If you’re starting to work on your thesis or dissertation this semester, you’ll save a lot of time and avoid frustration by using the ETDR Word template. Graduate students are required to submit their theses and dissertations electronically, and the template contains all the formatting required by the Graduate School.
In addition, the template contains several time-saving features, such as automatically creating the table of contents and caption numbers. The template makes use of the “styles” feature in Word. If “styles” is new to you, read about it on the ETDR website or make an appointment with an ETDR consultant at the IT Help Desk to review “styles” and use of the ETDR template.
An overview session may also be scheduled for groups of students in individual departments. Contact Marty Courtois (courtois@k-state.edu, 785-532-4428) for details.
Even if you’re just getting started writing your proposal, using the template from the very beginning will save hours of time as you edit and revise. Students who used the template from the earliest stages of their writing invariably tell us how smoothly the process went (and how grateful they were to find the template and the free consulting help).
By all means, avoid writing your ETDR in a separate document and then trying to apply the template at the very end. Students who did that tell us how frustrating it is, especially when they see how much time they could have saved.
