Electronic theses and dissertations at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech has been depositing e-theses for over a decade and is a leader in the field. University of Southampton introduced e-thesis deposit in the academic session 2008-09

Maps, figures and photos for theses

This PowerPoint outlines the main points that you need to consider when adding figures to your thesis, including resolution, file format and copyright.

Including Figures in your Thesis

This 10-minute video shows you how you can include image files in your thesis. By using the University template and special styles, you will be able to automate their numbering and references to them in the text, as well as generate tables of figures.

Combining Thesis Chapters but restarting footnote numbering every chapter

This 3-minute video shows you how to combine chapters of your thesis but force footnotes to be numbered from 1 within each chapter.

How to convert a Word file to PDF using Adobe Acrobat on an iSolutions workstation.

This PowerPoint provides a step-by-step guide to the process of converting a document (such as your thesis) from Word to PDF.

A guide to making your e-thesis available

This 10-minute presentation introduces e-theses, outlines their benefits and the issues they raise and describes the process requird to create and submit them. It is available as an Adobe Presenter slideshow, as an MP4 video and as a YouTube video with optional captions for accessibility.

Modifying styles in MS Word 2011 for Apple computers

Applying Styles gives your document formatting consistency, but if you don't like how a Style looks then Modify the style to suit your need. Learn how to change font and paragraph attributes of Styles. For best viewing Download the video.

Viewing and Using the Style Area Pane in MS Word 2010 (PC)

Seeing the underlying style of each paragraph can be useful when proofing the formatting of your file. This view shows how to see the Style Area Pane. For best viewing Download the video.

Using Heading styles in the University of Southampton's thesis template for MS Word 2011 for Apple computers

This will probably be the most useful and time-saving thing you can do when writing a thesis. Using Heading styles in your thesis will not only create a series of sequentially numbered, consistently formatted headings and subheadings, it will also allow you to make a refreshable Table of Contents and make the most out of Word’s Document Map. For best viewing Download the video.

Using Find and Replace in MS Word 2011 for Apple

Finding and replacing text in a document can save time when you need to make corrections to a word throughout your file. For best viewing Download the video.

How to use styles when writing your thesis in MS Word 2011 (Mac) Manual

Writing your thesis will be made a whole lot easier if you learn to use styles. This document is written to show you how to create a consistent looking file with a table of contents. It makes considerable reference to the new University thesis template which can be downloaded from the same site as this manual.

How to use styles when writing your thesis in MS Word 2010 (PC) Manual

Writing your thesis will be made a whole lot easier if you learn to use styles. This document is written to show you how to create a consistent looking file with a table of contents. It makes considerable reference to the new University thesis template which can be downloaded from the same site as this manual.

Using Tables in MS Word 2011 (Mac) Manual

Tabulating data when writing your thesis will make it easier to read and understand. This manual shows you how to use tables in Word 2011 for Apple Mac.

Using Tables in MS Word 2010 (PC) Manual

Tabulating data when writing your thesis will make it easier to read and understand. This manual shows you how to use tables in Word 2010 for PC

Adding pictures, SmartArt and drawings to a thesis in MS Word 2010 (PC) Manual

Adding illustrations can make it much easier to make a point in a thesis. Download this manual on how in insert pictures, insert SmartArt (a selection of pre-defined diagram types) and draw your own diagram with shapes in MS Word 2010. The guide also shows you how to create a Table of Figures in the thesis.