Formatting A Thesis

Prepare a thesis, facilitating your writing and aiming at an excellent result

What you'll learn

Structure and content of a thesis

Create captions of photos, figures, tables, equations with automatic numbering

Cross reference of numbered items with automatic update of their numbering

Create contents

Requirements

Patience, attention to detail and passion for accuracy

Microsoft Office Word

Description

We read so many books in our life, but we never pay attention to their structure. We have the experience to use a book, we can even judge whether a book is messy and difficult to read, but we cannot apply that experience to create one. Hence, when we are forced to write a thesis, a great headache begins. Even if we know the subject we are going to write about, better than anyone else, preparing an entire book from scratch seems impossible. I have been through this process three times in my life. Now, looking back on my first two theses, I see so many mistakes and I realise that I could not have avoided them, given that I did not have the proper experience.This course presents some tips to guide you to start creating your own thesis that will lead you to the graduation. Let me share with you what I learned through these three attempts of my life, how to use important tools to make your work easier, enabling you to update your content automatically, without wasting valuable time. Learn how to structure your thesis, what essential topics to include and how to present your Chapters. Get the confidence you need to start this journey. Once you write the first Chapters, you will be fascinated by the result.

Overview

Section 1: INTRODUCTION AND COMMON MISTAKES

Lecture 1 Introduction and first example

Lecture 2 Second example

Lecture 3 Third example

Section 2: FORMAT

Lecture 4 Header and Footer

Lecture 5 Margins

Lecture 6 Headings

Lecture 7 Styles

Section 3: NUMBERED ITEMS

Lecture 8 Photos and Figures

Lecture 9 Tables

Lecture 10 Equations

Section 4: CITATIONS

Lecture 11 Components of citations

Lecture 12 Citations in a thesis

Lecture 13 Create and insert citations

Section 5: CAPTIONS AND CROSS REFERENCES

Lecture 14 Captions

Lecture 15 Cross references

Lecture 16 Cross references of headings and contents

Section 6: FIRST PAGES OF THE THESIS

Lecture 17 Cover and inner cover

Lecture 18 Preface and abstract

Lecture 19 Contents

Section 7: STRUCTURE OF THESIS

Lecture 20 Chapters 1 and 2

Lecture 21 Other chapters

Lecture 22 Last chapter and closure

Section 8: EXTENDED ABSTRACT

Lecture 23 Extended abstract (optional)

Graduate, post-graduate Students, PhD candidates,Anyone who wants to write a report, an essay, a thesis, or a dissertation