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Table of Contents1. How to Enable/ Disable Formatting Marks 32. How to Save Your Changes ...43. How to Set Margins ...54. How to Double Space Your Document .75. How to Adjust First-Line Indent .86. How to Add a Hanging Indent ..107. How to Insert Page and Section Breaks .128. How to Insert/ Modify Page Numbers in Your Front Matter .149. How to Insert/ Modify Page Numbers in Your Document Text 1710.How to Hide Page Number on Back Flyleaf 20


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How to Enable or DisableFormatting MarksViewing formatting marks within your paper

allows you to verify that the number of tabs,

spaces and paragraph markers are correct.

1. To do this, make sure you are in the Hometab.

2. Within the Home tab, click on theParagraph group.

3. Within the Paragraph group, click on theParagraph symbol. This will turn on the

formatting marks function.

4. To turn off this function, simply press theParagraph symbol again.


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How to Save Your Changes1. You will need to save your changes often.

To do this, click on the Windows symbol in

the upper left-hand corner.

2. Click on Save if you have already namedyour document or Save As if you want to

name or re-name your document.

3. If you choose Save As, be sure to selectWord Document in the next window beside

Save As.


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How to Set the Margins1. Click on the Page Layout tab.

2. Within the Page Setup group, click onMargins.

3. After clicking on Margins, click on CustomMargins at the bottom.

4. In the Page Setup window under theMargins tab are four margins: top, bottom,left and right. Below is what Page Setup

may look like with a default installation of

Microsoft Word.


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5. The margins for a WCU thesis should looklike the image below. Use the small up and

down arrows to the right of Top, Bottom,

Left, and Right to change your margin

values, or simply type the margin values into

the correct boxes to match the image below.

NOTE: Margin guidelines for dissertations are

available in theEd.D. Dissertation Manual

(Ed.D. in Educational Leadership Student

Handbook), Appendix E: Dissertation Check

Sheet.

6. At the bottom of the Margins tab, under thePreview section, select Whole Document

from the Apply to: drop-down menu.

7. Click once on the OK button to accept thechanges.
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How to Double Space theDocument1. If you are just starting your document,

please proceed to step 3.

2. If your document is already typed, holddown the control (or command if youre on

a Mac) button on the keyboard and type A.

This will Select All text within your

document.

3. Under the Home tab, in the Paragraphgroup,click on the Line Spacing icon.

4. Then click on 2.0.


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How to Adjust First-LineIndents1. Open your document if it is not already

open.

2. If you already have text and want to applyfirst line indents to every paragraph of your

paper: Hold down the Control button on

your keyboard and type A. This will Select

All your text.

3. Then click on the small arrow besideParagraph in the Home tab.

4. The Indents and Spacing tab shouldautomatically pop up. In the Indentation

section, choose First Line under the Special

drop-down menu. Make sure By: is 0.5.

5. Under the Spacing section in the Afterdrop-down menu, the Word 2007 default is

10 pts.

6. Click on the down arrow beside After: untilit reaches 0 pt.


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7. To make these changes permanent in yourdocument, click on Default.

8. ClickYes on the pop-up window.9. Click on OK to save your changes.To change the first-line indent of one specific

paragraph:

1. Open the View tab and click on Ruler insidethe Show/Hide group.

2. Click inside the paragraph you want tochange.

3. Then click and hold the top half of thehourglass symbol and drag it to the

desired point on the ruler. NOTE: Do not

click and drag the entire hourglass. The top

half of the hourglass will change the first

line only.


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How to Add a Hanging Indent1. Open your document if it is not already

open.

2. Enable your formatting marks (see How toEnable or Disable Formatting Marks).

3. Make sure your bibliographic entries do nothave any forced returns and indents but are

formatted as double-spaced block

paragraphs without extra space between

entries. Highlight all entries.

4. Then click on the small arrow beside theParagraph group in the Home tab.

5. The Indents and Spacing tab shouldautomatically pop up. Then, under the

Special drop-down box, click on Hanging.

6. Click on OK to save your changes.To add a hanging indent to one specific

paragraph:

1. Open the View tab and click on Ruler insidethe Show/Hide group.

2. Click inside the paragraph you want tochange.


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How to Insert Page and SectionBreaksThe Graduate School suggests that you create

the sections of your thesis/dissertation as

separate documents. Before you add your page

numbers, however, you must combine your

separate sections into one Word document by

cutting and pasting the text together. Once you

have done this, you will need to make various

section and page breaks. The following table

shows the various sections within your Front

Matter and the type of break you need to insert.

The Front Flyleaf and the Approval Sheet will

not be numbered. The Title Page is the first

numbered page, but the number is not visible.

The first section break will come at the end of

the Approval Sheet.

To add a regular Page Break:

If you want to add a page break but want to keep

the formatting the same as the previous pages,

you will need to add a regular page break.

1. Enable your formatting marks (see page 2).2. Place your cursor at the point in the page

where you would like to add a page break.

3. Under the Insert tab, click on Page Break.

To add a Next Page Section Break:

1. Enable your formatting marks.2. Place your cursor after the last character on

your Approval Sheet.

3. Under the Page Layout tab, click on thesmall arrow beside Breaks.


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4. Select Next Page from the drop-down menuunder Section Breaks.

A section break allows you to make changes to

the format of the upcoming section, such as

changing the page numbers.


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How to Insert/Modify PageNumbers in Your Front MatterMake sure your Next Page Section Breaks

match the table on page 10.

To add page numbers to the Front Matter,

pages prior to the body of your document:

1. Open your document.2. Make sure you have added a Next Page

Section Break at the end of your Approval

Sheet. This will allow you to start

numbering on the Title Page.

3. Go to the Title Page. Under the Insert tab,click on the Footer icon in the Header &

Footer group.

4. Click on Edit Footer from the drop-downmenu.

5. This will open a footer section on your TitlePage, as well as open the Design

Contextual Menu.


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6. Remaining on the Title Page, clickDifferent First Page and make sure Link to

Previous is NOT highlighted.

7. Go to the next page.8. Click inside the Footer to open the DesignContextual Menu. Select Page Number.

9. From the Page Number drop-down menu,choose Bottom of Page and then Plain

Number 2.

10.Return to the Page Number drop-downmenu and select Format Page Number.

11.Select the lower-case Roman numerals fromthe Number Format box.

12.Select Start At: and make sure the numberin the list box is a Roman numeral 1 (i).


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13.Click the OK button.14.A small Roman numeral 2 (ii) should appear

in the center of the Footer.

15.Check to make sure the font size is 12 andthe font is consistent with your text font.

16.Remember to save your changes!


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How to Insert/Modify PageNumbers in the Body of YourDocumentAt this point, your thesis/dissertation should bein one document, and if your guidelines require,

you should have added the lowercase Roman

numeralpage numbers to the Front Matter per

the instructions in the previous section.

REMINDER:Make sure there is a Next Page

Section Break on the last page of the Front

Matter, typically your Abstract. If this Section

Break is not present, changing from Roman

numerals to Arabic numerals will be impossible.

1. Move to the first page of the body of yourdocument. This may be the Introduction or

Chapter 1.

2. Under the Insert tab, click on the Headericon in the Header & Footer group.

3. Click on Edit Header from the drop-downmenu.

4. This will open a header section on your TitlePage, as well as open the Design

Contextual Menu.

If your guidelines do not require the first page of

your body text to start with 1, skip to step 7.


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5. Remaining on the first page of your bodytext, clickDifferent First Page and make

sure Link to Previous is NOT highlighted.

6. Go to the next page.7. Click inside the Header to open the Design

Contextual Menu. Select Page Number.

8. From the Page Number drop-down menu,choose Top of Page and then Plain

Number 3.

9. Return to the Page Number drop-downmenu and select Format Page Number.

10.Select 1, 2, 3 from the Number Formatdrop-down menu.


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11. If you are not starting at page 1, selectContinue from previous section under

Page numbering.

12. If you are starting at page one, select StartAt: and make sure to select the number one

(1) from the drop-down menu.

13.Click once on the OK button.14.Make sure the page numbers are at a 12-

point font size and that the font is consistent

with your text font. These functions can be

found under the Home tab under the Font

group.

15.Move to the header of the next page toensure that your page numbering continues

through to the end of your appendices.

16.Remember to save your changes!


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How to Hide the PageNumber on the Back FlyleafNOTE: If you have added the Back Flyleaf

at the end of your document, be sure that the

previous page has a Next Page Section

Break at the end.

1.Click on the header on the Back Flyleaf.2.Under the Page Layout section, click on the

small arrow next to the Page Setup tab.

3.On the pop-up window, check the box next toDifferent first page.

4.Click on the OK button.5.Under the Design section, make sure Link to

Previous is NOT highlighted.

6. Highlight the page number on the BackFlyleaf page.

7. Hit the Delete key on the keyboard once.8. Remember to save your changes!

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