Word processors, in addition to offering ease of correcting and setting margins, also can do some of the tedious work for you, such as numbering and keeping track of footnotes, and creating a Table of Contents. But typing a dissertation still takes plenty of time and patience, and knowledge of both Winword and the Graduate School requirements. Later you can copy all the chapters together into one file for doing the Table of Contents. Under the FILE menu, select Templates . Then click on the Attach button.
Word presents the available templates.
Click Automatically Update Document Styles Click OK Use the styles in the Umass template 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. You have to set the Page Setup yourself, even if you use the Umass template, because templates determine the styles of paragraphs, not the document as a whole. Paragraphs in the text of chapters, appendices, etc. Check the font to be sure it is the same typeface and size as you are using for the text in your thesis.