But typing a dissertation still takes plenty of time and patience, and knowledge of both Winword and the Graduate School requirements. For the class, we provide a disk that includes a copy of this handout file, a sample dissertation, a file containing the preliminary pages, and a Microsoft Word template for Umass theses and dissertations. The sample dissertation is called Thesis6 the preliminary pages file is called Prelim6 the template is called Umass . Later you can copy all the chapters together into one file for doing the Table of Contents. Move down in the list until you can select Umass use the styles in the Umass style sheet by applying the appropriate styles to any text you have already typed and all the text you type from now on.
Courier is a non-proportional font.
There are 3 different styles of headings and corresponding forms of Table of Contents illustrated in the Guidelines . The version used in my template avoids the numbering or lettering of sections, and thus avoids the potential for errors in numbering or lettering sequences. To create a practice Table of Contents . Right align page numbers the necessary number of levels showing are all chosen. Then click on OK .