Helpsheets by Topic

Review all the features of your thesis, project or extended essays, 3-Steps to Submission. For specific help, here are single topic helpsheets

General features and glitch fixing

• Final Tidying for Professional-looking Theses/project reports/essays
• Disappearing referenc lists, ToC, page numbers, etc. - field codes and their effects
• The Best Margins - on screen and in print
• Debugging/Setting up Differential Page Numbering in MSWord
• Document Too Long? Helpful hints

Specialized formats

• Extended Essays Formatting Guide (see also template)

Preliminary pages

• Frontispiece Set-up (PDF) - how to add a picture to face your title page
• Approval pages and their variations [link to page]
• Abstract Editing Hints (pdf file)
• Keywords and subject terms for the abstract page:  Keywords, Subject Terms and Call numbers: How-to Guide. (pdf)
• Two Ways to Create Tables of Contents/Lists of Figures, etc.

Fonts, graphics and graphic quality

• Font Selection for Clarity Style and Size (pdf file)
• Colour Graphics and Print Quality (pdf file)
• Adding PDF pages to an MSWord document (pdf file)

Footnotes and referencing

• Footnote Tip (pdf file)
• Chapter-based Footnote Numbering (pdf file) - Setting up footnote numbering to start at "1" with each chapter
• Creating a Bibliography from Footnote References (pdf file)
• Cleaning and Sorting References (pdf file)

Specialized and large pages

• Fall 2006 Change to Landscape Page Requirements: Easier to do. Read this first!
• Optional: How to Create Landscape Pages
• Fanfold 11x17 page setup
• How to Fan-Fold Large Pages (pdf file)

Printing tips, including LaTeX and PDFs

• Printing Select Sections (pdf file)
• Printing, scaling and A4 paper problems - LaTeX and MS Word (pdf file)
• Need to PDF your thesis or a few pages of it? Don't have Adobe? Search the web for free PDF maker software. Here's one: http://www.cutepdf.com