Formatting your thesis

Writing up your research may also be the first time you write a long document. Learn ways to format a long document with various elements.

Formatting guidelines

To get started, read the Faculty of Graduate Research thesis guidelines and the Te Waharoa Library thesis formatting guide.

Microsoft Word—heading formatting and table of contents

The video below gives you a good overview of using Word styles to set up your formatting (note that it is based on Word 2010).

LaTeX Tutorial 1—creating a LaTeX document

You may also have heard about LaTeX, which is a text editing application. The video below gives you an overview of using LaTeX: