Three tips for writing graduation thesis in Word

Close to graduation, it is the time to write a graduation thesis, in Word when writing a graduation thesis , we will encounter such as sorting catalogs, add logos, add references and other common operations, the following describes some of these skills, I hope to help you with less effort.

　　Automatic generation of paper catalogue

A paper is dozens of pages, adding a catalogue is very necessary. How to quickly generate a list of papers? Enter the word "directory", under "directory", "insert" → "reference" → "index and Table of Contents" command, in the dialog box that pops up, click the table of Contents option, select the level of heading you want to display, such as displaying only one level of the title in your paper, and clicking OK automatically adds a standard catalog (Figure 1).

If you change the title, you must update the table of contents: Right-click the directory, select Update field, and in the pop-up dialog box, select the "Update entire directory" option. Also, hold down the CTRL key and click a heading in the TOC to quickly jump to the contents of the header.

　　Small Tips

We can add page numbers to the paper (the page number starts on the second page, the first page is the cover), perform the Insert → page number command, and in the dialog box that pops up, cancel the first line Show page number, click Format, and in the dialog box that pops up, set the start page number to 0.

　　Add School Logo

Some schools require the school logo to be added to the paper, in the header also add the corresponding text, such as XX University graduation thesis. You can do this: "View" → "header and Footer" commands, click the "Toggle between headers and footers" button in the pop-up toolbar to switch to the header edit state, perform "insert" → "picture" → "From File" command, and in the pop-up dialog box, add the school logo to the header, and change the size and format of the logo (Figure 2).

　　Quickly add references

At the end of the paper, the general need to add references, the traditional method can be laborious, and the use of endnotes can quickly add references. At the insertion point, the insert → reference → footnote and endnote commands are executed. In the dialog box that pops up, select endnotes under Location, select the End of document option (number format is 1,2,3 ...), and click the Insert button (Figure 3).

　　Tip : The reference in the endnote is the form of superscript, if you want to change to Normal style, select the reference text, the font format of the "superscript" option to cancel it. In addition, the reference has a horizontal line, if you want to delete, switch to normal view state, the "view" → "footnote" command, select "Endnote" → "Endnote separator", delete horizontal lines, and then select "Endnote Continuation separator", delete the following horizontal line.