Checking Page Number Placement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS PAGE

CHECKING PAGE NUMBER PLACEMENT

COPYING AND PASTING A TEMPLATE

CENTERING THE COPYRIGHT PAGE

STARTING THE ABSTRACT WITH PAGE “v”

STARTING THE DISSERTATION TEXT WITH PAGE “1”

USING THE AUTOMATIC TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOC)

CHECKING PAGE NUMBER PLACEMENT

Click on the page number at the bottom of the page until the “Header & Footer Tools” appear in the top toolbar.

Check that “Footer from Bottom:” is set to .5. If not, update the placement to .5.

COPYING AND PASTING A TEMPLATE

Open the dissertation and insert a blank page where you want the template.

Visit to download the templates available for the Title Page, Copyright page, and Committee Member Page.

Open the template and select Home  Select Select All or press CTRL A

Press CTRL C or right click your mouse and select copy.

In the blank page of your dissertation, go to Home  Paste “Keep Source Formatting (K)”

CENTERING THE COPYRIGHT PAGE

NOTE: CGS recommends students use the template provided online at . See steps above for pasting a template into your document.

Highlight the text. Go to Page Layout  Page Setup.

Select the “Layout” tab.
Select “Center” for Page: Vertical Alignment.
Select “Selected Sections: for Preview: Apply to

STARTING THE ABSTRACT WITH PAGE “v”

Insert Page Number Format Page Numbers

Select “i,ii,iii” for Number Format and select “v” for Page numbering: Start at:

STARTING THE DISSERTATION TEXT WITH PAGE “1”

Go to the first page of dissertation text.

Click in the footer area until the “Header & Footer Tools” tab appears.

Uncheck “Link to Previous”

Insert Page Number Format Page Numbers

Select “1,2,3” for Number Format and select “1” for Page numbering: Start at:

USING THE AUTOMATIC TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOC)

NOTE: It is much easier to implement the automatic table of contents (TOC) at the start of your dissertation process. However, it can be implemented at the end.

Go to the “References Tab”, select Table of Contents, and then select Automatic Table 3

Update the automatic Table of Contents title to centered, all capitalization, black Times New Roman size 12 font, and unbold.

Add the headings CONTENTS and PAGE

Highlight a line of text in your document. select the “Home” tab, right click on the “Normal” style. Select “Update Normal to Match Selection”

Go to the headings in your document. Highlight the heading text, select the “Home” tab, right click on the “Heading 1” style. Select “Update Heading 1 to Match Selection”

Highlight the titles of your subheadings, select the “Home” tab, and right click on the “Heading 2” style. Select “Update Heading 2 to Match Selection”. This process can be done again with Heading 3 if you have another level of subheadings.

Once your headings have been formatted, go to the top of the Table of Contents. Select the “Update Table of Contents” button. A dialog box will appear. Select “Update entire table” to add new headings or delete headings. Select “Update page numbers only” if your headings are already in place and only page numbers need to be updated.

Remember, the TOC should not include bold, italicized or underlined text. Some of the headings within your dissertation may be bold. The method above may add the bold text to your TOC. Once all TOC entries have been added, highlight all text in the TOC and unbold the text in the TOC.

If you continue to have issues with formatting, please contact CGS or the Writing Center for assistance.

College of Graduate Studies

Faculty Center, Rm. 178

Phone: 361.825.2177

Email:

Center for Academic Student Achievement (CASA) Writing Center

Glasscock Center, Room 112

Phone: 361.825.5933

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