Part of the series at www.doctoralnet.com on academic writing

1. Exploiting Rapid
Change in Technology
Enhanced Learning
… for Post Graduate Education
Tools Using MS Word for Thesis or Dissertation Writing

2. Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.'
Start where you stand, and work with
whatever tools you may have at your
command, and better tools will be found as
you go along.
George Herbert

3. Agenda: Goal to use better tools
1. Start with a template – what is your university’s style?
2. Headings, the Navigation pane and your Table of
Contents
3. What else the navigation pane is useful for in writing
4. References and citations
5. If time allows…Clicks and tips throughout and a list at
the end
THERE IS A WORD DOCUMENT EXAMPLE THAT GOES WITH THESE
SLIDES – email alana@doctoralnet.com

4. Style Counts
EXAMPLES:
1. Harvard
https://s3.amazonaws.com/dissertate.io/generic.pdf
2. APA from Microsoft in handout
FOLLOW THE RULES FROM THE BEGINNING
Writing Tips
CLICKS THAT SAVE TIME
1. Set up comments – be able to read through them
2. Always have paragraph mark on
3. Always have navigation pane open

7. Headings & Saving Your Document
STEPS:
1. Know what you want – reference your styles
2. Set them up right away – later is harder
3. Save in pdf as well – styles change when others open the
document
4. Communicate with others about style, how to keep
version control
5. See page 10 of handout for the HOW TOs
SETTING UP YOUR STYLE GUIDE

9. Navigation Pane
Don’t Get Lost!
Save on Redundancy as Well

10. Table of Contents
APA 6th:
Set up your own in gallery, under reference tab

11. Citations and References
EXAMPLES:
1. EndNote: pros – online, collaborative, been doing it the
longest and the sorting systems and download systems
just get better and better.
Cons – costs, have to upgrade now and then, might not be
compatible with other systems,
2. Microsoft:
TAKE TIME TO FIND THE SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN COMMIT TO

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14. If Time Allows…
STEPS:
1. I’m assuming you use Control Z, C and V
2. Select an entire paragraph w 3 rapid clicks anywhere in
paragraph
3. Shift+F5 = cycle through your recent edits – or when you
open back to where you were last
4. Shift + F3 – toggles to UPPERCASE (or takes it away if you
accidently hit caps lock
5. Use as whiteboard – dbl click cursor anywhere
6. Hidden calculator – write math's expression – highlight
and press calculator button and results will show.
Word Shortcuts to Play With