Make your changes, click OK, OK again, and they'll be implemented. You can also choose from other options for example, to italicise the text, or underline it – all the usual formatting stuff, which works just as it does elsewhere in Word. Now click the Modify button below, and you can select a new font and font size under formatting. In case you didn't or it hasn't, you'll have to scroll through the 'Select a style to edit' menu, find it and select. As long as you've highlighted your footnote text before visiting this menu as we noted in the last paragraph, Word will automatically have selected Footnote Text (Hide Until Used). Go to the bottom of the Styles box which has popped up, and click the third icon from the left which is Manage Styles.
This brings up the full Styles menu, which grants access to the hidden bits including footnote editing. Now go back to the Home tab on the top menu, and under Styles in the Ribbon, at the bottom right there's a tiny little button you can click (see the screenshot at the top of this article) or you can use the keyboard shortcut which is Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S. If captions need to include the chapter number, define a multi-level list ( Automatic Numbering ).To change the font of the footnote, first of all highlight your footnote text with the cursor.If headings need to be numbered (for example, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, etc.), define a multi-level list ( Automatic Numbering).Define styles for Headings 1-3, Normal, Captions, and Quotes – these are most common you may need others ( Working with Styles).Set the margins including the two-inch margin for chapters titles ( Setting Margins).The bulk of this document revolves around the use of styles.
Deleting these can affect Style formatting, page numbering, and other aspects of your document. Be sure to toggle the visibility of non-printing characters, so you can see how your document is being formatted, and you can better avoid accidentally deleting section and page breaks.Share your file(s) with your advisors using Tracked Changes ( Commenting and Reviewing ).
Frequently switching between Mac and Windows can sometimes introduce odd problems.
Try to avoid switching between platforms as you work on your document.Save early, save often, and create backup versions as you go along.Merging Comments and Changes into One Document.Create Automatic Lists of Figures, Tables and Equations.Adding Page Numbers to the Landscape Pages.Breaking the connection between sections.Using sections to control page numbering.Adding page numbers general information.Using Images, Charts and Other Non-Text Objects.Word for Dissertation Content and Resources Visit this link to learn more and to download Office to your own computer.
Please note that, as a University of Michigan student, you have free access to the Microsoft Office suite of tools - including Microsoft Word. Many of the settings discussed in this Guide are already included in that document. To save yourself time and effort, please consider using our Dissertation Template (link available in the box to the right). While we do follow the requirements from Rackham’s formatting guidelines to demonstrate the tools, in the end, you are responsible for verifying that your document meets the requirements that Rackham sets.
To meet Rackham’s Dissertation Formatting Guidelines – as well as any set by your school or department – you will need to modify the default, standard Word document. This online guide is intended to show you how to use the tools to make the necessary modifications. Students at the University of Michigan are also encouraged to contact the experts at the Library's ScholarSpace anytime you run into a problem or have a question. The earlier you begin to use these tools, the more time you'll save and the less stress you'll have as your submission deadline approaches. But using the special features described in this Guide will save you a great deal of work, particularly if you use our template.
Formatting your dissertation (or thesis) will likely take more time than you expect.