UKM GRADUATE CENTRE WORKSHOP SERIES 12/2015 : MS WORD FOR THESIS
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This workshop is open to ONLY 36 participants. To secure your place, it is advisable to make the payment as soon as possible after registering in this google form because confirmation is on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.
Date: 4th June 2015
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Fee: RM 50.00
Venue: Training Room, Graduate Centre UKM
Please kindly make your payment at our counter at Block B, Level 3 of the UKM Graduate Centre. Unfortunately, all payments must be done manually as our online payment system is yet to be operational. We apologise for the inconvenience.
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The UKM Graduate Centre
MS WORD FOR THESIS
Synopsis
Writing a thesis is an important skill. It is produced as a proof of a research work. It is a once in a life time experience should you decide to embark on the thesis journey. Thus it is essential to place certain level of care and attention to the details while writing a thesis. This document is not quite the same as a normal research report or research publication. The student has to produce only one thesis. Sometimes, a thesis is a combination of several published papers. Therefore, the student/writer must be aware of the relationship of one particular chapter/paper to another as stated in the thesis guidelines.
The standard writing software commonly used is MS Word from MS Office. Therefore, this workshop is designed to emphasize the usage of important utilities in MS Word to expedite thesis writing. Simultaneously, some tips to speed up searching connection will be highlighted. These fundamental skills will ensure the thesis is written in the form recommended by the regulations of the university. This is done by implementing proper styling using MS Word Template (i.e. filename.dotx). In addition, some of the utilities in MS Word are dedicated for thesis writing will be detailed out i.e. APA Styles, Chapter numbering, Section Break and Field Codes. It is assumed that the participant have an intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word prior to this workshop. The important items are will be elaborated in 18 chapters covering aspect of thesis writing shown in the list of content. It is hope by using this skills, the student can concentrate to the content than the format of the thesis. The approach of the workshops towards producing the document called thesis in one single file.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: BACKUP, AUTOSAVE AND CLOUD STORAGE
CHAPTER 3: MS WORD TEMPLATES (DOTX)
CHAPTER 4: PAGE BREAK AND SECTION BREAK
CHAPTER 5: PAGE NUMBERING
CHAPTER 6: THE STRUCTURE OF LARGE DOCUMENT
CHAPTER 7: CREATING YOUR OWN STYLES
CHAPTER 8: APPLYING AND MODIFYING TEMPLATE AND STYLES
CHAPTER 9: ATTACHING AND UPDATING TEMPLATE
CHAPTER 10: QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR AND SHORCUT KEY
CHAPTER 11: INSERT CAPTIONS
CHAPTER 12: RULE OF FIELDS MARKERS
CHAPTER 13: INSERTING CHAPTER(S)
CHAPTER 14: INSERTING TITLE IN HEADER AND FOOTER
CHAPTER 15: TABLE OF CONTENTS AND OUTLINE LEVEL
CHAPTER 16: CREATING INDEX AND BOOKMARK
CHAPTER 17: CROSS REFERENCING AND CITING
CHAPTER 18: SIMULATION AND MANAGING LARGE FILES.