 1.1.1, Section 1.1.2, etc.).

The challenge with word headings is that the default may not be what you want it to look like. The blue 16pt font is not for everyone. You can change this. Start by writing out a word and formatting it with the appropriate font, colour, and size. For example, for my Chapter titles, I want 18pt Times New Roman and bold. To do this, I do the following:

• Write a word (e.g., "Introduction") in your word document.
• Set the font (e.g., "Times New Roman").
• Set the font size (e.g., "18pt").
• Set the font attribute (e.g., "Bold").

Once you have set this, select the word, right click on "Heading 1" in your styles and select "Update Heading 1 to Match Selection" (see Figure Below). Repeat this process for all the headings you are using (i.e., Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, and even Caption for your figure/table captions.

You may want your chapter name to be "Chapter 1 Introduction" and your subheadings to be "1.1 What is a MOF" and your sub-subheading to be "1.1.1 What is a node". To do this, start by defining a new multilevel list (see Figure).

You will get a new window (see Figure below) that shows up. In this window, you can define how you want each heading to appear in your thesis. For each list level, you can define the formatting. For example:

• To change Heading 1 to say "Chapter 1":
• Select level 1 from the top left hand selection.
• In the area that says "Enter Formatting for number:" type "Chapter".
• In the "Number style for this level:" select "1, 2, 3, ...".
• Select ok if you are done.

• To change Heading 2 to say "X.Y" (Where X referes to the chapter number and Y refers to the subheading number):
• Select level 2 from the top left hand selection.
• Clear the area that says "Enter Formatting for number:".
• In the area that says "Include level number from:" select "Level 1".
• Add a period after the 1 in "Enter formatting for number:"
• In the "Number style for this level:" select "1, 2, 3, ...".
• Select ok if you are done.

• To change Heading 3 to say "X.Y.Z" (Where X referes to the chapter number and Y refers to the subheading number and Z refers to your sub-subheading number):
• Select level 3 from the top left hand selection.
• Clear the area that says "Enter Formatting for number:".
• In the area that says "Include level number from:" select "Level 1".
• Add a period after the 1 in "Enter formatting for number:"
• In the area that says "Include level number from:" select "Level 2".
• Add a period after the 1 in "Enter formatting for number:"
• In the "Number style for this level:" select "1, 2, 3, ...".
• Select ok if you are done.

You can also change your font, font size, and font attribute for this (select the "Font" Button). I would keep the same font, font size, and font attribute that you use in your heading definition. You can also change your indentation and alignment to fit your requirements (Edit in the Position section at the end). When you are done, you should see a new list (see Figure below).

Now every time you create a heading, you can set the new custom list you created (see Figure below). If your sub-heading are coming out as "Chapter 2", then just click onto the word "Chapter 2" and use the tab to shift from section to sub-section, or shift+tab to shift from sub-section to section.

Once you have inserted your figure or made your table, you need to add a caption. Under the "References" tab, you will see the "Insert Caption button". When you click on it, you will see the Caption dialogue box. Here you can select if it's a Figure/Table/Equation, or you can create a "New Label". You can select your numbering style. Once you are happy with your caption you can insert it by clicking "OK". Note that you don't have to type in the caption here. you can just insert "Figure 1" and then add the text afterwards.

If you don't like the default font size/colour/etc for Figure or Table captions, then under the "Home" tab, you can right click on the caption style, and select "Modify". This will bring up the "Modify Style" dialogue. You can now change the formatting style to the style you want, and then select "Automatically update" (if you wish) or click ok and then select the figure caption and then click Caption in the styles tab.

Alternatively, you can format the caption text as you would want, and use the "update Caption to Match Selection" option when you right click on "caption" in the styles sheet. The Figure below demonstrates these options.

Now that you have a Figure/Table caption in your document, you want to insert a reference to it inside the main text. This will help ensure that if you add new Figures/Tables, then you won't accidently point your reader to "Figure 2" when you meant "Figure 3".

In the "References" tab, select cross-reference. This will bring up the "cross-reference" dialogue box. Under reference type, select Figure/Table (or other if you have other types of references) and then select "only label and number" for your "insert reference to:" option. This will ensure that the text will only include the word "Figure 1" and not "Figure 1: an example of a tall building that Superman could leap over." Then click insert and your cross reference is complete.

Now that you have completed your document, you may want to add a Table of Tables or a Table of Figures (i.e., a table of content for your tables/figures). If you have captioned all your figures/tables correctly, then this is easy.

In the "References" tab, select "Insert Table of Figures". This will bring up the "Table of Figures" dialogue box. You edit how the table of figures will be formatted here. You can select "Figure" or "Table" from the "Caption label" box in order to create a list of tables or figures. If you want to modify the title of the table, then click on Modify and that will give you control over the formatting of the table of content. Once you click ok, a table of Figures/Tables will be created.

If you make changes to your text and a figure is added/removed or shifted to a differnt page, then you can right click on the table and select "Update Field" and then "update entire table." This will update the caption and the page number. I prefer doing this in case you change a caption but forget.

In order to apply page numbers correctly, we need to start by sectioning off the document. You want your title page to be one section, your frontmatter to be one section, and the remaining document to be the third section; there may be reasons to have additional sections. A section break is different than a page break. A page break simply says "I want to end this page here". A section break says "all the content after this page belongs to a different collection for this document."

Start by going to the end of a section. This could be the bottom of your title page, or the start of your frontmatter. It could also be the end of your frontmatter, or the start of Chapter 1. From the Layout tab, select "Breaks" and then select "Next page" in the "section" portion. This will section off the different parts.

Now that you have sectioned off your thesis, we can add page numbers. Under the "Insert" tab, you will find the "page number" option. Select your favourite type of page number. I prefer bottom right hand corner, which I assume is what you want to do.

We now want to format our page numbers.

• To change the frontmatter to roman numerals, select the page number, right click on the page number, and click on "Format Page Numbers". You should now be able to select roman numerals from the "Number Format" box. You should be able to select "Start at" and put in the number 1 in the box. This will start the current section at page 1, or page i in roman numerals.

• To change the body of the thesis to Arabic Numbers, select the page number, right click on the page number, and click on "Format Page Numbers". You should now be able to select arabic numerals from the "Number Format" box. You should be able to select "Start at" and put in the number 1 in the box. This will start the current section at page 1.



• For the title page, you don't want a page number. However, if you delete the page number in the first section, then all the page numbers get deleted. Instead, go to the first page of your thesis, select the page number in the footer (you may have to double click to get into the footer. Now, in the "Header & Footer" tab, select "Different First Page". Now the firs page of that section will not have a page number.

To insert a table of content, go to the part of your document where you want to insert the table of content. this is usually somewhere in your frontmatter. In the "References" tab, select "Table of Content" and select the type of table of content you want. If you want the table of content to show up as an item in your table of content, then select the title of your table of content and select "Heading 1" from the "styles" section in your "Home" tab. To update your table, click on "Update table" and select "Update entire table".