This verification needs to be done at every session with the computer. Make or buy a template modeled after the dimensions page elsewhere in these guidelines. Double-check your template with a ruler to ensure the measurements are correct. This method is quite useful in measuring your page margins and page number placements. Obtain boxes in which to pack your thesis well ahead of time.
Boxes become scarce around deadline time.
Proper packaging of your thesis is extremely important. Make backup copies of your thesis on diskette. Allow for limitations of ink-jet printers, which sometimes cannot print page numbers at the inch location.