Professional Thesis Presentation (Sp)

This book provides students, researchers or anyone writing a long document, with wordprocessing techniques that will enable them to manage the document effectively and present a high-quality document ready for publication.

Using the techniques in this book will save you hours of valuable time that may be otherwise spent grappling with formatting and the technical aspects of preparing a long document.

This book provides readers with an example of what they might achieve following the authors’ guidelines, since it has been published directly from the manuscript they submitted.

1. Thesis and book writing overview
2. Security
3. Creating a template
4. Headings
5. Including graphics and tables
6. Bookmarks, cross-referencing, footnotes and endnotes
7. The bibliography/reference list
8. Planning the master document
9. Creating a master document in Microsoft Word 2003
10. Further editing tools
11. Portable document printing (PDF)
12. Conclusion

Index

• Jargon-free text
• Tutorials with built-in interactive lessons, which lead you, step-by-step, through various activities using Microsoft Word.
• Detailed guidelines for formatting headings, headers/footers, page numbering, tables, referencing, footnotes, endnotes, bibliographies, master documents, templates and file security.
  

The authors have both had many years of experience in teaching and desktop publishing. Their interest in the area of long documents or thesis writing using a wordprocessor comes from personal experience as authors and thesis supervisors.

Ken Benn is a writer and runs his own business.

Cheryl Benn is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences at Massey University, Palmerston North.