This verification needs to be done at every session with the computer. Make or buy a template utilizing the margin settings specified elsewhere in these guidelines. Double-check your template with a ruler to ensure the measurements are correct. This tool is quite useful in measuring your page margins and page number placements. Secure boxes to pack your dissertation well ahead of time.
Boxes become scarce around deadline time.
Proper packaging of your dissertation is extremely important. Triple space and begin with a concise statement that may continue on a second page if it doesn't exceed 350 words. UMI now requires that doctoral candidates include this information. The abstract does not have to be bound with the dissertation, but will be published by University Microfilms in Dissertation Abstracts. Double space your abstract.