University of Southampton thesis end matter template for use with Word 2007/2010/2013/2016 (PC) and Word 2008/2011/2016 (Mac)

This template covers the final sections of a thesis - appendices, glossary, list of references and bibliography. Support materials for using the template are referenced near the start of the file. You will want to use this in conjunction with the Front Matter http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/9405/ and Chapter http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/9403/ templates.

Using Macs at WSA (basics)

Materials on creating files and folders on the Mac Operating System (10.5 / Leopard). Creating folders to organise your files is very important, this will help you to keep track of your work, create simple backups (making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.) and much much more. Whatever computer you like using, they all work on the basic principle of using folders to organise files. Files and folder should have meaningful names do not use special Characters like £$%&! and never use a ‘.’ except before a file extension. It is best to start creating your folders in the documents (or my documents) folder and not on your desktop, it gets untidy.

Scanning Images

Sometimes you may need to scan in photographs, books or magazines. Scanning is the easy part but making sure your settings are right is the important part. Scan at 300dpi to the size you need to print A4 scanner but you need A3 print - no problem scan at 600dpi Always scan as a TIFF file format as this will give you a non compressed source to work from.

Getting images from a Digital Camera

Getting images from a Digital Camera is pretty straight forward. However this is the easy part, its getting the right image and making sure your digital file is good enough for your output. Set you camera or mobile phone to the highest settings, this will give you more options when you come to manipulate or edit the file Remember to make copies of files for editing so you can always return to your original image if you need too

Digital Collector (collecting as research)

Videos, text and links on how to get files from various sources from screen, webpage, digital cameras etc.

Connected to Shared Drive Video demo

Staff only video on connecting to WSA Shared from a Mac. ***Note you must be on a secure connection - this means either a wired (ethernet) cable at work or connected to VPN for VPN support call Serviceline.

Usability testing on EdShare

The first set of Usability testing on EdShare (7th June). Tests where carried out using Silverback on the Mac. This is unedited footage - Each video is around 20minutes long.

Setting up New Managed Printers

Video guides for Staff and Students on how to set up the Konica Minolta Managed Printers at WSA using a Mac Lion and Snow Leopard. Support is provided by iSolutions and Serviceline on x25656

University of Southampton thesis template for use with MS Word 2003 (PC) and 2004 (Apple)

This template is for use with both Word 2003 (PC) and Word 2004 (Apple Mac). It provides a structure and format that meets with the University's Quality requirements for a thesis. The template has mirror margins set up to allow for double-sided printing. It is not compulsory to use the template when writing a thesis. but it's use will make your thesis well presented and should save you a lot of time and effort. Since Office 2003/2004 are no longer the supported versions of Office used at the University there are no supporting videos.

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.

How do I set up Landscape sections in a Word thesis?

This video shows how to create a Landscape Section in a Word 2010 file. Users of Word 2013 will find the steps almost identical. Users of Word 2011 for Mac will find this useful, steps can be found in the Word 2011 Sections manual. See how to: • Create a Landscape section • Set up margins for the Landscape section • Create Headers and Footers that retain the orientation of the text in Portrait section

How do I set up Headers and Footers in a Word thesis?

This video shows how to: • Set up Headers for each section, on the outside edge for both odd and even pages • Set up Footers with Page Numbering, on the outside edge for both odd and even pages Although this video shows the steps in Word 2010, the steps are virtually the same in Word 2013. Those using Word 2011 for Mac will find this useful and can find the details of where buttons are located in the Word Section manual.

How do I set up my thesis so it meets the University's Page Setup regulations for paper size and margins?

This video shows how to ensure the document: • has mirror margins that alternate on left and right hand pages • is A4 in size • has margins that are in-line with the regulations • has its major sections starting on the right hand (odd numbered) page Although this video shows how to perform these tasks in Word 2010, they are virtually identical in Word 2013. In Word 2011 for Mac the steps are very similar and precise details can be found in the Word 2011 Sections manual.